Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc: Absolutely protect the security of party congresses at all levels

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

On June 25, in Hanoi, the Central Party Committee of the Public Security and the Ministry of Public Security held a conference to review the public security work in the first 6 months of 2020, to evaluate the results of all aspects of public security work from the beginning of the year to now; forecast the situation and identify key policies and tasks, contributing to the successful implementation of the plan set out in 2020.

At the same time, the Conference also focused on evaluating the implementation results of the Resolution of the 6th Central Party Congress of the Public Security for the 2015-2020 term and key tasks from now until the end of the term; Reporting on the implementation results of building a national database on population; management of the recovery of weapons, explosives, support tools and regularization of the Commune Police.

Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered a speech at the Conference.

General To Lam - Minister of Public Security speaking. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

General To Lam - Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Minister of Public Security chaired the Conference.

Also attending the Conference were comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Commission and representatives of leaders of central departments, ministries, branches and Hanoi city.

During the past term, the Central Party Committee of the Public Security has promptly advised the Party and the State to propose and lead the successful implementation of guidelines, policies and viewpoints on protecting national security, ensuring social order and safety, promptly resolving challenges, minimizing negative impacts from complex fluctuations in the region and the world; effectively handling complex issues that arise; maintaining strategic initiative; maintaining political stability and territorial sovereignty, firmly ensuring national interests and security, avoiding passivity, surprise, terrorism and sabotage; criminal offenses have continuously decreased year after year; social order and safety have had positive changes, contributing to building a secure and safe society; creating a peaceful and stable environment for socio-economic development, expanding foreign relations, and raising the country's position...

Faced with the complicated and serious developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, the People's Public Security is the frontline force participating in the prevention and control of the epidemic; police officers and soldiers have "gone to every alley, knocked on every door, checked every person" to detect and prevent the epidemic and ensure security and order, thereby contributing significantly to the control, prevention and containment of the Covid-19 epidemic, not allowing it to spread to the community.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc with delegates attending the conference. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

The police force proactively grasped, analyzed, evaluated, and forecasted the situation closely and accurately, thereby doing a good job of advising the Party and State on ensuring political security, social order and safety, and implementing measures to prevent and combat the Covid-19 epidemic with remarkable results...

The People's Public Security forces nationwide have stepped up the fight against all types of crimes, implementing many solutions that contributed to reducing the number of social order crimes by 8.4% compared to the same period in 2019.

Investigated and solved 19,720 criminal cases, arrested 45,004 subjects; especially serious cases that caused public outrage were urgently investigated and clarified; destroyed many criminal gangs (typically Duong Duong gang in Thai Binh; Loan Ca gang in Dong Nai...); arrested and handled 4,305 cases, 23,813 subjects of gambling.

The police force detected and handled 11,214 cases of economic management crimes, 123 cases of corruption and position crimes, 13,747 cases of environmental law violations; arrested and handled 14,032 cases, 19,738 drug-related criminals, seized 284.6 kg of heroin; 1,710.9 kg of synthetic drugs.

The effectiveness and efficiency of state management of security and order have been improved. Traffic accidents have decreased in all three criteria: number of cases, number of deaths and number of injuries.

The police force has been proactive and determined in arranging regular commune police nationwide, following the motto "when people need, when people are in difficulty, there are police", arranging 26,839 regular police in 8,592/8,652 communes and towns, reaching 99.3%.

The effectiveness of the work of arranging regular communal police has initially brought about positive results. Security and order at the grassroots level have been ensured and have had many clear changes, contributing to deterring crime and bringing trust and support to the people.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gives a directive speech. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

Speaking at the Conference, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc commended and acknowledged the results, achievements and feats of the People's Public Security force and respectfully remembered and expressed gratitude to the People's Public Security officers and soldiers who heroically sacrificed and were injured in the fight against crime in the first 6 months of 2020 (11 soldiers sacrificed, 115 soldiers were injured while on duty).

The Prime Minister affirmed that the results, achievements and sacrifices of the People's Public Security force have significantly contributed to ensuring political security, social order and safety, protecting the peaceful life of the people; especially preventing, combating and controlling the Covid-19 epidemic; creating a foundation for socio-political stability, bringing the country to continue to innovate, integrate and develop.

Vietnam is a model in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 pandemic that is highly appreciated by the world, the region and international friends; demonstrating the leadership of the Party, the tight management of the State; and the superiority of the socialist regime in Vietnam.

Directing a number of tasks to be carried out in the coming time, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested the People's Public Security force to continue to monitor and grasp the world and regional situation, promote proactiveness, and absolutely ensure security and safety of key targets, projects, and important political, cultural, and social events of the country.

The focus is on absolutely protecting the security and safety of Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 13th National Party Congress; activities in Vietnam's capacity as Chair of ASEAN 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 term, and Chair of AIPA 41.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested that the Ministry of Public Security should perform better its tasks of preventing, combating, and suppressing crimes, ensuring social order and safety; resolutely deploy the fight against crimes and drug abuse, strengthen international cooperation to effectively combat this type of crime; coordinate with other sectors to effectively resolve the problem of drug addicts, and prevent crimes from arising.

The Ministry of Public Security shall effectively implement Directive No. 21 of the Prime Minister on strengthening the prevention and handling of fraud and property appropriation; ensure the progress of investigation of economic and corruption cases, especially cases under the supervision and direction of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption; enhance the quality of basic professional work, organize peak periods of attack and strong suppression of specialized crimes; focusing on attacking and suppressing organized crimes; crimes against children; crimes against law enforcement officers; economic crimes, fraud of origin of Vietnamese goods; especially drug crimes.

The Ministry of Public Security strengthens state management of security and order, especially the management of foreigners and the management of business lines with conditions on security and order; speeds up the implementation of the National Population Database Project...

The Prime Minister also noted that the Public Security sector should continue to be exemplary in implementing resolutions and directions of the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, and the Government on Party building and rectification, and the arrangement and innovation of the political system to be streamlined, effective, and efficient; and to build a clean, strong, and highly combative People's Public Security force.

The Public Security sector successfully organized the Party Congresses at all levels in the People's Public Security and the 7th Central Public Security Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025; Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the People's Public Security Force (August 19, 1945 - August 19, 2020), the 8th "For National Security" Emulation Congress in the entire People's Public Security Force, 15 years of the National Day for National Security Protection (August 19, 2005 - August 19, 2020)...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed that the Party, State and People always believe that the People's Public Security force will continue to promote its glorious heroic tradition, well implement Uncle Ho's Six Teachings, continue to widely implement the movement "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle - People's Public Security forgets itself for the country, serves the people," unites, maintains discipline, excellently completes all assigned tasks, and is worthy of being an important, trustworthy and absolutely loyal force of the Party, State and People.../.