Russia, Vietnam bolster cooperation in firefighting, search and rescue
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam and Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Sen. Lieut. Gen Kurenkov Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich agreed on the urgent need to ramp up coordination between the two countries in a bid to improve the efficiency of firefighting, and search and rescue operations during their talks in Hanoi on November 9.
Vietnam is keen on working together with Russia to enhance the bilateral friendship, making it more effective, substantive, and sustainable, Lam told his guest.
Regarding cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, he said it is growing and flourishing across multiple spheres, adding the ministries have maintained experience exchange in emergency preparedness and response.
The Russian ministry has helped the MPS train firefighters and search and rescue forces, provided it with scientific documents and shared experience in training methods.
Vyacheslavovich emphasized that the close collaboration, particularly in firefighting, and search and rescue operations, as well as experience exchange in emergency preparedness and response has contributed to deepening the time-honoured friendship between the two countries.
Both sides concurred to intensify all-level delegation exchanges, share experience in building early warning centres, and transfer technologies in fire prevention and control, and search and rescue.
They are set to set up a joint research group to coordinate and share information to complete the legal system on firefighting, and search and rescue operations.
In August 2022, the two ministries signed a memorandum of understanding on the exchange of experience in emergency preparedness and response.
