Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia agreed to work closely together to fight drug crimes, said a joint statement adopted at the closing session of their 16th Tripartite and Bipartite Ministerial Conference.
The 16th Tripartite and Bipartite Ministerial Conference of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos on Drug Prevention and Control opened in Phnom Penh on December 6.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged for strengthened communications on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the community towards eradicating the pandemic in 2030.
The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control and the Sub-Department of Disaster Prevention and Control for the central region will set up two working groups to aid flood recovery.
Floods triggered by downpours in the central provinces of Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị have left 15 people dead, 9 missing and 18 others injured.
Storm Dianmu, the third so far this year, has caused minimal losses thanks to proactive response, the standing board of the Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control reported.
Vietnam’s general police department opened a training course in Ho Chi Minh City on July 4 on drug investigative techniques and strategies to help Cambodia improve its anti-drug capability.
Ethnic minority people in 46 remote communes in seven districts of the mountainous province of Son La have benefited from the Greater Mekong Subregion Capacity Building for HIV/AIDS Prevention.
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 rates of passive smoking both at home and workplaces in Vietnam declined from 73.1 percent and 55.9 percent in 2010 to 59.9 percent and 42.6 percent last year, respectively.
The office of the Steering Committee for Natural Disasters Prevention and Control said torrential rain raged through many northern provinces on May 24.
The nationwide prostitution prevention programme for 2016-2020 was launched at a conference held by the National Committee for AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy has taken drastic actions and reaped encouraging outcomes in the realisation of the anti-corruption law and the enhancement of of the Party’s leadership in crime fight.
A national conference reviewing the 10-year implementation of the Law on Corruption Prevention and Control will be held in late March 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 22.
Vietnam is far from achieving the 90-90-90 targets set by the United Nations (UN) to end HIV/AIDS by 2020, said Dr. Nguyen Hoang Long, head of the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control.
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