Minister of Public Security General To Lam holds phone talks with Singaporean Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam (Photo: cand.com.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Public Security General To Lam held phonetalks with Singaporean Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam onNovember 30.
During the phone talks, Lam affirmed the Ministry of Public Security andcompetent law enforcement authorities in Singapore have consolidatedcollaboration, contributing to promoting the Vietnam-Singapore StrategicPartnership which was established in 2013.
Lauding the role of Singapore as the chair of ASEAN’s hi-tech crime preventionevents, Lam said his ministry has already sent officers to work at theInterpol’s ASEAN Cybercrime Operations Desk.
He hoped to receive further cooperation and support from the Singaporean sidein the field as well as cooperative mechanisms in the framework of the SeniorOfficials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) and ASEAN Ministerial Meetingon Transnational Crime (AMMTC).
The Ministry of Public Security spoke highly of K Shanmugam’s suggestion tohold phone talks to discuss the World Health Organisation’s recommendation oncannabis use in medical study, he added.
K. Shanmugam, for his part, congratulated Vietnam on successful organisation ofthe 14th AMMTC, while expressing his belief that the collaborationbetween Vietnam and Singapore, especially between their law enforcementagencies, will further develop and reap important outcomes in the future./.
VNA
