Border soldiers in Quang Tri, Son La and Thanh Hoa provinces have been applauded for partnering with Lao police to smash two massive drug smuggling rings operating between Laos and Vietnam.
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 Supreme People’s Procuracy summed up the five-year implementation of a national target programme on crime prevention and combat during a conference in Hanoi on October 8.
The first Interpol World, an international event on security initiatives
and technology, was launched in Singapore on April 14 by Interpol in
coordination of the Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs.
Vietnam wishes to expand multi-faceted cooperation with Belarus,
especially in economy and trade, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu
Trong said during his on-going visit to Belarus.
Officials from the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and southern
Sekong province of Laos met for talks in Hue city on August 10 to
enhance bilateral cooperation in economics, culture, security and
defence.
The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and southern Sekong province
of Laos have agreed to move their ties forward across the board,
especially economics and border security defence.
The second Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam ministerial meeting on anti-crime
cooperation took place in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on
July 29, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper reported.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh led a
Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM
Retreat) on
January 17.
The first Vietnam–Japan security dialogue at the deputy ministerial
level took place in Hanoi on November 26. The event was presided over by
Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Tran Viet Tan and
Deputy Head of the Japan National Police Agency Kanetaka Masahito.
The Prime Minister has approved a plan on the implementation of the UN
Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women
and Children.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries,
departments, and localities to intensify national and international
cooperation in the fight against crime, especially trans-national,
hi-tech crime and crime with foreign elements involved.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia held a ceremony to mark the 40 th
anniversary of the Vietnam – Australia diplomatic ties in Canberra on
February 25.
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