The 6th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-GeneralConference wrapped up in Hanoi on Nov. 25 after issuing a jointstatement affirming the need to step up cooperation in the fightagainst transnational organised crime.
As many as190 delegates, including prosecutors from the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) and China, plus representatives from theembassies of several ASEAN member countries along with officials from anumber of Vietnamese State agencies attended the two-day event.
Procurator General of Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy Tran QuocVuong said at the closing ceremony that the delegates focused theirdiscussions on further promoting judicial support amongst theprocuracies of ASEAN member nations and China and came to decisions ona wide range of concrete measures.
In the joint statement, the prosecutors emphasised the necessity towork together closely to prevent and combat terrorism, humantrafficking, illegal drugs, cross-border smuggling, corruption, moneylaundering, and hi-tech transnational crimes.
The conference agreed to improve penal laws and set up a mechanism tofacilitate judicial assistance and increase the exchange of visits byhigh-level procurators between ASEAN nations and China.
They also held that cooperation should be intensified in personneltraining and the sharing of information and experience in the field.
Vietnam became a member of the UN convention on drugs control in 1997and joined the UN convention on crime prevention and the fight againsttransnational organised crime in 2000. The country’s police forces arealready an integral part of INTERPOL and ASEANPOL.
In June 2009, the country ratified the UN convention on corruption,paving the way for its official participation in the global legalframework for preventing and combating corruption, along with 140 othercountries from around the world.
The Vietnamese National Assembly has recently introduced a law onjudicial support and other important legislations relating to judicialactivities to lay a solid foundation for the nation to fight crime andalso so that judicial agencies can strengthen links with partners inthe fight against transnational organised crime./.
As many as190 delegates, including prosecutors from the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) and China, plus representatives from theembassies of several ASEAN member countries along with officials from anumber of Vietnamese State agencies attended the two-day event.
Procurator General of Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy Tran QuocVuong said at the closing ceremony that the delegates focused theirdiscussions on further promoting judicial support amongst theprocuracies of ASEAN member nations and China and came to decisions ona wide range of concrete measures.
In the joint statement, the prosecutors emphasised the necessity towork together closely to prevent and combat terrorism, humantrafficking, illegal drugs, cross-border smuggling, corruption, moneylaundering, and hi-tech transnational crimes.
The conference agreed to improve penal laws and set up a mechanism tofacilitate judicial assistance and increase the exchange of visits byhigh-level procurators between ASEAN nations and China.
They also held that cooperation should be intensified in personneltraining and the sharing of information and experience in the field.
Vietnam became a member of the UN convention on drugs control in 1997and joined the UN convention on crime prevention and the fight againsttransnational organised crime in 2000. The country’s police forces arealready an integral part of INTERPOL and ASEANPOL.
In June 2009, the country ratified the UN convention on corruption,paving the way for its official participation in the global legalframework for preventing and combating corruption, along with 140 othercountries from around the world.
The Vietnamese National Assembly has recently introduced a law onjudicial support and other important legislations relating to judicialactivities to lay a solid foundation for the nation to fight crime andalso so that judicial agencies can strengthen links with partners inthe fight against transnational organised crime./.
