A consultation workshop to evaluate and analyse Vietnam’s legal framework and give feedback to measures to fight child sexual exploitation in tourism and travel, took place in Hanoi on July 14.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Son has renewed Vietnam’s determination to strictly implement its commitments and agreements towards a drug-free Greater Mekong sub-region.
The Customs Department of southern Ba Ria – Vung Tau province launched a unit for container control on May 8 in an effort to counter trafficking of illicit goods across local ports.
Representatives from ASEAN and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have met to discuss stronger cooperation in managing border areas and preventing border issues.
In the last ten years, a meagre 10 percent of assets worth of 60 trillion VND (approximately 2.65 billion USD) involved in nearly 1,900 corruption cases have been recovered.
Myanmar and the UN Office on Drug and Crime are cooperating in fighting terrorism with the UN agency helping the Southeast Asian nation in improving its capacity to prevent acts of terrorism.
Meetings were held in Hanoi and Nam Dinh province on June 16-17 to respond to the Action Month on Drug Prevention and Control and the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
The enhancement of international cooperation as well as the implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements has helped Vietnam prevent domestic drug crime efficiently.
Transnational crime is becoming a serious issue in the Southeast Asian region in the context of rapid regional economic integration and patchy cross-border controlling work.
More than 60 experts from law enforcement agencies, international organisations and non-governmentalorganisations gathered at a seminar on in Hanoi to seek ways to address sexual and gender violence.
A conference on preventing and combating trans-national crime was held by the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Hanoi on November 26.
The Vietnam Supreme People’s Court (VSPC) and the Austrian Supreme
Court of Justice (ASCJ) recently signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) covering enhanced exchanges and cooperation in judicial
information, judge training and judicial reform.
The use of illicit, synthetic substances is increasing in Vietnam,
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, Nguyen Trong Dam
told a meeting of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
in Hanoi on June 26.
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will enhance
cooperation to effectively meet the challenges posed by non-traditional
security issues, according to the ASEAN Secretariat.
More than 40 public-security staff and officers working with female
prisoners in northern Vietnam on December 3 began a three-day training
programme on the treatment of women in prison and on offering
non-custodial measures (the so-called Bangkok Rules) for some.
The Prime Minister on September 15 approved Vietnam’s participation in
the Global Container Control Programme (CCP) which is sponsored by the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through a
non-refundable aid.
The United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC) in Vietnam has
provided importance assistance to the country’s drug and HIV prevention
and control efforts, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the
UNODC Country Manager on September 5.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
