Vietnam and Laos have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the Vietnam-assisted mapping project until 2015. Under the MoU, the two sides agreed to extend the project to survey and map Lao territory. The Vietnam Department of Survey and Mapping will help human resources development and equipment for the Lao National Mapping Department. Vietnam will also send experts and organize training courses for Lao officials. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Laos expand map project
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Fifty Years of Survey and Mapping
Fifty Years of Survey and Mapping The survey and mapping sector in Vietnam has existed for half a century. Important achievements in survey and mapping are visible during this time and are a tool for the State to manage the country. The first mapping agency of the General Staff was established on September 25, 1945, shortly after the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was founded. The Prime Minister made public Decision 444/TTg on December 14, 1959, regarding the establishment of a survey and mapping department under the Prime MinisterPalace. The department has since been reorganized many times but it has always been responsible for State administration of survey and mapping. It has also been involved in survey and mapping across the country. The survey and mapping sector has achieved important gains in different periods of time. In the 1990s, it began renewing technology by applying digital technology such as GPS (Global Positioning System) and universal imaging technology in making … [Read more...] about Fifty Years of Survey and Mapping
Vietnam, Laos complete last borber marker planting
The last border marker of the Vietnam-Laos border was inaugurated at a ceremony on July 9 at the gate separating the Vietnamese town of Thanh Thuy in Nghe An province and the Lao town of Nam On in Bolikhamsay province. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong co-chaired the event. The grand border marker - No. 460 - at the Thanh Thuy-Nam On gate signals the completion of increasing and upgrading border markers along the two countries' shared boundary. The event is of significance as it contributes to ensuring border security and building a border of peace, friendship, stability and cooperation for mutual development, creating favourable conditions for socio-economic development in the two countries and in the border region in particular. The work manifests the mutual trust, understanding and high consensus reached by the two countries' Parties, States and people. It is a vivid symbol of the traditional friendship, special solidarity … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Laos complete last borber marker planting
FM hails completion of Vietnam-Laos border marker upgrade
Vietnam and Laos have completed a project to upgrade and increase their field border markers and a ceremony to celebrate this event will be held at the Thanh Thuy (Vietnam's Nghe An province) and Nam on (Laos' Bolikhamsai province) Border Gate on July 9. On the occasion, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has written an article on the upgrade and increase of border markers between Vietnam and Laos. Vietnam News Agency would like to introduce a translated excerpt of the article. Vietnam and Laos share a border of more than 2,000km running from north to south. This is the longest land borderline that Vietnam shares with a neighbouring country. With the borderline running along the two countries, Vietnam and Laos have developed a traditional special friendship, solidarity and close attachment with their people assisting each other through either country's history. During the fight for national liberation and independence, even in the most difficult period, the two countries always stood … [Read more...] about FM hails completion of Vietnam-Laos border marker upgrade
FM hails completion of VN-Laos border marker upgrade
Vietnam and Laos have completed a project to upgrade and increase their field border markers and a ceremony to celebrate this event will be held at the Thanh Thuy ( Vietnam 's Nghe An province) and Nam on ( Laos ' Bolikhamsai province) Border Gate on July 9. On the occasion, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has written an article on the upgrade and increase of border markers between Vietnam and Laos . Vietnam News Agency would like to introduce a translated excerpt of the article. Vietnam and Laos share a border of more than 2,000km running from north to south. This is the longest land borderline that Vietnam shares with a neighbouring country. With the borderline running along the two countries, Vietnam and Laos have developed a traditional special friendship, solidarity and close attachment with their people assisting each other through either country's history. During the fight for national liberation and independence, even in the most difficult period, the two countries … [Read more...] about FM hails completion of VN-Laos border marker upgrade