At the reception, General Lich expressed delight at receiving the Chinese official in the context that Vietnam has successfully organized the 13th National Party Congress, and the two countries have celebrated the 2021 Lunar New Year.

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At the reception

The Vietnamese Defense Minister also took the occasion to thank the National Immigration Administration of China for donating medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention to Vietnam’s Border Guard.

For his part, Chinese Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi congratulated Vietnam on its successful organization of the 13th National Party Congress, and thanked General Lich for the warm reception. He affirmed that the visit aims to strengthen the traditional friendship between the two Parties and States in general and cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security in particular.

At the event, the two sides also highlighted recent practical cooperation results between the two ministries. In the context of the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic, border guard and border management forces of the two countries have coordinated closely in deploying teams and posts to prevent the spread of the virus in border areas and illegal border crossing activities. 

The two officers also proposed solutions to promote and improve the effectiveness of cooperation between the Vietnamese Border Guard and the National Immigration Administration of China in the coming time. They agreed to strictly implement legal documents on border and bilateral agreements signed between the two countries with a focus on taking synchronous measures and closely cooperating to effectively manage exit and entry activities amid the pandemic. They pledged to raise vigilance and work closely in the fight against crime, especially cross-border crime, terrorism, high-tech crime, and human, drug, and weapons trafficking, contributing to maintaining security and order in border areas.

After the reception, the two ministers signed a cooperation agreement between the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on establishing a three-level law enforcement coordination mechanism in border control at border gates and in land border management.

Translated by Tran Hoai