Vietnamese, Lao Ministries of Public Security sign cooperation plan for 2023

Speaking at the event, To Lam said the two sides should accelerate the implementation of international treaties and agreements to which both are signatories.

He suggested the two ministries step up information exchange, and coordinate in preventing impacts of non-traditional security threats.

The two ministries need to instruct public security forces to implement the agreements reached by the Vietnamese and Lao governments regarding border areas in order to ensure security and order and build a common borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation and development, he added.

Reviewing the implementation of the 2022 cooperation plan, the Vietnamese minister said the two sides have coordinated and deployed plans to ensure absolute security and safety for important political activities of both countries.

They successfully organized the 12th Viet Nam-Laos security cooperation conference, along with meetings to exchange professional skills, among other activities, he said.

In ensuring social order and safety, the two sides regularly exchanged information and cooperated in the investigations of transnational crime, especially drug crime, human trafficking and smuggling.

At the local level, public security forces of provinces along the shared borderline and twin localities have worked together to fight crime and effectively handle issues regarding illegal migration, undocumented marriages and illegal immigration, and acts that infringe upon national security.

In 2022, the Vietnamese ministry helped its Lao counterpart build a number of key works, including stations for Lao public security forces in border areas, and the Lao People's Public Security Political Academy.