The 6th ASEAN-China
Prosecutors General Conference was opened in Hà Nội on Tuesday morning
under the theme “Strengthening cooperation in mutual legal assistance in
criminal matters to effectively combat transnational organized crimes.”
Vietnamese
State President Nguyễn Minh Triết delivers speech at the opening ceremony of
the 6th ASEAN-China Prosecutors General Conference, Hà Nội, November 24, 2009 -
Photo: DĐDN
Giving the opening speech
to the conference, Vietnamese State President Nguyễn Minh Triết noted that the increased
exchange of experience of science, education, labor, environment protection, justice,
and fighting against transnational crimes is a vivid evidence for the effective
connectivity and bilateral and multilateral cooperation between ASEAN member
states and
The head of state also
highlighted Việt
According to Mr. Trần Quốc
Vượng, Head of Vietnam's Supreme People's Procuracy and chairman of the
conference said at the opening session that transnational organized crime
situation has become more complex in recent years in the region.
"Strengthening the
cooperation among countries to prevent and fight against transnational
organized crimes is important to the international community as a whole and the
ASEAN community in particular," said Mr. Vượng.
He expects delegates to the
conference could have in-depth discussions to bring forward solutions and
action plans to improve cooperation mechanism among procuratorial offices of
the ASEAN and
Việt
Nam has joined, approved and signed dozens of conventions and agreements with
the United Nations, international organizations and other countries throughout
the world, including the UN Convention on drug control (1997), the UN
Convention on organizational transnational crimes (2000) and the UN Convention
on anti-corruption (June 2009).