Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on November 28hosted a reception for Chairman of the State Forensic Examination Committee ofBelarus Volkov Alexei Aleksandrovich who is paying a workingvisit to Vietnam.

Deputy PM Khai highlighted that over the past years, the cooperative tiesacross politics, economy, culture, society, security and defence between Vietnam and Belarus have been constantlyreinforced, contributing to the stable and sustainable development ineach country.

He spoke highly of the outcomes of the talks between Minister of PublicSecurity General To Lam and the Belarus official, expressing his approval of the specific and practical measures that both sides have agreed onto promote cooperative relations, as well as the effective implementation ofthe agreement on judicial expertise cooperation signed between the twocountries in Minsk in July 2019.

Recalling his meetings with the Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs andMinister of Emergencies earlier this year, Khai said he and the two ministers had discussed practical collaboration in crime prevention and control, fireprevention and rescue, among others.

He said the visits to Vietnam by high-ranking delegations of the Belarusiangovernment demonstrate the resolve to bolster cooperation between the securityand law-enforcement agencies of both nations, towards enhancingthe traditional collaboration between the two countries.

Touching on education cooperation, Khai said the Vietnamese government had approved the content of an agreement on education cooperation with Belarus, and suggested both nations early roll out theagreement. 

He added that Vietnam will do its utmost toprepare for the visit by the Belarusian Prime Minister in December.

Aleksandrovich, for his part, informed Khai about his talks withMinister of Public Security To Lam, and affirmed that close cooperation betweentwo sides in the fields of judicial expertise has helped deepen and consolidatethe Vietnam – Belarus traditional friendship.

He said he hopes that the bilateral ties will be elevated to a new highfollowing the talks.

Earlier, Minister of Public Security To Lam hosted a welcome ceremony for and held talks with the Chairman of the State Forensic Examination Committee of Belarus.

During the talks, the two sides discussed cooperation in a number of fields ofmutual interests, including delegation exchanges at all levels, effective implementationof the agreement on cooperation in judicial expertise activities, and training for forensic officers of VietnameseMinistry of Public Security.

Besides, they concurred to organise more workshopsand conferences in each country so that judicial experts can sharenew techniques, methods and documents in the field, as well as introduce each other to advanced technologies and equipment for crime scene examination, criminaltechnical expertise and forensic examination towards technology transfer./.