Officials from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the RoK’s Supreme Prosecutor’s Office (Photo: VNA)Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have agreed to continuetheir cooperation in fighting terrorism, drug, high-tech, economic and sex crimes,money laundering and trafficking.
Theconsensus was reached during the talks between Vietnamese Minister of PublicSecurity General To Lam and RoK Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il in Seoul on July9.
Thetwo sides also concurred to enhance criminal judicial support and collaborationin the extradition and transfer of sentenced persons, while improving theefficiency of personnel training cooperation.
ProsecutorGeneral Moon Moo-il hailed Minister To Lam’s visit to the RoK, saying that itwill contribute to deepening the strategic cooperative partnership between thetwo countries, as well as between RoK law enforcement agencies and theVietnamese Ministry of Public Security.
TheProsecutor General expressed his regrets for the recent assault on aVietnamese-born wife by her Korean husband, and noted that the RoK’s SupremeProsecutor’s Office is working with competent agencies to promptly deal with theincident, ensuring legitimate rights and interests of foreigners married to Koreans.
Forhis part, Lam thanked the active engagement of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Officeand other relevant agencies of the RoK in the investigation and settlement ofthe abuse case.
Hostand guest highlighted the strong development across spheres of the Vietnam-RoKrelations since the two countries set up diplomatic ties 25 years ago,especially since they elevated their relationship to a strategic cooperativepartnership in 2009.
Theytook note of the effective implementation of a memorandum of understanding(MoU) on cooperation in cross-border crime combat, which was signed between theVietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the RoK Supreme Prosecutor’s Office duringMoon’s visit to Vietnam last January.
Thetwo sides agreed that the MoU has opened up a new chapter and created a legalcorridor for bilateral partnership.-VNA
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