Chinese police officers stand guard on a vessel serving to escort commercial shipments during a joint patrol along the Mekong River, in this file photo from 2011. - Xinhua
KUNMING (Xinhua): Law-enforcement authorities from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand joined forces on Tuesday (July 21) for the start of the 95th Mekong River joint patrol.
Two Chinese vessels departed from Jingha Port, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, while vessels of the other three countries departed from ports in Laos and Myanmar. The patrol will last four days and three nights.
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