Always worthy of the title 'sharp sword', 'solid steel shield' (*)

Nghe An Newspaper introduces the speech of comrade 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 National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province at the Ceremony to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the People's Public Security studying and implementing Uncle Ho's Six Teachings and Nghe An Public Security receiving the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces.

-Dear General To Lam - Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Minister of Public Security;

- Dear Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission;

-Dear comrades, members of the Party Central Committee, leaders of Central Committees, Ministries, branches, agencies, and Military Region 4;

-Dear delegates and comrades!

Today, I am very happy to attend the program celebrating 76 years of studying and implementing Uncle Ho's Six Teachings to the People's Public Security and receiving the title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" from the Provincial Public Security.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, I respectfully send to the leaders of the Party and State; leaders of departments, ministries, branches, central agencies, Military Region 4, international guests and all delegates, generations of officers and soldiers of Nghe An police, my best wishes!

Dear comrades!

Through thousands of years of our nation's history, Nghe An is proud to be a land rich in cultural and revolutionary traditions. From the source of that tradition, especially in the Ho Chi Minh era, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, revolutionary forces, especially the Nghe An Public Security force, have made direct and important contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of our Party and People.

We are proud that Nghe An Police was formed from the predecessors of the Red Self-Defense Forces during the Nghe Tinh Soviet revolutionary movement of 1930 - 1931. Right from its inception, Nghe An Police promptly deployed forces and professional measures, crushed the enemy's sabotage activities, and protected the young people's democratic government. During the resistance wars against French colonialism and American imperialism, Nghe An Police effectively deployed all aspects of wartime work, sending over 1,000 officers and soldiers to support the battlefields; at the same time, focused on maintaining security and order in the rear; fought intelligently and bravely, hunted down bandits and commandos who infiltrated the area; actively eliminated evil, protected the lives and property of the State and the People; contributed to the successful implementation of the cause of national liberation and national reunification.

During the period of national construction and defense, facing the rapid changes of the country and the province, with many favorable opportunities and new challenges, Nghe An Police has proactively grasped the situation, promptly advised the Party Committee and the government on many policies and solutions that are long-term, comprehensive, and suitable to the province's reality in ensuring security and order. At the same time, it has focused on key points in leading and directing the implementation of political tasks; comprehensively innovated all aspects of work, deployed many sharp, creative, methodical, and drastic professional measures, achieved many outstanding achievements, and become one of the typical units of the People's Police force on a number of fronts, such as: fighting against drug crimes; administrative reform, pioneering the effective implementation of many models, typical in the movement of the whole people to protect national security and replicated nationwide... Since then, it has contributed to reducing the crime situation, gradually stabilizing key and complicated areas, maintaining security and order in the whole province.

Looking back on the 79-year journey of building, fighting and growing up, especially in the 76 years of implementing Uncle Ho's Six Teachings to the People's Public Security, we are proud of generations of officers and soldiers of Nghe An Public Security who have always been loyal to the Party, the State and the People, upholding the revolutionary ideal of "knowing that as long as the Party exists, we exist", considering "Honor is the most sacred and noble thing". Proud of generations of officers and soldiers of Nghe An Public Security who are intelligent and brave in fighting uncompromisingly against hostile forces and all kinds of criminals; ready to accept hardships and sacrifices to protect the peace of the country, homeland and the happiness of the People. Images of officers and soldiers of Nghe An Public Security who cross mountains and forests to sweep and chase away criminals; wade through floods, throw themselves into seas of fire to save people and property of the State and the People; devoted, polite, and respectful to the people in implementing administrative procedure reform; Regardless of day or night, heat or cold, he has braved the front lines of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, crossed mountain passes, waded through streams to carry materials to support people in building houses, leaving behind precious feelings, trust, and admiration among all classes of people in the province.

In the fierce and arduous battles, many officers and soldiers of Nghe An Public Security have heroically fallen or suffered lifelong disabilities, becoming typical examples of "forgetting oneself for the country, serving the people", further enhancing the tradition and noble qualities of the People's Public Security soldiers in the beloved homeland of Uncle Ho!

