DPM meets with Australian drug expert

VGP – Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday in Hanoi hosted a reception for Professor Robert Ali, Chair of the Asia-Pacific Committee of the Australian National Council on Drugs who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Professor Robert Ali, Chair of the Asia-Pacific Committee of the Australian National Council on Drugs, Hanoi, July 19, 2012 – Photo: VGP/Le Son

Deputy PM hailed the anti-drug suggestions of Professor Robert Ali for the fight against drug use in Vietnam especially the significance of education at schools to equip pupils with preventive knowledge.

The professor highly spoke of the Vietnamese Government’s effort to prevent and combat drugs particularly by releasing a number of legal documents on the issue.

He also hoped that strong attempts from families, schools and the society would positively back pupils to stay away from drug use./. 

By Kim Anh