Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen anti-drug trafficking cooperation

Vietnam and Cambodia needed to promote their cooperation on fighting against drug trafficking, local newspaper Vietnam News on Friday quoted a Vietnamese senior official as saying.

The two countries' border localities and relevant forces should implement joint agreements on combating drug trafficking more actively, deputy director of the General Department of Police under Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security Pham Nam Tao said while meeting with visiting vice chairman of the National Authority for Combating Drugs of Cambodia Loy Sophart on Thursday.

Vietnamese and Cambodian police should open liaison offices in border provinces, establish hotlines, and organize more meetings on the issue. They should receive further foreign language training to fight against cross-border drug trafficking more effectively, he said.

Most drug traffickers detected in the two countries' border localities this year were associated with organized crimes, according to their national authorities for combating drugs.

According to the National Authority for Combating Drugs of Cambodia, Cambodia is facing many challenges as it is becoming a transit point for transnational drug criminals, especially those from the Golden Triangle, the world's largest sources of opium, which covers parts of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.

Source: Xinhua