The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee jointly organized the "International Conference on Building a Vietnam-Laos Border of Peace, Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Development 2026" on January 29 in central Vietnam's Nghe An Province.
At the conference, both sides reached a consensus on the directions and tasks for coordinating the construction of the Vietnam-Laos border for the 2026–2028 period, focusing on several key and practical areas.
A major focus remains the promotion of extensive education and communication to raise awareness among all strata of the population—especially the youth and students of both countries—regarding the long-standing history of the exemplary, loyal, and pure relationship between the two nations. This aims to foster pride and a sense of responsibility in preserving and promoting this special bond.
The Front Committees of nine Vietnamese provinces and ten Lao provinces sharing the border will continue to strengthen coordination in mobilizing citizens to actively participate in economic development, improve material and spiritual living standards, stabilize their lives, and achieve sustainable poverty reduction.
Both sides also emphasized the importance of education, ensuring that all school-aged children receive a full education and preventing school dropouts. Simultaneously, attention will be given to healthcare, creating conditions for residents in border areas to access medical services and timely treatment.
To boost the economy, both sides will continue to encourage and act as a bridge for Vietnamese and Lao businesses to invest in infrastructure, economic zones, and trade centers at border gates and openings, as well as other socio-economic development projects in border regions.
Both sides also agreed to step up the development and promotion of tourism products, effectively exploiting tourism routes between the two countries' border localities. Trade fairs and exhibitions of high-quality Vietnamese and Lao products will be organized annually in populated border areas.
Finally, the delivery of essential and high-quality goods from both countries to border regions to serve the people and ensure community health was identified as a vital and regular mission.
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