Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has welcomed the presence of foreign
police forces at the ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the
Vietnam People’s Public Security, describing the attendance as not only a
symbol of friendship and cooperation, but also the fine sentiment of
their countries’ people along with the Vietnamese people.
He
attributed the Vietnamese police force’s strength and development to the
cooperation and support from international friends while receiving the
foreign delegates in Hanoi on August 17.
The PM spoke of
effective prevention from and struggle against transnational crimes,
terrorism, high-tech crime, and drug and human trafficking by law
enforcement agencies in recent years. The results showed close
cooperation between countries, contributing to maintaining security and
order in each country as well as peace and stability in the region and
the world.
PM Dung informed the head delegates about the 43 rd
ASEAN ministerial meeting and related meetings in Vietnam last month
during which ASEAN and its dialogue countries discussed a broad
range of issues and reached a high degree of consensus, affirming their
common goals and aspirations of peace, stability and cooperation.
He
said he wished for continued cooperation and support from foreign
countries with the Vietnamese People’s Public Security as well as
cooperation between governments.
Stronger international
integration has offered more opportunities and challenges for nations,
he said, urging the need to accelerate and strengthen multilateral and
bilateral cooperation in counter-crime and counter-terrorism among
security, interior, police and intelligence agencies as well as between
ASEAN and its dialogue partners.
He also urged the agencies in ASEAN to propose measures to improve cooperation in the region.
The PM also expressed a wish that other countries would regularly
exchange delegations to share experiences and help each other in
personnel training, and to promote the signing of multilateral and
bilateral cooperation documents that would create a legal pathway for
long-lasting cooperation in the fight against crime.
He asked the
countries to build a mechanism of information sharing to solve issues
for cooperation in crime control in a timely manner.
On behalf of
the head delegates, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Interior Affairs Sar Kheng agreed with Prime Minister Dung’s opinions,
saying they are quite consistent and in line with the benefits of all
countries.
Deputy PM Sar Kheng said he believed in promoting strong cooperation in the fight against transnational crime./.