Joining the event were Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Nguyen Quoc Dung, along with representatives from the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance.

Both sides highly valued the outcomes of the first Security and Law Enforcement Dialogue, held in Hanoi in July 2024, as well as the progress in implementing the commitments and agreements since that meeting.

During the second dialogue, the two sides discussed a broad range of regional security and transnational organized crime issues, including maritime security, supply chain security, money laundering, counterterrorism, as well as cooperation in combating narcotics, cybercrime, illegal immigration, human trafficking, and financial crimes.

They also outlined priorities for cooperation in capacity-building related to law enforcement and criminal justice, and considered expanding mechanisms for co-operation to better respond to growing transnational crime challenges, including online fraud affecting citizens and businesses in both countries.

In his concluding remarks, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung praised the efforts of both sides in effectively coordinating and carrying out the security and law enforcement dialogue mechanism, as well as successfully convening the second dialogue in Washington.

He emphasized that going forward, agencies of the two countries should continue regular exchanges on issues of mutual concern agreed upon during the dialogue, in order to further ramp up security and law enforcement cooperation in line with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the US and Vietnam.

As part of his working visit to the US on September 4-5, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung also met with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Department of State, and the Asia Group.

At these meetings, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung acknowledged the positive results of cooperation between the Ministry of Public Security and US partners in recent years, which have made law enforcement cooperation an important component of bilateral relations.

He noted the proposals put forward by the US side and underscored the need to further strengthen cooperation, information exchange, and effective handling of issues of particular concern, as well as implementing agreed areas of cooperation.

US partner agencies thanked Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung and his high-ranking delegation for their visit and reaffirmed their commitment to working closely with the Ministry of Public Security to actively realize with the agreed commitments.

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