Quang Tri (VNA) – High-ranking officials from thecentral province of Quang Tri and the Lao provinces of Savannakhet and Salavanagreed to sign a cooperation agreement for the 2020 – 2022 period during theirtalks in Quang Tri on August 16.

The agreement will cover the fields of politics and externalrelations; military, security and border affairs; economy-trade-investment andtourism; education – training and human resources development; administrativereform; immigration and export-import facilitation at La Lay border gatebetween Quang Tri and Salavan; and non-refundable aid.

They will also offer support to businesses and investors,including tax incentives and favourable clearance procedures under the 2015 Vietnam– Laos border trade agreement, as well as boost border trade via Lao Bao and LaLay international border gates and auxiliary border gates.

The three provinces pledged to boost collaboration acrossagriculture and rural development, thus stepping up technology transfer andhigh-tech agriculture while enhancing military and border securitycoordination.

During the period, Quang Tri will continue assistingSavannakhet and Salavan in building and upgrading medical and educationalestablishments, and rural development in border areas.

Quang Tri will also fund the training of informationtechnology and language at the provincial pedagogic and medical colleges,receive 25 officials and cadres from each province for political theory trainingeach year, and 25 others for public security training.

During the 2017 – 2019 period, the three provinces also reapedpositive cooperation results in the fields of politics, nationaldefence-security, border affairs and education-training.-VNA