At the conference, Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam (right) and his Lao counterpart Vilay Lakhamphong sign a cooperation plan for 2023. (Photo: VNA)Co-chairing a conference reviewing the implementationof the 2022 cooperation plan and outlining another for 2023 between the two Ministries of Public Security,Lam said the two sides should accelerate the implementation of internationaltreaties and agreements to which both are members.
The conference, co-chaired by Lam and Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security General Vilay Lakhamphong, took place following a welcome ceremony for the Lao official.
The two ministries need to instruct public securityforces at units and localities to implement agreements reached by the Vietnameseand Lao governments regarding border areas in order to ensure security and orderand build a common borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation anddevelopment, he added.
Lam also suggested the two sides closely cooperate inpreventing “peaceful evolution” and consider building a scheme on organising anti-terrorismexercises.
Reviewing the implementation of the 2022 cooperationplan, the minister said the two sides have coordinated and deployed plansto ensure absolute security and safety for important political activities of bothcountries.
They successfully organised the 12th Vietnam-Laos security cooperation conference, along with meetings to exchangeprofessional skills, among other activities, he said.
In ensuring social order and safety, the two sidesregularly exchanged information and cooperated in the investigations of transnational crimes, especially drugcrime, human trafficking and smuggling.
At the local level, public security forces ofprovinces along the shared borderline and have twinning relations haveworked together to fight crimes and effectively handle issues regarding illegalmigration, undocumented marriages and illegal immigration, and acts that infringeupon national security.
In 2022, the Vietnamese ministry helped its Laocounterpart build a number of key works, including stations for Lao publicsecurity forces in border areas, and the Lao People's Public Security PoliticalAcademy.
At the conference, the two ministers signed a cooperationplan between the two ministries in 2023./.
Lam also suggested the two sides closely cooperate inpreventing “peaceful evolution” and consider building a scheme on organising anti-terrorismexercises.
Reviewing the implementation of the 2022 cooperationplan, the minister said the two sides have coordinated and deployed plansto ensure absolute security and safety for important political activities of bothcountries.
They successfully organised the 12th Vietnam-Laos security cooperation conference, along with meetings to exchangeprofessional skills, among other activities, he said.
In ensuring social order and safety, the two sidesregularly exchanged information and cooperated in the investigations of transnational crimes, especially drugcrime, human trafficking and smuggling.
At the local level, public security forces ofprovinces along the shared borderline and have twinning relations haveworked together to fight crimes and effectively handle issues regarding illegalmigration, undocumented marriages and illegal immigration, and acts that infringeupon national security.
In 2022, the Vietnamese ministry helped its Laocounterpart build a number of key works, including stations for Lao publicsecurity forces in border areas, and the Lao People's Public Security PoliticalAcademy.
At the conference, the two ministers signed a cooperationplan between the two ministries in 2023./.
VNA
