Vietnam, Cambodia agree to accelerate border marker planting

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26/02/2009
VietNamNet/VNA (Hanoi)

VietNamNet Bridge – The eighth session of the Vietnam-Cambodia joint technical subcommittee for land border demarcation and marker planting was held in Phnom Penh from Feb. 23-25.

The Vietnamese delegation was headed by Nguyen Hong Thao, Deputy Head of the Foreign Ministry’s National Border Committee and member of the Vietnam-Cambodia joint border committee, whilst the Cambodian delegation was led by Long Visalo, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Head of the Joint Technical Committee for Land Border Demarcation and Marker Planting.

Based on the results of the border demarcation and marker planting activities undertaken by Vietnam and Cambodia as well as the current situation in each country, the two sides agreed to propose adjustments to the master plan governing the matter for the 2009-2012 period.

They also discussed preparations for the third session of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee for Border Demarcation and Marker Planting.

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Vietnam and Cambodia agree on 26 more landmark positions

December 2, 2007
VNA (Hanoi)

Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed upon 26 more positions for planting landmarks along their border, bringing the total land border markers between the two countries to around 200.

The agreement was reached at the fourth session of the Vietnam-Cambodia Land Border Joint Technical Sub-Committee, which took place in Cambodia ’s capital city of Phnom Penh from November 30 to December 2.

During the meeting, the two sides also agreed on various measures to speed up the process of demarcation and landmark planting in order to complete the work prior to the end of next year.

The Vietnamese delegation to the session was led by the National Border Committee’s Vice Chairman Nguyen Hong Thao, who is also a standing member of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee for Demarcation and Landmark Planting and head of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Technical Sub-committee.

The Cambodian delegation was headed by Long Visalo, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation and head of the Cambodia-Vietnam Joint Technical Sub-committee for Demarcation and Landmark Planting.

Cambodia, Laos, VN agree on border point ... Cambodian public is kept in the dark by Phnom Penh on this important issue

01/09/2007
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos agree on border point

The second round of Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos working level talks on defining the exact point where the three countries meet took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from Aug. 29-31.

At the meeting, the three parties unanimously approved a plan to design the joined-border landmark and a draft agreement on the defining for the intersection point of the Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos borders.

They also agreed to draw up a map in order to complete the planting of the landmark by the end of 2007.

Head of the Vietnamese delegation to the talks was Nguyen Hong Thao, Vice Chairman of the National Border Committee under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: VNA