Vietnam will participate fully with the Association of National Police Forces in the ASEAN region (ASEANAPOL), with the International Criminal Police Organization and Interpol.

He said that Vietnam wishes, along with other ASEAN countries and their partners including Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand, to build a peaceful, stable and developed region.

The state leader emphasized the importance of the ASEANAPOL conference taking place in a context of increasing crime, terrorism, and piracy, and especially transnational hi-tech and drug-related crimes.

Countries in the region and around the world must strengthen their cooperation in order to achieve more effective results in crime prevention, he added.

Source: VNA