Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Thanh (L) and EEAS Director of the Southeast Asian Affairs David Daly (Source: VNA) He made the remarks while meeting with EUROPOL Deputy Director Oldrich Martinin The Hague of the Netherlands on March 13.
Thanh spoke highly of EUROPOL’s anti-crime coordination efforts, especially amidthe complicated developments of security order in the world and the EUcountries in particular.
He suggested building a bilateral cooperation mechanism in the sharing of crimeinformation, threat appraisal, investigations into trans-national cases, andhunt for wanted offenders.
The guest asked EUROPOL to assistVietnamese public security forces in capacity building and training.
Oldrich Martin affirmed that EUROPOLalways values and wants to work with Vietnam’s public security forces and lawenforcement agencies in particular.
He spoke highly of joint work betweenthe Vietnamese Ministry and EUROPOL member countries in the fight againstorganised, trans-national, new, terror, drug, human trafficking and cybercrimes and hunt for runaway prisoners, adding that Vietnam is activelyassisting European Union police.
He stated that EUROPOL will enhance cooperation with the ASEAN National Police(ASEANAPOL), including the Vietnamese public security forces.
Martin wished that the Vietnamese public security forces would continuepartnering with European Union police and EUROPOL, serving as a bridge betweenthe two regions’ police.
The EUROPOL leader expressed his hopethat the Vietnamese Ministry and EUROPOL will discuss and sign a cooperationagreement in fields of shared interest, which was agreed by his guest.
During a working session with DeputyDirector General of the EU Directorate General of Trade and chief of thenegotiating delegation of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) RaffaeleMauro Petriccione earlier on March 10 in Brussels, the Vietnamese official saidhe believes that the EVFTA will speed up Vietnam-EU trade.
Vietnam is ready to serve as a bridgefor EU investors to access the Southeast Asian markets, he said, adding thatthe Ministry of Public Security will actively link up with EU concernedauthorities in crime prevention and control, contributing to hastening theEVFTA signing and implementation.
Mauro Petriccione, in reply, alsoexpressed his wish for the prompt signing and ratification of EVFTA because EUagencies and member states are interested in the Vietnamese market.
He lauded achievements that Vietnamhas made in economic development, human rights, and the fight against crimes,especially those involving in the environment, which are of the EU’s concernduring the process of completing internal procedures for the EVFTA signing andadoption.
During a working session with theVietnamese delegation in Brussels the same day, the European External ActionService (EEAS)’s Director of the Southeast Asian Affairs David Daly hailedVietnam as one of the EU’s major partners in Southeast Asia and wished tocontinue further lifting bilateral ties to a new height.
Thanh highlighted that the EU hasbecome a significant partner of Vietnam during the socio-economic developmentand helps the country cope with rising non-traditional security challenges inAsia.
The Vietnamese official also soughtthe EU’s support for the signing of a memorandum of understanding on anti-crimecooperation with his ministry and the sharing of experience in launching ascheme on sending public security officers to the United Nations peacekeepingmission.
The Vietnamese delegation from the Ministry of Public Security paid a workingvisit to EU agencies and EUROPOL from March 9-13.-VNA
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