Subject: China-Vietnam border markers<br/>
Date: Aug 02, 2002 @ 06:33<br/>
Author: b.whyte@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au (b.whyte@...)<br/>
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Vietnam, China Continues Border Marking<br/>
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[CND, 07/28/02] The third marker stone on the newly agreed border<br/>
between China and Vietnam was laid on Friday at a ceremony attended by<br/>
dignitaries from both sides, AFP reported.<br/>
The marker was located at the Thanh Thuy border gate in Vietnam&#39;s<br/>
central province of Ha Giang, neighboring China&#39;s Yunnan province.<br/>
Vietnam&#39;s chief negotiator, deputy minister Le Cong Phung, and<br/>
provincial official from Yunnan attended the ceremony.<br/>
&quot;This will lay a solid foundation for the building of a friendly,<br/>
stable and long-lasting borderline between Vietnam and China ... and<br/>
create favorable conditions for beginning the demarcation of the<br/>
entire Vietnam-China border in early September,&quot; said the Vietnamese<br/>
negotiator.<br/>
This is the third of over 1,500 markers that will be laid in the next<br/>
three years to mark the 1,350-kilometer border. The two countries<br/>
negotiated for eight years to reach the agreement. (Dong LIU)<br/>
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