Ministry of Public Security appoints 9 leaders of the Police Department investigating corruption

On August 17, in Hanoi, leaders of the Ministry of Public Securitydecision on transfer and appointmentGeneral Nguyen Duy Ngoc (former Deputy Director General of the General Department of Police) holds the position of Director of the Department of Police Investigation of Crimes of Corruption, Economy, and Smuggling.

According toPeople's PoliceDuring the day, the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security also handed over decisions on the transfer and appointment of 8 deputy directors of this department.

The Department of Police Investigation of Crimes of Corruption, Economy and Smuggling was merged from the Department of Police Investigation of Crimes of Economy and Corruption (C46) and the Department of Police Prevention and Combat of Smuggling Crimes (C74). These are two units.have functions, tasks, areas, and objects of struggle closely related to each other. In order to have a good coordination mechanism in preventing and effectively fighting corruption, economic crimes, and smuggling in the new situation, the Ministry of Public Security has merged.

August 17, atCan Tho,The Ministry of Public Security also announced the decision to merge the Fire Prevention and Fighting and Rescue Police Department of Can Tho City into the Can Tho City Police Department.The Minister of Public Security has transferred and appointed two former Deputy Directors of the Can Tho City Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department, Colonel Vu Van Tao and Colonel Tran Duc Binh, to the position of Deputy Directors of the City Police.

Since August 10, the Ministry of Public Security has also signed and awarded decisions on appointment and transfer of leaders to a series of departments and provincial police.August 16Provincial PoliceDong Naireceived the decision to merge the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department into the Provincial Police.Colonel Van Quyet Thang (former Director of the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department of Dong Nai province) and two Deputy Directors hold the position of Deputy Director of Dong Nai Provincial Police.After the merger, Dong Nai Provincial Police has 8 Deputy Directors and 27 affiliated departments, 5 fewer departments than the old model.

On August 15, the Ministry of Public Security announced the decision to establish the People's Public Security Media Department. The Department was merged from three agencies: CAND Newspaper, Television and CAND Publishing. Major General Mai Van Ha (former Deputy Director General of the General Department of Politics of the People's Public Security) was appointed to hold the position of Director of the Department and Director of CAND Television, assisted by 13 Deputy Directors.

August 13, Ministry of Public Securitymobilized and appointed Major General Vu Do Anh Dung (former Deputy Director General of the General Department of Logistics and Engineering) as Director of the Traffic Police Department. This Department has 8 deputy directors including: Major General Tran Quoc Trung; Major General Nguyen Ngoc Tuan; Colonel Le Xuan Duc; Colonel Do Thanh Binh; Colonel Vu Ngoc Dung; Colonel Nguyen Van Minh; Colonel Tran Thanh Tra; Lieutenant Colonel Dinh The Anh.

From August 6, according to Decree 01 of the Government, the Ministry of Public Security reduced 6 general departments; reduced 60 department-level units and equivalents to more than 50 departments. The Ministry reduced nearly 300 department-level units, 20 Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Departments were merged into provincial and municipal police. Therefore, the provincial police reduced more than 500 department-level units and at the team level reduced 1,000 units..