Vietnam helps Laos build drug treatment and rehabilitation center

Once put into operation, the center can provide treatment and rehabilitation services for 500 patients and working conditions for 70 employees.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang speaks at the ground-breaking ceremony.

Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang said that after the Academy of Politics of the Lao People's Public Security, the center is a result of the special solidarity and close cooperation between the two Parties, States and people of the two countries in general, and between the two public security forces in particular.

The work also aims to celebrate the 62nd founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Laos (September 5, 1962 - 2024), and the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam - Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 - 2024).

On behalf of the Party, Government, and the Ministry of Public Security of Laos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security Gen. Vilay Lakhamphong expressed his sincere thanks to the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security for supporting Laos in building the center.

Vilay believed that the center will make an important contribution to the implementation of the Lao national program on solving drug problems and helping the Lao public security force complete its tasks well, especially in the drug treatment and rehabilitation.

Source: VNA