Vietnam, Czech Republic boost cooperation in crime combat

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic have agreed to enhance information and share experience in preventing and combating drug crime, organised crime, terrorism, high-tech crime, and illegal immigration.

They also agreed to increase all-level delegation exchange during talks between Minister of Public Security General To Lam and Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Jan Hamacek in Hanoi on September 30.

Both sides will support each other to investigate, capture, and verify all information related to crimes based on current law in each nation and basic principles of the international regulations. In addition, they will work together in human resources training to improve cybersecurity capacity and improve counter-terrorism ability.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic will coordinate closely to not allow any organisations or individuals to take advantage of one country’s territory to sabotage the other nation.

Furthermore, they agreed to further cooperate to assure safety for trade and investment activities, and protect legitimate rights of the citizens and representative offices of one nation in the other country’s territory.

Minister To Lam stressed his ministry values the visit of the Czech Ministry, expressing his hope that it will be a milestone in the bilateral relations in the fields of security and order, contributing to consolidating and developing traditional friendship between the two countries.

Since 2014, the cooperative ties between the two ministries have been enhanced, which were illustrated through signing the agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons, and the agreement on crime combat between the two countries, he stressed, adding they are working to implement the agreement on getting back citizens and the protocol to carry out the agreement inked in 2007.

Jan Hamacek, for his part, spoke highly of the sound traditional friendship between the two nations, particularly in the fields of security - defence.

He was rejoiced at the cooperative ties between the two ministries, which have developed into a deeper and more practical manner./.