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10/04/2021 10:38 GMT+7
Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia congratulate new Foreign Minister
Foreign ministers of Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia have extended congratulations to Bui Thanh Son on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In a phone talk with his Vietnamese counterpart on April 9, Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith said he believes that Son will lead his ministry in efforts to reap more successes in foreign affairs.
Saleumxay Kommasith is the first foreign minister to make a congratulatory phone call to the Vietnamese newly-appointed minister.
Over 31,000 illegal entrants caught entering Vietnam in 2020 amid Covid fears
By Hoang Thuy, Nguyen Quy January 9, 2021 | 02:31 pm GMT+7
Border guards in Lang Son Province which borders China, February 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Border troops detained 31,460 people who tried to illegally enter the country last year as the government stepped up efforts, including border closures, to combat Covid-19.
They included 25,000 people entering from China and the rest were from Laos and Cambodia, Major General Nguyen Xuan Kien, director of the Department of Military Medicine, said at a meeting held on Friday to review the Covid-19 fight.
Vietnam has a land border of more than 5,000 km, 117 border gates and 88 crossings with China, Laos and Cambodia.