United States Vietnam Sign Bilateral Counternarcotics Assistance
Agreement

(EXCERPT) Press Statement Richard Boucher, Spokesman Washington, DC
December 12, 2003

United States Vietnam Sign Bilateral Counternarcotics Assistance
Agreement

On the occasion of the visit of Vietnam s Deputy Prime Minister Vu
Khoan to the United States, the governments of the United States of
America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam signed a bilateral
Letter of Agreement on Counternarcotics Cooperation on December 11,
2003, in Los Angeles. In addition to the Civil Air Agreement, this is
the second agreement signed during the Deputy Prime Minister s visit.
The Letter of Agreement commits both governments to establish and
support projects designed to combat the production and trafficking of
illicit narcotics and other forms of transnational criminal
activities. This agreement is an important step toward building a
strong cooperative effort in the fight against illegal drugs, and it
strengthens the broadening relationship between our two countries.

2003/1257

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Released on December 12, 2003

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