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Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen collaboration in border protection, management

Leaders of the Border Guard High Command under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior's General Department of Immigration held talks in Ho Chi Minh City on February 12, discussing measures to enhance coordination in border protection and management.
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen collaboration in border protection, management ảnh 1Lieut. Gen. Le Duc Thai (R) and Gen. Kirth Chantharith (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Leaders of the Border Guard High Command underthe Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the Cambodian Ministry ofInterior's General Department of Immigration held talks in Ho Chi Minh City onFebruary 12, discussing measures to enhance coordination inborder protection and management.

Lieut. Gen. Le Duc Thai, Commander of the Command,thanked the Cambodian General Department for coordinating in andrescuing Vietnamese victims who were lured to enter Cambodia illegally and forcedto work in illegal business facilities there.

Thai proposed the two sides maintain effective cooperationin preventing illegal immigration and emigration, promptly exchanginginformation, and dismantling human trafficking rings and forced labour establishments,so as to put an end to these problems.

Gen. Kirth Chantharith, head of the Cambodian GeneralDepartment, expressed his belief that the two sides will worktogether to further boost their cooperation.

Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen collaboration in border protection, management ảnh 2An overview of the talks (Photo: VNA)
They agreed to strengthen coordination, promote theefficiency of the international border gate system, and speed up the reform ofadministrative procedures to create favourable conditions for import and exportas well as entry and exit activities. The two sides will actively exchange informationon activities of various types of crimes, especially those related to drug,smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal entry and exit.

The two sides also agreed to continue creating favourableconditions for the travel of people; actively advise local authorities topromote people-to-people exchanges; and step up dissemination on the strict observanceof each country's Agreement on Border Management Regulations and laws.

Over the past time, the cooperation results between theVietnam Border Guard High Command and the General Department of Immigration ofCambodia have contributed to ensuring security and order; facilitating bordertraffic through border gates; boosting socio-economic development; and strengthening solidarity, friendship and understanding between the twocountries./.
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