Under the international cooperation program
between the PPA and the Embassy of the USA in Hanoi on 17th June
2013, at the PPA headquarter, Senior Colonel, Dr. Tran Minh Chat, Vice
President of the PPA received and worked Mr. Kevin Schwartz, official of the Asia Regional Office within the Department
of Executive and International Drug Control, U.S. Department of State; Mr.
Jason Hwang, political official of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and some officials
from the Embassy.
On behalf of the
PPA Leadership Directorate, Vice President Tran Minh Chat sincerely thanked the
US Embassy and concerned agencies for coordinating and supporting the PPA over
the past years and hoped that the relationship cooperation between two sides
would be better and better in the future time. The US Representatives confirmed
that with desire of promoting relationship between People’s Police of Viet Nam
in general and the PPA in particular, the U.S. Department of State and the US
Embassy in Hanoi have been considering to implement more effective cooperation
solutions. Particularly, at the meeting, the U.S. Representatives discussed some cooperative activities in the
coming time, including co-organizing the workshops, seminar with topics on
testimony tactics, crime scene examination and evidence strengthening as well
as cooperative relationship between layers and investigators and co-organizing
English language training courses for the PPA officers.
Responding to
the ideas of the U.S Department of State, Senior Colonel, Vice President Tran
Minh Chat thanked and welcomed to cooperation proposals from the US side. He also
advised that currently, the PPA has been upgrading training and studying qualification
step by step, therefore, it is very necessary and important for strengthening
international cooperation with experienced countries like U.S. on providing
further training skills and working ability for team of officers and lecturers
of the PPA.
Moreover, Senior
Colonel Tran Minh Chat proposed the U.S delegation to support the PPA the items
and images of U.S Police Force
activities to display at the international cooperation showroom of the PPA so
as to help officers, lecturers and students study more about organization
structures and activities of the U.S law enforcement agencies. The U.S
delegation agreed to collect items on display for the PPA.
Written by Cao
Hoang Long
Translated by Huyen
Trang