Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (third from left) and delegates (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hosted a reception in Hanoion October 18 for heads of delegations attending the sixth ASEAN MinisterialMeeting on Drug Matters (AMMD-6).
Dam said the consensus on opinions and actionsreached, as well as initiatives tabled, during the AMMD-6 have laid animportant foundation for Vietnam to successfully undertake the role of Chair ofthe AMMD for the next two years.
According to Dam, despite the concerted effortsof ASEAN member states in actively working together to prevent illegal drug useand production, figures in these fields are still on the rise.
He expressed concern over the use ofmethamphetamines, citing that the rate of users of this kind of drug in severalVietnamese regions amounts to 70-80 percent.
The host wished that ASEAN legal enforcementagencies will increase joint works to fight drug crimes; prevent the plantationof poppy, production, trade, and trafficking of drugs; and combat moneylaundering. He also hoped they would share experience in rehabilitation forvictims of drug abuse.
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofJustice Prajin Juntong affirmed that drugs are a complicated and transnationalissue, which therefore requires close coordination among countries towards a drug-freeASEAN community.
He said over the past few years, ASEAN legalenforcement agencies have raided major drug production and trafficking casesvia a supervisory mechanism on roads, waterways, and airways.
ASEAN has built and adopted an action plan to preventthe spread of drug use in the ASEAN community for the 2016-2025 period, as wellas launched the ASEAN Cooperation Plan in the fight against illicit drugproduction and trafficking in the Golden Triangle area for the 2017-2018period.
ASEAN member states also launching initiativessuch as an information centre on drug prevention and control, and workinggroups on legal enforcements against drugs via airways and seaports. –VNA
Dam said the consensus on opinions and actionsreached, as well as initiatives tabled, during the AMMD-6 have laid animportant foundation for Vietnam to successfully undertake the role of Chair ofthe AMMD for the next two years.
According to Dam, despite the concerted effortsof ASEAN member states in actively working together to prevent illegal drug useand production, figures in these fields are still on the rise.
He expressed concern over the use ofmethamphetamines, citing that the rate of users of this kind of drug in severalVietnamese regions amounts to 70-80 percent.
The host wished that ASEAN legal enforcementagencies will increase joint works to fight drug crimes; prevent the plantationof poppy, production, trade, and trafficking of drugs; and combat moneylaundering. He also hoped they would share experience in rehabilitation forvictims of drug abuse.
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofJustice Prajin Juntong affirmed that drugs are a complicated and transnationalissue, which therefore requires close coordination among countries towards a drug-freeASEAN community.
He said over the past few years, ASEAN legalenforcement agencies have raided major drug production and trafficking casesvia a supervisory mechanism on roads, waterways, and airways.
ASEAN has built and adopted an action plan to preventthe spread of drug use in the ASEAN community for the 2016-2025 period, as wellas launched the ASEAN Cooperation Plan in the fight against illicit drugproduction and trafficking in the Golden Triangle area for the 2017-2018period.
ASEAN member states also launching initiativessuch as an information centre on drug prevention and control, and workinggroups on legal enforcements against drugs via airways and seaports. –VNA
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