The Lai Chau provincial Border Guard and the Honghe border management team under the Jin Shuihe border immigration checkpoint of China conducted a joint law enforcement patrol along their shared border on September 27. Establishing a joint command, each side deployed three land patrol groups consisting of 24 officers, with each comprising eight members. The patrol covered the area from Border Marker No. 29 to Border Marker No. 71. Source: Vietnam News Agency