The agreement was signed on June 29 during the two-day visit to Quang Tri by a Salavan delegation headed by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bouasy Khiemmani Khansay.

Quang Tri pledged to allocate nearly US$300,000 for education and training, healthcare, agriculture and construction projects in the common border areas between the two provinces.

It will continue supporting Salavan in personnel training and human resource development, and work on development models in the fields of industry, agriculture, health care and education.

The two provinces agreed to create conditions to facilitate investment and business of their enterprises and individual investors, especially in trade, tourism, services, rubber and forest plantation, construction of hydroelectric-power plants and animal husbandry in Salavan.

They also agreed to continue with cooperation in security and national defence, especially in the upgrade and thickening of markers on the Vietnam-Laos borderline.

In the 2009-10, Quang Tri doled out VND1.5 billion to help Salavan build schools.