The mechanism launch comes amid increasingly close cross-border ties among local communities while also addressing growing challenges posed by transnational crimes such as smuggling, illegal migration, drug trafficking and human trafficking.

General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, received US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Michael DeSombre in Ha Noi on February 13.

The Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), held a workshop in Ha Noi on September 29 to share experience in lawmaking and enforcement.