On March 17, General Su Lin, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, received the Deputy Minister of Public Security of Laos in Hanoi.

Vietnam has always maintained special friendship with Laos and is willing to help Laos overcome current difficulties, continue to promote economic and social development, promote diversification and multilateralism of foreign relations, and enhance Laos' status and role in ASEAN. Laos will ensure security and order during the ASEAN presidency in 2024.

The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam hopes to cooperate with its peers in Laos to maintain independence, self-reliance, political stability, and relations with other countries; Prevent external forces from using one country to undermine the security and stability of another country and bilateral relations.

Laos hopes to maintain regular meetings between public security forces in areas where the two sides share their borders. We will resolutely prevent hostile and reactionary forces from using one country to undermine the political stability and social security order of another country and harm bilateral relations.

Officials from Laos and Cambodia met in Vientiane and signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at improving the level of tourism personnel and attracting more investment to increase the bilateral tourism industry between the two countries.

The two ministries agreed to launch a promotional campaign called "Two Countries, One Destination".  

As part of the plans formulated by their respective tourism ministries, more flights to popular tourist destinations in both countries will be encouraged to increase connectivity and travel convenience. The two countries will attempt to simplify land border crossings in order to provide convenient choices for tourists and reduce time consumption.  

The two countries will also explore the possibility of connecting tourism destinations through Mekong River cruise ships. As part of the 66th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cambodia and Laos, the Cambodian Laos Cycling Rally and other running events will also be held in Kane.

In addition, Laos and Cambodia are considering jointly promoting community-based tourism and gourmet tourism by hosting gourmet festivals in their respective countries.

A few days ago, a case occurred in Bangkok, Thailand, where a 51-year-old Thai accident patrol officer was shot and killed during a battle with a special police officer.

As for the cause of death of the patrol officer, his family members have doubts and unilaterally believe that there was a conflict during the arrest process that led to the death of the patrol officer through violence by the special police. In response, medical personnel also explained that the patrol officer died of excessive blood loss, but no bullets were found in his body. The fatal hit point was below the chest of the deceased.

In addition, after a preliminary autopsy, a drug component was also found in the patrolman's blood, which was initially determined to be cannabis residue. The specific results require further detailed examination.

It is understood that before the incident, the patrol officer purchased 100 rounds of ammunition and continued to fire into the sky at home, causing panic. After evacuating the crowd, the special police officer conducted several hours of negotiations with him, but failed. During the one-day confrontation, the staff finally forced into the room to control him in a "non live ammunition" manner. However, he used live ammunition against the special police officer, causing the staff to have to fight with live ammunition, and the patrol officers were injured during the fighting between the two sides.

Regarding the dispute over the cause of death, the Director of the Thai National Police, Dang Lunza, responded by stating that the special police personnel performed their tasks as required, and only chose to forcibly control the patrol officer after failing to negotiate with him for more than 20 hours to avoid causing greater losses.

A spokesman for the Thai Prime Minister's Office and Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs Anucha of the Prime Minister's Office revealed that the Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Admiral Bayou, expressed satisfaction with the results of the signing of the Mini Free Trade Agreement between the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand and Hainan Province of China.

Anucha said that Thailand has always maintained close trade cooperation with Hainan Province of China. In 2022, the total trade volume between the two sides reached 18.2 billion Baht, an increase of 91.9%. Since the signing of the Mini Free Trade Agreement, Thailand's total exports to Hainan have increased by 66.8%.

Among them, important export commodities include rubber, fruits, chemicals, and minerals.

It is also understood that the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand also plans to sign mini free trade agreements with several important Chinese provinces such as Yunnan and Guangdong.