Vietnam and China meet to discuss border landmarks

The 13th round of meeting between Vietnam and China on border demarcation and bordermark installation was finished yesterday in HCM City.

President Tran Duc Luong visited to China by last month.

The 13^th round of meeting between Vietnam and China on border demarcation and bordermark installation was finished yesterday in HCM City .

The meeting that took place from July 25 was chaired at a presidential level by a Joint Committee between Vietnam and China .

In a friendly and straightforward atmosphere, both sides reviewed their demarcating and landmark installing work over the first six months of the year.

The two sides agreed to enhance guidance towards their working teams in an effort to fulfil targets of this year.

During the meeting the two sides found that they need to work together to follow the guidelines of a joint communique released during the official visit to China by President Tran Duc Luong last month.

This statement said that border demarcating and bordermark installing work between Vietnam and China had been progressing steadily, however both countries agreed to further speed up this work in an attempt to finish the work on all borders by 2008.

The scheduled meeting between Vietnam and China on the same issue is expected to take place in China .

(Source: Viet Nam News)