Competent forces of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are planting friendship trees at the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border T-junction (Photo: VNA)
Kon Tum (VNA) – Competent forces of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia areplanting friendship trees at the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border T-junction.
The Command of the Border Guard of the Central Highlandsprovince of Kon Tum, the Police Department of Cambodia’s Rattanakiri provinceand Company 541 of the Military High Command of Laos’ Attapeu province areplanting more than 700 trees of different genres such as Burma padauk,Lythraceae, champaca.
The tree planting reflects the solidarity and closeattachment between the three countries in general, between Kon Tum andneighbouring Rattanikiri, Attapeu and Sekong provinces, and between the borderguard forces of the nations.
The activity also contributes to building borderlines ofpeace, stability, friendship, cooperation and further development.
The tree planting, which costs more than 300 million VND, isexpected to be completed on September 15.
Kon Tum province will organise a wide range of exchangeactivities among the four provinces in early November.-VNA
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Competent forces of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are planting friendship trees at the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border T-junction (Photo: VNA) 
