The joint drill included three stages: organising preparations for arresting criminals, practicing criminal capture, and wrapping up the exercise.

Vietnam and Laos share a borderline of more than 2,300 km, spanning 10 provinces of Vuetnam and 10 provinces of Laos. The border area is identified by the two countries as one of the areas with extremely important strategic positions in terms of national defence, security and socio-economy.

Over the past years, under the leadership of the two Parties and States, the close and effective coordination of agencies, ministries, sectors and localities, border protection forces and people in the border areas have joined hands to build a Vietnam - Laos borderline of peace, friendship, stability and cooperation for mutual development. The political security, and social order and safety situation along the entire border has been basically stable, while the borderline and markers have been well managed and protected. Cooperation between the border protection forces has always been a bright spot, contributing significantly to consolidating and strengthening the defence cooperation between the two countries.

The two sides have maintained information exchange and cooperated in fighting border crimes, especially drug crimes, trade fraud, smuggling, and preventing illegal migration and illegal entry and exit. They have disseminated and educated people in border areas to effectively implement the border cooperation agreement between the two countries; promoted exchanges and twinning ties between localities and border units; and created favourable conditions for border residents to boost economic development and stabilise their lives.