Effectively combating drug crimes on the Vietnam-Laos border

November 17, 2015 15:39

(Baonghean.vn)- On November 17, in Ky Son district, the Nghe An Border Guard Command and the People's Committee of Ky Son district (Nghe An) held a conference to deploy a plan to coordinate in resolving the complicated drug situation on the border between Ky Son district, Nghe An province (Vietnam) and Noong Het district, Xieng Khouang province (Laos), (abbreviated as Plan 1368).

The conference was chaired by Major General Nguyen Canh Hien, Deputy Commander of the Vietnam Border Guard; Colonel Dinh Ngoc Van, Commander of the Nghe An Border Guard; Comrade Bui Tram, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Son district; and Comrade Cho-lo Cama, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Noong Het district, Xieng Khouang province.

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Conference overview
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Delegates from Vietnamese and Lao authorities exchanged at the Conference

With the determination to push back crime and drug abuse on the border, Nghe An and Xieng Khouang provinces have coordinated to implement Plan 1368. Accordingly, the professional forces of Nghe An Border Guard and the authorities of the two provinces directed professional agencies to use professional measures to grasp the situation of drug crime activities and other factors related to drug trafficking and transportation activities across the border; to propagate and mobilize people, to launch a mass movement to fight against drug crime. On the basis of systematizing the basic situation, supplementing new information on crimes to determine the scope, scale, and level for propaganda and mobilization in the localities. Combining organizing meetings with people, propagating in the community to sign a commitment not to buy, sell, or assist criminals in transporting drugs; local authorities, police, militia, mass organizations, and other active factors to participate in order to promote effectiveness; widely deployed to each village, each house and each specific person...

Plan 1368 will be implemented in Muong Xen town and communes in Ky Son district, Nghe An province and the border area of ​​Noong Het district, focusing on the clusters of Tham Thao, Pha Ven, Huoi Lum villages, Noong Het district, Xieng Khouang province.

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Major General Nguyen Canh Hien, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard, gave a speech at the Conference.

Speaking at the conference, Major General Nguyen Canh Hien, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard, emphasized that the success of Plan 1048 held in Son La was highly appreciated by the Border Guard Command, and at the same time allowed for its expansion in a number of key areas of other localities on the Vietnam - Laos border. Plan 1368 demonstrates the determination to fight drug crimes on the border of Nghe An and Xieng Khouang provinces. Therefore, relevant forces of Nghe An and Xieng Khouang provinces need to get involved so that the plan can be successfully deployed and effectively fight drug crimes on the border of the two localities.

Hung Phong

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