Renewed Mekong region drug control efforts?

Ministers and authorities from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, China and Vietnam, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime attended the event.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Son led Vietnam's delegations. Delegates approved the Phnom Penh Declaration on the Effective Settlement of Drug-related Issues in the region, and approved the 10th sub-regional action plan on the issue for the 2017 to 2019 period. The declaration renewed determination to address drug-related challenges when considering health and security of communities within the framework of the three international conventions on drugs.