Vietnam, Belarus bolster cooperation in crime fight
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Belarus’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Security Committee agreed to enhance cooperation in crime fight during their separate working sessions in Minsk on March 2.
The working session between the Vietnamese delegation (R) and Belarus’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (Photo: VNA)
Minsk (VNA) –Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Belarus’s Ministry of InternalAffairs and State Security Committee agreed to enhance cooperation in crimefight during their separate working sessions in Minsk on March 2.
Belarusian Minister of Internal AffairsAnatolievich Shunevich and Chairman of the State Security Committee VakulchikValery Pavlovich welcomed the working visit by the Vietnamese delegation, ledby Minister To Lam, and their attendance in the celebration of the 100thfounding anniversary of Belarus’s police force.
The two sides shared information and experiencein crime prevention and combat and exchanged viewpoints on international andregional issues of shared concern.
They reviewed the outcomes of bilateralcooperation and set forth orientations for collaboration in the time ahead soas to consolidate national security and social order and safety in theirrespective countries, thereby helping to promote the two nations’ traditionalfriendship and multifaceted cooperation.
The working session between the Vietnamese delegation (L) and the Belarusian State Security Committee (Photo: VNA)
They were unanimous in augmenting anti-crimeefforts, especially trans-national crimes, cybercrime, human trafficking,illegal immigration, and drug crime.
They agreed to increase connections in personneltraining to improve law enforcement officers’ capacity, especially in combatinghi-tech and economic crimes.
At the talks with the Belarusian State SecurityCommittee, both sides reached a consensus on measures to boost result-orientedpartnership, including enhancing information exchange and agreementimplementation in 2017.
They are going to work more closely to crackdown on organised crime, hi-tech crime, terrorism, human trafficking, andnon-traditional security threats. They will also bolster profession and foreignlanguage training for each other’s officers this year.-VNA
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The working session between the Vietnamese delegation (R) and Belarus’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (Photo: VNA) 
The working session between the Vietnamese delegation (L) and the Belarusian State Security Committee (Photo: VNA) 
