Quang Tri, Nov. 13 -- Leaders of Vietnam's Quang Tri province and Laos's Savannakhet province agreed to strengthen border security, step up joint patrols and promote cross-border trade at their meeting following a bilateral border patrol and inspection on November 12.

The activity was attended by Secretary of the Quang Tri provincial Party Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan and Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Council of Savannakhet province Bounchom Ubonpaseuth, along with officials and border forces from both sides.

The patrol covered border markers 604, 605 and 606, the Lao Bao-Den Savanh international border gate and a section of the Se Pon River from Border Post 18 to Border Post 25. The two sides ins...