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NEWS- Myanmar, Vietnam Vow to Coope
- Subject: NEWS- Myanmar, Vietnam Vow to Coope
- From: BurmaJapan@xxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 15:04:00
Myanmar, Vietnam Vow to Cooperate in Combating Drugs
Xinhua
13-NOV-97
YANGON (Nov. 14) XINHUA - Myanmar and
Vietnam vowed to further cooperate in
combating narcotic drugs, according to
today's official newspaper The New Light of
Myanmar.
Drug control officials of Myanmar and
Vietnam held their third meeting here
Thursday to discuss cooperation in
combating narcotic drugs under an
agreement initiated in 1995.
The meeting discussed activities of the two
countries in their fight against narcotic drugs
at national level and cooperation in
conducting training courses.
Myanmar and Vietnam signed an agreement
on cooperation in combating narcotic drugs
between the two countries in Ho Chi Minh
city in March 1995, and the first and second
meetings were held in Yangon and Hanoi in
November 1995 and September 1996
respectively.
Myanmar and Vietnam are also among the
six signatories to the 1993 New York
Memorandum of Understanding to control
illicit drug trafficking and abuse in the
subregion.