In recognition of their outstanding contributions and achievements, 22 groups and 9 individuals of Nghe An Police were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces, and hundreds of groups and individuals were awarded other noble awards.

With the dedication and sacrifices of officers and soldiers of Nghe An Police, they have made important contributions to the stability and socio-economic development of the province. Up to now, Nghe An's economic scale ranks 10th in the country and maintains a fairly high growth rate; annual budget revenue reaches and exceeds the assigned estimate; investment attraction has achieved outstanding results, creating a strong breakthrough in recent times. The appearance of urban and rural areas is increasingly civilized and modern, becoming one of the typical localities in the country with proactive and creative ways in building new rural areas. Some areas have gradually become the center of the North Central region, such as health care, education and training, finance - banking, etc. National border sovereignty is maintained; foreign affairs are strengthened and expanded; the great national unity bloc and the people's trust in the Party and the State are increasingly consolidated.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, I warmly commend the achievements, feats, and important contributions of generations of officers and soldiers of Nghe An Public Security in the past time and especially, respectfully congratulate the comrades who were honored to be awarded the noble title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" by the Party and State.

Dear comrades!

Receiving the title of Hero is a great honor and pride for the Nghe An Police force; a common joy for the Party Committee, government and people of the province; a worthy recognition by the Party and State for the efforts and dedication of generations of officers and soldiers of Nghe An Police over the past 79 years. At the same time, it also places on the shoulders of each officer and soldier of the province a heavier responsibility, as the tasks in the coming time are forecasted to be many difficulties and challenges. Traditional and non-traditional security issues are becoming increasingly complicated. Hostile forces have never given up their goal of sabotaging our Party and State, in which Nghe An is identified as an important link; crimes and social evils are increasingly sophisticated. The province's socio-economic activities are increasingly vibrant with high openness, easily giving rise to negative aspects that put great pressure on the work of ensuring security and order.

Promoting the tradition of the Heroic Unit of the People's Armed Forces, I believe and hope that Nghe An Police will continue to unite, strive, train, compete to achieve more outstanding achievements and feats, always worthy of the title of "sharp sword", "solid steel shield" to protect the Fatherland, protect the Party, State and People. In particular, it is necessary to continue to promote the study and implementation of Uncle Ho's Six Teachings to become a regular, daily activity, a way of life, a way of thinking, and a way of working of each officer and soldier.

Promote the movement of studying and implementing Uncle Ho's Six Teachings in conjunction with effectively implementing political tasks. Proactively strengthen forecasting, synthesizing, analyzing and proposing effective solutions to protect national security and social order and safety, avoiding suddenness and surprise in all situations. Prevent, combat, stop and resolutely attack and suppress all types of crimes; restrain and reduce social evils; gradually build an orderly, disciplined, safe and healthy society.

Strengthen and improve the effectiveness of State management of security and order. Advise and coordinate to effectively resolve complicated cases related to the exploitation of religion; border security, mountainous areas, ethnic groups, economic security, environment, cyber security;...

Continue to promote the movement of the entire people to protect the national security, firmly consolidate the "people's hearts" position, the people's security position with the national defense position. Take care of the Party building work; maintain solidarity and close coordination with agencies and units, especially units in the armed forces and the internal affairs sector of the province to effectively carry out the work of preventing, fighting and suppressing crimes.

On this occasion, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, I would like to sincerely thank the leaders of the Party, the State, the Central Public Security Party Committee, the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, General To Lam personally; leaders of departments, ministries, branches, central agencies, professional units of the Ministry of Public Security, and local public security for regularly helping, sharing, and supporting the province and Nghe An Public Security. I hope that in the coming time, we will continue to receive more attention from you to help Nghe An Public Security excellently complete the assigned political tasks, contributing to the rapid and sustainable development of Nghe An province, imbued with the cultural identity of Vietnam and Nghe An in the spirit of Resolution No. 39 of the Politburo.

Finally, I would like to wish the leaders of the Party and State; leaders of departments, ministries, branches, central agencies, Military Region 4, international guests, generations of officers and soldiers of Nghe An Police and all delegates good health, happiness and success!

Wishing the ceremony a great success!

Thank you very much!

(*) Title by Nghe An Newspaper