In Vietnam: Which province has land border lines with both China and Laos?
Which province has land border lines with both China and Laos in Vietnam?
Dien Bien is the only province of Vietnam that shares a border with both China and Laos.
According to the Web portal of Dien Bien province:
- Dien Bien covers an area of more than 9,500 km2, located 504 km west of Hanoi.
- To the east and northeast, Dien Bien borders Son La, to the north, it borders Laizhou Province, to the northwest, it borders Yunnan Province (China), and to the west and southwest, it borders Laos.
- At Dien Bien province, the length of the borderline with Laos is 360 km, and the length of the borderline with China is 40.86 km.
What is the determination of national land borders in Vietnam?
Under the provisions of Article 5 of the 2003 National Border Law as follows:
1. The national border is identified by international agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory or stipulated by regulations and law of Vietnam.
2. Land borders are defined and designated using border marker system.
3. The national border on sea is defined and designated using coordinates on nautical charts is the boundary beyond the territorial sea of land, islands and archipelagoes of Vietnam, and identified according to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982 and international agreements between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and relevant countries.
Borderlines beyond the contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf identify sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982 and international agreements between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and relevant countries.
4. National border under the ground is the vertical plane stretching downwardly from the land border and national border at sea.
Underground border at sea refers to the vertical plane stretching downwardly from the borderlines beyond the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf identifying sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982 and international agreements between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and relevant countries.
5. National border in the air is the vertical plane stretching upward from the land border and national border at sea.
At the same time, based on the provisions of Article 4 of Decree 140/2004/ND-CP, the national land borders are specified as follows:
The national land borders
The national land borders between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the neighboring countries are determined by systems of border-markers posts, the agreements on border delimitation between Vietnam and the neighboring countries together with maps and the protocols enclosed with such agreements.
Thus, the national land borders between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the neighboring countries are determined by systems of border-markers posts, the agreements on border delimitation between Vietnam and the neighboring countries together with maps and the protocols enclosed with such agreements
Simultaneously, national land borders are defined and designated using a border marker system.
What are the contents of state management on national borders in Vietnam?
Under the provisions of Article 35 of the 2003 National Border Law, the contents of state management on national borders in Vietnam include:
- Develop and direct implementation of strategy and policies regarding the national border;
- Promulgate and implement legislative documents regarding the national border, policies and regimes regarding construction, management and defense of the national border;
- Negotiate, sign and implement international agreements on national borders;
- Publicize, popularize and raise awareness regarding national border laws;
- Decide to establish border constructions and socioeconomic constructions in border areas;
- Conduct research, and apply science and technology serving the construction, management and defense of the national border;
- Develop primary and specialized forces; train and improve expertise and operation regarding management and defense of the national border;
- Inspect, examine and handle complaints, and accusations and take actions against violations regarding national border;
- Participate in international agreements on the construction, management and defense of the national border.
At the same time, Article 36 of the 2003 National Border Law clearly states state management of national borders as follows:
- The Government shall perform joint state management on the national border; specify tasks, powers and responsibilities for cooperation between ministries, ministerial agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities where the national border situated to implement state management on the national border.
- The Ministry of National Defense shall take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security to be responsible to the Government for the implementation of state management on national borders.
- Ministries, and ministerial agencies within their tasks and powers shall perform state management on national border.
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