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Heads of delegations attending the Conference and the ASEAN Secretary General took a souvenir photo. (Photo: HAI TIEN)
Speaking at the opening of the Conference, General Vilay Lakhamphong, Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security of Laos, as the chair of the conference, affirmed that the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Transnational Crime Prevention and Control is a high-level discussion mechanism that plays an important role in promoting cooperation to prevent and combat transnational crime.
Since its establishment in 1997, the Conference mechanism has been continuously expanded. Member countries and negotiating partners have established and strengthened the Conference mechanism and related mechanisms to suit the actual situation in each period, built and consolidated documents as the basis for cooperation such as treaties, action plans... to prevent and combat transnational crimes in the region and annually held conferences to review cooperation, jointly seek measures to solve transnational crime problems at the international, regional and national levels. |
General Vilay Lakhamphong, Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security of Laos, delivered the opening speech at the Conference. (Photo: HAI TIEN)
The Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security emphasized that this Conference plays an important role in promoting relevant mechanisms, especially the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime Prevention and Control and the ASEAN Heads of Immigration and Consular Agencies Meeting, in order to organize and implement cooperation activities within the framework of the mechanisms on a regular and continuous basis, contributing to ensuring security, creating favorable conditions for socio-economic development, and improving the lives of people in the region. At the Conference, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, gave an important speech, summarizing the situation and results of Vietnam's work in preventing and combating transnational crimes; affirming that as an ASEAN member country, Vietnam is committed to actively and responsibly participating in ASEAN cooperation frameworks in general and cooperation in the field of preventing and combating transnational crimes in particular. |
Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang. (Photo: HAI TIEN)
The Vietnamese Minister of Public Security also made a number of recommendations for countries in the region to study and implement together to improve the effectiveness of cooperation in preventing and combating transnational crimes in depth and substance. In particular, he emphasized that ASEAN countries need to increase the sharing of information on crimes, promote joint investigation of transnational crimes; coordinate the implementation of the ASEAN common peak to attack and suppress transnational crimes, especially between countries sharing common borders. |
Conference scene. (Photo: HAI TIEN)
In addition, Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang also suggested that ASEAN countries need to strengthen coordination to grasp the situation and fight against criminals who are citizens of one country committing crimes in another country; further improve the effectiveness of handling requests for judicial assistance in criminal matters and extradition, transfer, and criminal arrest among ASEAN countries, especially in tracking down and recovering assets appropriated and smuggled abroad by criminals.
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