VN, Laos boost security ties


Minister of Public Security, General Le Hong Anh. (Photo: VNA)
A high-ranking delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security led by Minister General Le Hong Anh is on a working visit to Laos from February 20-23.

The visit is being made at the invitation of Lao Minister of Public Security Thongbanh Seng Aphone, who is also Secretary of the Central Committee of the Laos People's Revolutionary Party.

At yesterday's meeting, the two ministries shared information about each country's socio-economic situation, reviewed outcomes of their past co-operation and mapped out plans for future co-operation.

Both host and guest agreed to regularly exchange information regarding combatting crime and to increase knowledge about laws and customs for those living and working in the neighbouring country.

The two sides committed themselves to implementing the agreement on socio-economic and scientific-technological co-operation in 2011 signed by the two governments; supporting each other in drug prevention and ensuring border security and order.

Viet Nam will continue to help Laos in personnel training and provide technical assistance for the country, the Vietnamese side said.

At the end of the meeting, the two sides signed minutes for the second extension of the agreement on socio-economic and scientific-technological co-operation and ministerial co-operation for 2011.


Japan will consult Vietnam on TPP Agreement


The Japanese Government will send its experts to Vietnam to collect information about the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement known as TPP Agreement.  

Observers said that if Japan signs the TPP Agreement, its automobile and machinery exports will be boosted. However, the greatly subsidized agricultural sector will also be affected.

Japan has so far dispatched its experts to eight out of nine countries involved in the negotiations on the TPP Agreement to consult them about the issue.

Vietnam is the only country which has not yet held consultations with Japan.

An inter-agency delegation from the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will work with Vietnamese partners on February 23.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his country will decide whether or not to join the TPP Agreement in June.

The TPP Agreement is considered an open mechanism for free trade in the region. Nine countries engaging in the negotiations on the agreement are Brunei, Chile, Singapore, New Zealand, the US, Australia, Malaysia, Peru and Vietnam.


Mexico, Vietnam bolster political ties


The Political Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico, Do Dinh Truong, attended the 8th Congress of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) on February 19.

Addressing the congress’s closing session, Truong stressed that the friendship and fruitful cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam and PT will actively contribute to the expansion of the two countries’ relations in the future.
The counsellor wished the event an enormous success, saying that the resolutions adopted at the congress would strengthen the party’s operation and help it attain greater achievements while performing its tasks, including preparations for upcoming elections, especially the Presidential election in 2012.
After one day of working, PT delegates discussed amended regulations and ratified agreements reached at the national delegates’ conference on the Party’s committees. They also approved the list of nine politburo members and worked on political tasks in the future.
The event was attended by 800 delegates across Mexico and guests from representatives agencies of several countries in the region and the world, including Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.


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