March 02, 2018 | 22:27 (GMT+7)
MND mission inspects Tay Ninh’s border troops
PANO – A mission of the Ministry of National Defense (MND), led by Deputy-Defense Minister and Head of Steering Committee 1389 of the MND, Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem, visited and inspected the Tay Ninh provincial Border Guard Command on March 1.
According to the command’s report, since 2017, the province’s border troops have coordinated with other forces and busted nine drug cases, capturing 15 drug traffickers; arrested 220 suspects in 318 smuggling and trade fraud cases, etc.
On behalf of the MND mission, Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem hailed the troops’ efforts in carrying out border management and combat against criminals and trade fraud in 2017 and the peak during the lunar New Year festival. He required the troops to strictly implement resolutions and directions of higher levels in the coming time, dissemination work and related contents in order to better carry out the work.
* Steering Committee 1389 is responsible for directing and steering the implementation of the national program on combating drug and human trafficking, smuggling and trade fraud, prevention of corruption and wastefulness.
Translated by Huu Duong