Participants of the workshop pose for a group photo. (Source: nhandan.vn) At the opening ceremony, Colonel Hoang Tam Hieu, Deputy Director of the department, stressed that management of drug addicts, treatment and rehabilitation are important to reducedrug demand. For this reason, Vietnamese authorities attach importance to this work, considering it an important measure to prevent drug-related crimes, he said.
Amidst complicated drug trafficking and use in the world and the region,training has an important role to play to increase capacity and skills forcompetent officials, he said, affirming that cooperation between countries willsupport drug crime prevention target, contributing todevelop a stable and prosperous society.
According to Department C04, during the training workshop, experts from theMinistry of Public Security, Ministry of Health, and Department of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs of Tay Ninh province will hand on their practicalexperience in the field to the Cambodian authorities.
Participants will also be provided with knowledge on global and regional drugtrafficking and use, medical intervention for addicts, management of drugaddicts and post-drug detoxification, and Vietnam’s legal policies on drugdetoxification.
Major General Chhin Phoumea, Deputy Director of Cambodia’s NationalAuthority for Combating Drugs, thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of PublicSecurity for organizing the annual training course for the Cambodian side,adding the trainees are expected to make contributions to improving theefficiency of the prevention of drug-related crimes, and reducing the negativeimpact of drugs in society./.
VNA
