Vietnam aspires to boost law enforcement capacity against drug crimes with US
VOV.VN - Major General Vu Trung Kien, Deputy Commander in charge of law at the Vietnam Coast Guard Command has expressed his hope that the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) will augment cooperation with the Vietnam Coast Guard and Border Guard amid complicated developments of drug and human trafficking crimes.
At a recent reception given to Shelby Smith-Wilson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the INL, Kien suggested the two sides step up information sharing on crime syndicates and drug crimes at sea, and run training courses to improve capacity for the Vietnamese law enforcement officers in the fight against drug crimes, human trafficking and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
He also suggested the INL continue arranging foreign language training courses for the staff of the Vietnamese forces.
Over the past time, the US Government and the INL in particular have supported the Vietnamese coast and border guards to enhance their law enforcement capacity, and organised various regional programmes and conferences which offer Southeast Asian countries opportunities to discuss and join hands to settle drug and crimes effectively.
The US official affirmed that the US Government always accompanies the Vietnamese Government in ensuring a safe and open Indo-Pacific, and hailed the efforts by the Vietnamese forces in the fight.
She said the INL always places great importance on its cooperation with the Vietnam Coast Guard, while seeking stronger collaboration in the above-mentioned areas as well as the implementation of initiatives to improve the role of women in law enforcement at sea.
