At the meeting, after being introduced to the process of formation and development of the PPA, Mr. Oliver Lermet was extremely impressed with the achievements of the PPA in recent years. He also expressed his sincere thanks to the PPA for the comprehensive cooperation with the UNODC and considered the UNODC as one of the long-term growth partner. Mr. Oliver Lermet emphasized during his work in the region organized many seminars concerning the role of the police force in reducing HIV and drug abuse; among those, Vietnam has always been one of the most active countries. Therefore, Mr. Oliver Lermet expressed his firm belief in the effective cooperation between the two sides in the upcoming activities.

Delegates took memorial photograph

On that basis, Major General, Dr. Dang Xuan Khang proposed some cooperative directions with the UNODC in the coming time as follows:

First, building the study groups to compile the training curriculum at the PPA with the participation of experts from the UNODC and the trainers of the PPA.

Second, jointly organizing the seminar "Relations between police force of Vietnam with international organizations, sociopolitical organizations in the prevention of drug abuse, contributing to reducing HIV in Vietnam"

Third, supporting the materials and foreign language books to enrich the volume of documents at the PPA’s library under the projects on building and developing police library in the period 2014 - 2020, serving for the need of the research and study at the Academy.

Fourth, sending experts of the UNODC to the PPA to report on the practical topics for the students of the Academy that relating to the field of the People's Police Force.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Oliver said the UNODC appreciated the proposal of the PPA and committed that those proposals to be discussed and prepared for the cooperative programs in the new phase. Mr. Oliver also proposed the PPA should make a detailed concept paper on those proposals in order that the UNODC could study more details before responding at the soonest.

On behalf of the PPA’s Directorate Board, Major General, Dr. Dang Xuan Khang gave deep thank to the UNODC for collaborative relationships with the Academy during the previous time and hoped that the meeting this time would mark a great growth-step in the cooperative relations between the two sides.

Translated by Xuan Thanh