The Ministry of Public Security organized a meeting to summarize 10 years of implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (TOC Convention) and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (TIP Protocol) and discuss the implemetation of international treaties and agreements of the Public Security Forces until 2030 on the morning of April 25th, 2024.
Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung chaired the meeting. The meeting was held online, connecting delegates from the under-ministerial departments and those from provincial-level police units nationwide.
Over the past time, the Ministry of Public Security well performed its tasks in the implementation of international treaties and agreements on extradition, transfer of sentenced persons, mutual legal assisstance in criminal matters, prevention and fighting against human trafficking, drug trafficking and other types of transnational organized crimes.
Over the past years, the Ministry of Public Security has signed with international partners a number of treaties and agreements on these fields and seriously implemented them, as well as advised the President on the negotiation, signing and implementation of multilateral treaties including the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, the draft ASEAN Extradition Treaty and the draft UN Convention on Cybercrime.
At the meeting, delegates discussed the practicing of the TOC Convention and the TIP Protocol as well as the implementation of international treaties and agreements, approaches to step up the Vietnamese police’s cooperation via multilateral crime prevention and combat mechanisms such as Interpol and Aseanpol, cooperation between the Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and counterparts of the bordering countries in preventing and combating organized and transnational crime, and effective ways to apply international treaties to the handling of drug-trafficking cases involving foreigners.
Delegates also pointed out the limitations of ministries and branches in collaborating with one another and difficulties in implementing the treaties and agreements.
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung highly valued opinions and ideas of delegates at the meeting.
Regarding the key tasks in the coming time, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung asked public security units and agencies to draft a specific plan on their need to negotiate and sign treaties and agreements according to their functions and missions.
In addition, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung requested the Department of Legal Affairs and Administrative - Judicial Reforms under the Ministry of Public Security to carefully study and advise higher-level authorities to negotiate and sign other multilateral treaties with international organizations, and agreements on security, crime prevention and fight, mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, extradition, transfer of sentenced persons between Vietnam and other countries, especially ASEAN countries, major powers as well as traditional friends.
