Public security ministry boosts ties with British law enforcement forces
Minister of Public Security General To Lam on June 22 said cooperation between his ministry and the UK’s law enforcement agencies has been consolidated and enhance on the basis of the development of the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership.
Vietnamese and British officials pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Public SecurityGeneral To Lam on June 22 said cooperation between his ministry and the UK’slaw enforcement agencies has been consolidated and enhanced on the basis of the development of the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership.
The minister made the affirmation while receiving UK First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth andDevelopment Affairs, Dominic Raab.
The collaboration has produced important outcomes,especially in the fight against crime, human trafficking and illegal sending ofmigrants, and immigration management, he said.
He suggested the two sides continue to effectivelyimplement agreements and memoranda of understanding on legal assistance, receiving back citizens and cooperationin crime combat, focusing on information sharing in fighting terrorism,organised crime, high-tech crime, child sexual abuse and illegal entry.
The two sides should closely coordinate to carry out thememorandum of understanding on cooperation in fighting human trafficking, hecontinued.
For his part, Raab pledged to work to promote the partnership between British law enforcement agencies and the Vietnamese ministry,considering this an important factor to build trust and boost cooperationbetween the two countries, matching cooperation potential of the two countriesas well as the aspirations of their peoples./.
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Vietnamese and British officials pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA) 
