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Laos, Vietnam further cooperation on security

Laos, Vietnam further cooperation on security

(KPL) The Ministry of Public Security of Laos and Ministry of Police
of Vietnam last week signed an annual cooperation agreement in Luang Prabang province.
Signatories to the document, Mr Thongban Sengaphone, Lao Minister of Public Security and his Vietnamese counterpart Major General Le Hong Anh in the presence of both sides officials.
Under the agreement, two sides have agreed to further cooperation on political security, maintenance in social order and security for people in two countries, particularly provinces sharing common borders with Vietnam.
They have also agreed on cooperation drugs control along borders, military direction and techniques, and exchange visit between two delegations.
At the same time in Luang Prabang province, Brigadier General Le Quy Vuong, Head of Force Construction Department, Ministry of Police of Vietnam gave over VND 1.4 billion (more 700 million kip) in cash to the Lao Ministry of Public Security to spend on purchasing necessary equipment for newspaper, television station and art sector of Ministry of Public Security.
The cash, received by Brigadier General Somkeo Silavong, Head of General Political Department of Minister of Public Security in the witnesses of Lao Minister of Public Security and Vietnamese counterpart.

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