Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong (front, centre) at the meeting with Lao officials in Vientiane (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane(VNA) - ✤Vietnam will step up cooperation with its neighbouring countries ofLaos and Cambodia in the fight against drugs in the time to come.
The consensus was reachedat bilateral meetings on December 6 and 7 between Vietnamese Deputy Minister ofPublic Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Le Quy Vuong and Lieut. Gen. SomvangThammasith of Laos and General Chunsovan of Cambodia.
They have been in Laosto attend the 17th trilateral ministerial meeting on cooperation indrugs control and prevention among Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia that took placein Vientiane on December 6.
At the meetings, the officersshared their views that cooperation between anti-drug forces of Vietnam, Laosand Cambodia have contributed to preventing and detecting cross-border drugcrimes and protecting security in the common borders.
The Vietnamese and Lao sidesagreed to instruct relevant agencies of the two countries to increaseinformation exchange and join hands in the investigation work.
They will ask borderprovinces of the two countries to rotationally organise anti-drug conferencesand coordinate with each other in addressing bad deeds, while intensifying lawpopularisation in order to raise public awareness of the combat.
Vietnam and Cambodiaalso reached consensus on similar tasks to be taken in the coming time to stepup the fight against drugs.
Vietnam will also work togetherwith Cambodia and Laos to improve the quality of their Border Liaison Officesas well as their coordination.
At the same time,Vietnam will enhance personnel training and share experience in combating drugs-relatedcrimes with the two countries.-VNA
The Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) and representatives of 33 southern provinces and cities reviewed the anti-drug efforts over the first six months of 2018 on July 16, stressing the need for stronger actions to fight drug-related crimes that remain complicated nationwide.
Eight provinces of Vietnam and Laos attended a conference in Vietnam’s central Thanh Hoa province on October 18 to consolidate their cooperation in fighting drug crime.
Police in the central province of Nghe An, in collaboration with the Drug Crime Investigation Department under the Ministry of Public Security, on October 26 discovered a group of Lao citizens smuggling drugs into Vietnam.
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Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong (front, centre) at the meeting with Lao officials in Vientiane (Photo: VNA)
