Laos localities seek closer ties

During their working session in Thua Thien Hue Province on Tuesday, delegates from the Lao province of Sekong Savannakhet met with Thua Thien Hue’s Vietnam Fatherland Front and signed a co-operation programme to promote cross-border friendship and co-operation during the 2016 - 2020 period. The memorandum included strengthening the advocacy of the traditional solidarity and co-operation between the two countries and the two provinces in particular; promoting links between villages and districts along the border; and preventing drug trafficking and illegal exploitation of natural resources.