Officials of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China exchange a signed MoU at the meeting (Photo: kiemsat.vn)
QuangNinh (VNA) – The second meeting of people’s procuracies of Vietnam-Chinaborder provinces took place in Quang Ninh.
The event was attended by leaders of the SupremePeople’s Procuracy of Vietnam and the SupremePeople’s Procuratorate of China, and the People’s Procuracies of Vietnamese provincesbordering China, namely Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, LangSon, and Quang Ninh,along with China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region andYunnan province.
The SupremePeople’s Procuracy of Vietnam and the SupremePeople’s Procuratorate of China have maintained good cooperative relationsover the years.
Inparticular, the sides’ signing of a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MoU) onmutual judicial assistance in criminal matters in April 2017 has facilitated the implementation of thetreaty on mutual judicial assistance in civil and criminal matters, inkedbetween China and Vietnam in 1988, thus promoting judicial cooperation in a more effective manner.
Atthis meeting, the sides discussed mutual legal assistance in criminal mattersand cooperation in protecting public interests in the fields of environment,food safety and pharmaceuticals, thus outlining directions for their partnershipin the time ahead.
Participantsagreed to increase mutual visits for the timely sharing of information andsettlement of arising problems, thus enhancing the effectiveness of crimeprevention and fight work in border areas. They also urged better legaleducation work targeting people in border areas, thus increasing their involvementin countering crime.
The first meeting of people’s procuracies of Vietnam-China border provinces was held in September 2017 in Nanning, the capital city of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region./.
