(VOVworld) - Vietnam and China have had mixed results in implementing three bilateral border agreements over the last five years.

Vietnamese and Chinese border guards conduct a joint patrol along the shared border (Photo: VNA)

Nguyen Anh Dung, deputy head of the Foreign Ministry’s National Border Committee, was speaking on the sidelines of a meeting in China’s Nanning city on Tuesday. The meeting reviewed the five-year implementation of the protocol on border demarcation and marker planting, the agreement on border management regulations, and the agreement on border gates and land border gate management regulations. Mr. Dung said the agreements have been implemented quite smoothly over the last five years. He said the agreements create a firm legal foundation for protecting territorial sovereignty and fostering exchanges and cooperation between Vietnam and China. Dung said that after 5 years, security in the border area is assured, and exchanges between the two countries are regularly held, which benefits the two peoples.