Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Phu Trong has hailed close and effective co-operation between the public security ministries of Vietnam and Laos.

The ministries of public security in both countries cooperated effectively in preventing and combating crime, providing personnel training, exchanging information and sharing experiences, NA Chairman Trong said while receiving Lao Minister of Public Security Thongbanh Sengaphone, in Hanoi on January 25.

Chairman Trong urged that the two countries should increase co-operation in fighting crime, maintaining political security and social order, thus contributing to the success of important events in 2010 in both countries as well as for the benefit of their people.

Lao Minister Sengaphone emphasised effective co-operation between the two ministries, saying that Vietnam ’s public security force helped their Lao counterparts in security for the 25th SEA Games.

The two ministries have maintained regular exchanges of visits to share experiences and mutual assistance in professional work, he said. (VNA)