Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang attended the launching ceremony of the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level in Nghe An.

Attending the launching ceremony were Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Minister of Public Security and the Ministry's working delegation.

The leaders of Nghe An province included comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders of the People's Council, People's Committee, National Assembly Delegation, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; together with leaders of departments, branches, leaders, officers and soldiers of Nghe An Provincial Police.

Also attending were representatives of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, leaders of the People's Council and People's Committee of Vinh City, Party committees and authorities of wards and communes, and agencies, departments, branches and organizations of Vinh City.

Nghe An established 3,797 security and order protection teams at the grassroots level.

Before the launching ceremony of the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level, Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang and the working delegation along with leaders of Nghe An province respectfully offered flowers at the Monument and Ho Chi Minh Shrine at Ho Chi Minh Square.

On November 28, 2023, at the 6th Session, the 15th National Assembly passed the Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level, effective from July 1, 2024.

This is one of the mass forces, arranged in villages and residential groups, acting as the core to support the commune-level police to help the People's Committee at the same level in protecting security, order and building a mass movement to protect national security.

According to the law, this force has 6 tasks, including: supporting the understanding of security and order; supporting the building of a mass movement to protect national security; supporting fire prevention, fire fighting, rescue; supporting administrative management of social order; supporting the mobilization and education of people who have violated the law and are residing at the facility; supporting patrols to ensure security, order and traffic safety; performing security and order protection tasks when mobilized.

In Nghe An province, 3,797 security and order protection teams were established in all blocks, hamlets, villages and hamlets. Basically, each team has 3 members; except for 29 blocks, hamlets and villages in some wards and communes in Vinh city, Hoang Mai town and some communes in districts: Quynh Luu, Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Yen Thanh with 4 to 5 members per team due to large population size.

The provincial launching ceremony was held at Ho Chi Minh Square, Vinh city, with more than 1,700 delegates and forces participating; including about 800 officers and soldiers from the provincial police departments, Vinh city police and 450 comrades from the security and order protection forces in the blocks, along with 300 union members and youth of Vinh city.

In Nghe An, in addition to the provincial launching ceremony held in Vinh city, which was selected by the Ministry of Public Security to be the venue along with 12 centrally-run provinces and cities, this morning, the remaining 20 districts and towns also simultaneously held launching ceremonies for the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level.

Well perform 6 tasks of the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level

After witnessing the forces marching through the stage; performing martial arts, tactics and practicing 3 situations to ensure security and order at the grassroots level, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang - Minister of Public Security gave a speech to direct and assign tasks.

The Minister of Public Security thanked the Party Committee and authorities at all levels of Nghe An province for their attention, initiative and responsibility; highly appreciated the efforts of Nghe An Provincial Police in implementing the Law and organizing the launching ceremony of the force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level.

With the characteristics of Nghe An being the province with the largest area in the country, some communes have large areas and large populations, in order to promote the role and position of the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level in the province, Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang hopes that the Party Committees and authorities at all levels of Nghe An province will continue to pay attention to leading and directly and comprehensively directing the tasks of organizing and operating the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level.

Along with that, continue to pay more attention to investment, equipping means, ensuring regimes and policies so that the forces participating in protecting security and order in the province can well perform their assigned functions and tasks.

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang requested the Nghe An Provincial Police to continue promoting the tradition of the heroic unit of the people's armed forces, proactively grasp, closely and accurately forecast the situation to promptly advise Party committees and authorities at all levels to lead, direct and effectively resolve complicated security and order incidents arising right from the grassroots; thoroughly implement the motto: taking the grassroots as the center, building communes, wards, towns, villages and residential groups into solid fortresses for the work of ensuring security and order, not being passive or surprised in any situation.

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang also noted that it is necessary to regularly pay attention to providing political, legal, and professional guidance and training to the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level, considering this a force that accompanies the People's Public Security force, is close to the people, serves the people, and plays a very important role in ensuring security and order right at the grassroots level.

In particular, emphasizing the need to specify the tasks of this force, the Minister of Public Security requested urgent advice on stabilizing security and order protection teams at the grassroots level in conjunction with building police stations in communes, wards and towns, so that the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level have the conditions to immediately begin performing assigned tasks.

For the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level in Nghe An province, the Minister of Public Security requested to continue promoting the revolutionary tradition, achievements and accomplishments, solidarity, unity, efforts, striving, overcoming all difficulties and challenges, making efforts to study, practice, improve knowledge, expertise, law and mass mobilization skills; seriously comply with the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, the management of the People's Committees at the commune level and the guidance, assignment and inspection of the police force.

At the same time, promote the spirit of responsibility, actively help the police force of communes and wards to perform the task of ensuring security and order and build a movement of the whole people to protect national security at the grassroots level, contributing to maintaining security and order, political and social stability, effectively serving the task of socio-economic development in the locality.

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang - Minister of Public Security also added that in order to effectively perform the task of ensuring security and order at the grassroots level, communication work plays a very important role. Fast, correct, timely and accurate information will help leaders and commanders effectively resolve complicated security and order incidents right at the grassroots level. Therefore, the timely deployment of communication channels between the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level and the commune police force is extremely important, ensuring maximum mobility, flexibility and coordination between the forces, thereby creating initiative in handling complicated security and order situations.

The Ministry of Public Security has built an information channel using the Gmobile mobile telecommunications network utility service, both ensuring normal information exchange activities and serving as a communication information exchange channel serving the task of ensuring security and order at the grassroots level, meeting security and safety standards and criteria.

With the tradition of the heroic Soviet homeland, the beloved homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, along with great efforts and determination, the Minister of Public Security expressed his deep belief that the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level will excellently fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, State and People.

Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang and Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy directly presented gifts to the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level.

On this occasion, GTEL Corporation, Ministry of Public Security presented the symbolic board "Equipping Gmobile's Communication Channel".

Ensure unity, synchronization, and early stabilization to carry out tasks

In his closing remarks, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province Nguyen Duc Trung sincerely thanked and fully accepted the instructions of Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang; at the same time, he hoped that the Ministers and leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry's professional departments would continue to pay attention to directing, creating favorable conditions and helping Nghe An province to perform well the task of ensuring security and order.

In order for the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level to stabilize soon and deploy activities effectively in the coming time, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province requested the Provincial Police and the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level to organize, thoroughly grasp, and seriously and effectively implement the contents of the speech and assignment of tasks by the Minister of Public Security.

In particular, the Provincial Police urgently advised on the implementation of 6 groups of tasks for the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level; ensuring conditions for uniforms, vehicles, and support tools for the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level, ensuring unity, synchronization, and early stabilization to perform the tasks.

Departments, branches, agencies, units and localities need to enhance their sense of responsibility, care, coordination and support the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level in the area to perform well their assigned tasks, contributing to ensuring security and order at the grassroots level, protecting the peace and happiness of the people.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung also suggested that the Provincial Police, as the lead advisory agency, proactively coordinate with the Provincial Emulation and Reward Committee to promptly propose forms of commendation and reward for collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements, contributing to the success of the launching ceremony, as well as the activities of the forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level of the province in the coming time.

Immediately after the launching ceremony, the participating forces organized a parade and demonstrated their strength on the streets of Vinh city.