Nghe An launches a peak campaign to attack and suppress drug crimes across the province.

In Plan 410/KH-UBND, the Provincial People's Committee requests departments, branches, organizations, and localities to perform the following key tasks:

1.Strengthening propaganda and communication work on drug prevention and control:

-Focus on diversifying propaganda activities (mobile propaganda; printing billboards, posters, banners, slogans; concentrated propaganda; individual mobilization...) to each neighborhood, household and directly in the residential community, especially in key areas and locations, with a high concentration of workers in industrial parks, large construction projects, high-risk groups, youth, pupils, students...

- Strengthen the application of science and technology, social networking systems (Zalo, Facebook...), electronic information pages, mobile platforms in propaganda.

- The People's Committees of districts, cities and towns shall, based on the requirements of the PCMT work in the area, organize appropriate rallies, parades and launching ceremonies to implement the PCMT Action Month (June), creating a vibrant PCMT atmosphere in the area.

2. Promote the movement "All people protect national security" associated with building, consolidating and replicating advanced models and examples in drug prevention and control:

- Organize the launching of the movement "All people protect national security" in 100% of communes, wards and towns; organize household representatives in villages, hamlets, blocks, hamlets and residential areas to sign a commitment not to participate in crimes and drug-related evils and to build a drug-free border commune; organize people in areas at risk of growing plants containing narcotics to sign a commitment not to grow plants containing narcotics.

- Regularly organize "Police listen to people's opinions" forums to promptly propagate and disseminate to people about policies, laws, methods and tricks of drug criminals; mobilize people to actively participate in preventing and denouncing drug crimes and evils; grasp the security and order situation, opinions, thoughts and aspirations of people... associated with praising and setting examples for individuals and typical advanced models who have made many contributions to drug prevention and control work in the area.

- Effectively implement the work of meeting and enlisting prestigious people in clans, villages, religious dignitaries, village elders, village chiefs, and typical people in the commune... to form a network of propagandists in the community, mobilizing the participation and support of prestigious people in "cleaning up" drugs in the area.

- Continue to build and maintain advanced models and examples in drug addiction treatment, post-treatment management and effective community reintegration.

At the same time, continue to consolidate and maintain effective models in drug prevention and control propaganda, such as the model of "drug-free villages and hamlets", the model of "drug prevention and control propaganda club"...

- The District People's Committee continues to direct the construction and effective replication of the model of "Drug-free communes, wards and towns" towards building "Drug-free districts, cities and towns" according to the criteria of the "Drug-free commune" construction project of the Provincial Police.

3. Synchronously mobilize forces and means to organize attacks and suppress drug crimes throughout the province.

- The Police, Border Guard, and Customs forces proactively grasp, analyze, and forecast the situation, promptly resolve emerging issues of crime and drug abuse in the area; organize a peak period of attacks and suppression of drug crimes across the province (from June 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024), focusing on fiercely fighting and eliminating large inter-provincial and transnational drug trafficking and transportation rings and gangs; arrest leading rings and subjects.

Develop plans to combat drug crimes on air, postal, express delivery, and technology delivery routes.

In particular, continue to prioritize forces and measures to strongly and resolutely combat drug crimes on the Vietnam - Laos border, determined to maintain the "green zone", firmly block, and not let the complicated drug crime situation recur in the border area.

- Focus on implementing solutions to improve the effectiveness of eliminating drug use hotspots, effectively preventing and strictly handling illegal drug use, especially the use of motels, hotels, bars, karaoke bars... to organize illegal drug use.

- Speed ​​up the investigation, prosecution and trial of drug cases to ensure strictness and compliance with the law, select key cases to bring to mobile trials in areas with complex drug problems to propagate and deter criminals.

4. Strengthening the work of identifying addiction status, drug rehabilitation, post-rehabilitation management and community reintegration:

- Continue to review, compile statistics, and accurately assess the situation of drug addicts and illegal drug users in the area, especially those showing signs of psychosis or "stoned" to closely manage, especially in key, complicated areas with a high concentration of workers and laborers in industrial parks, export processing zones, and large construction project areas...

On that basis, proactively carry out the work of identifying addiction status, establishing records to apply appropriate drug rehabilitation measures, especially compulsory drug rehabilitation for those who do not have stable jobs, show signs of committing crimes and violating the law...

By the end of June 2024, the results of compulsory drug rehabilitation records will reach at least 60% of the target assigned in Decision 4473/QD-UBND dated December 29, 2023 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province on announcing the socio-economic plan targets for 2024.

- Improve the effectiveness of drug addiction treatment, strictly manage the organization of treatment for addicts at treatment facilities, and prevent the illegal buying, selling, and use of "dual" drugs. Continue to direct the effective implementation of the Methadone substitution treatment program for opioid addiction.

- Continue to review and ensure that the facilities and human resources of the health care system are qualified to determine drug addiction status, especially commune health stations; invest in, upgrade and repair drug rehabilitation facilities in the area to effectively serve drug rehabilitation work in the province.

5. Strictly control legal drug activities:Do not let precursors and pharmaceuticals containing narcotics and psychotropic substances escape; proactively prevent, detect and strictly handle illegal drug production in the area, especially synthetic drugs; at the same time, pay attention to investment and economic development for people in remote and border areas, especially areas where narcotic plants were previously grown, so that they can stabilize their lives and not replant narcotic plants.

6. Promote international cooperation activities in drug prevention and control: Regularly exchange information and coordinate professionally with the functional forces of Xieng Khouang, Hua Phan, and Bolikhamxay provinces of the Lao People's Democratic Republic to effectively carry out drug prevention and control work in border areas.

7. Directing, inspecting, supervising and guiding the implementation of drug prevention, control and combat work at the grassroots level:Do a good job of summarizing and drawing lessons, promptly removing difficulties and obstacles, and rewarding collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in implementing the Action Month for Environmental Protection and the National Day for Environmental Protection in 2024.

The implementation of the Action Month for Drug Prevention and Control (PCMT) must be carried out synchronously, consistently, consistently and sustainably, ensuring effectiveness, practicality and economy; focusing on key and complicated drug-related areas; improving the effectiveness of coordination between forces inside and outside the police sector.

Gia Huy