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Police forces of Vietnam, Cambodia record fruitful crime fight cooperation

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior reviewed the results of their 2022 cooperation plan and signed a new one for this year at a conference in Hanoi on March 4.
Police forces of Vietnam, Cambodia record fruitful crime fight cooperation ảnh 1Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam (R) and Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of Interior Samdech Krolahom Sar Kheng sign the two ministries' 2023 cooperation plan on March 4. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The VietnameseMinistry of Public Security and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior reviewed theresults of their 2022 cooperation plan and signed a new one for this year at a conference inHanoi on March 4.

Vietnamese Minister of PublicSecurity Gen. To Lam and Cambodian Deputy PM and Minister of Interior SamdechKrolahom Sar Kheng co-chaired the event.

Looking back on cooperation resultslast year, the officials said the two sides maintained sharing informationabout the international and regional situations related to their countries’national security and social order and safety, supported each other atinternational and regional forums, and coordinated to guarantee security andsafety for important political events in each country, including the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related summits in Cambodia.

Vietnam also actively put forthcoordination programmes and plans to crack down on crimes, especially in thetwo countries’ border provinces.

In 2022, despite certain difficultiescaused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the two ministries’ police forces boostedcooperation in crime prevention and control such as exchanging information and verifyingrequests related to criminals on international wanted lists via INTERPOL,ASEANAPOL, the diplomatic channel, specialised departments, and the police forcesin border provinces, thereby obtaining some significant results in crime fight.

Wrapping up the conference, theVietnamese and Cambodian officials signed the cooperation plan for 2023 betweentheir ministries./.

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