Building a clean and strong Nghe An Public Security force
(Baonghean.vn) - Building a clean and strong Nghe An Public Security force; respecting the people, being close to the people, and being responsible to the people is one of the wishes of Nghe An provincial leaders sent to generations of People's Public Security officers and soldiers on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the People's Public Security Force's Tradition Day.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the People's Police Force's Tradition Day (July 20, 1962 - July 20, 2022), on the afternoon of July 19, Nghe An Provincial Police solemnly held a celebration ceremony and traditional meeting with generations of officers and soldiers of the force through the periods.
Attending the ceremony were comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department, Phan Dai Nghia - Commander of the Provincial Military Command. Also attending were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; representatives of leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches; leaders of districts, cities and towns.
On the side of the Provincial Police, there were Major General Pham The Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Director of the Provincial Police; comrades in the Board of Directors; and representatives of leaders and police officers of Nghe An Public Security through the periods.
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Delegates attending the celebration. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
Investigate and clarify nearly 6,000 criminal cases
At the ceremony, generations of officers and soldiers of the People's Police Force of Nghe An Public Security reviewed the 60-year tradition. Accordingly, along with the People's Police Force of the whole country in general, after 60 years of building, fighting and growing, the People's Police Force of Nghe An Public Security has achieved many outstanding feats, contributing to maintaining security and order, creating favorable conditions for the socio-economic development of the province.
Since its inception, the People's Police force of Nghe An Public Security has overcome difficulties, not afraid of sacrifice and hardship, and thrown itself into the fierce struggle to defeat all plots and activities of counter-revolutionaries and criminals. The image of the Police on patrol, guarding, maintaining order and security, and attacking and suppressing criminals has made the people feel secure and confident in the life of the new regime.
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Officers and soldiers of the Department of Administrative Management and Social Order of the Provincial Police take photos and fingerprints to make citizen identification cards. Photo: PV |
From 2015 to present, the People's Police force has investigated and clarified nearly 6,000 criminal cases, arrested and handled more than 13,000 related subjects; recovered money and assets with a total value of more than 83 billion VND. In the field of fighting against drug-related crimes, more than 6,300 cases, 7,021 subjects have been arrested, more than 700 kg of various drugs and hundreds of guns and other dangerous support tools have been seized. In the field of fighting against crimes and violations of economic management order, positions and environment, 52 cases and 73 subjects have been detected and prosecuted for crimes related to corruption and positions; 4,627 cases and 5,014 subjects have been detected and arrested for crimes and violations of economic management order; 2,137 cases and 2,877 subjects have been detected for violations of environmental laws; seized many assets and goods with a total value of more than 140 billion VND.
In recognition of the achievements over the past 60 years, the Party and State have awarded Nghe An Public Security (including the People's Police force) 2 Ho Chi Minh Medals, 2 Independence Medals, 115 Military Exploit Medals of various ranks; 3 Labor Medals of various ranks; 21 collectives and 9 individuals were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces; hundreds of collectives and individuals were awarded the Military Exploit Medal, the Feat of Arms Medal of various ranks and many other noble awards. Of which, the People's Police force has 17 collectives and 5 individuals awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces; hundreds of collectives and individuals were awarded other noble titles of the Party and State.
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An art performance at the celebration. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
Respect the people, be close to the people, understand the people and be responsible to the people
Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged, highly appreciated and congratulated the achievements and feats of the Nghe An Public Security Police force; warmly commended the heroic units, heroic comrades, collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements, veteran revolutionary police comrades, leaders and officers of Nghe An Public Security Police through the periods who have made many contributions to the cause of protecting security and order, for the peaceful and happy life of the people.
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Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
He stated that currently, the world and regional situation is complicated and unpredictable, traditional and non-traditional threats, climate change, and epidemics are increasingly severe;... In the above context, the task of maintaining order and social security is extremely heavy, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu requested that the Nghe An Public Security Police force in the coming time focus on performing well a number of key tasks:
Continue to thoroughly and effectively implement the Party's policies and the State's laws on protecting national security, social order and safety, and fighting and preventing crime. On that basis, improve the quality of strategic forecasting work, proactively advise Party committees and authorities at all levels to fully and promptly issue comprehensive directives on all areas of work to ensure security and order in general, prevent and fight crime and maintain social order and safety in particular.
Nghe An Public Security Police Force needs to thoroughly grasp the viewpoint of "taking people as the root", "respecting people, being close to people, understanding people and being responsible to people", being closely attached to the people. Building the image of a police officer who is close and intimate with the people; diversifying forms and creating conditions for people to actively participate in the movement "All people protect national security", building and consolidating the people's hearts, the people's security posture associated with the people's national defense posture in the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland.
Focus on building a clean and strong Nghe An Public Security force. In particular, the Standing Committee and leaders of the Provincial Public Security must continue to direct the construction of a streamlined apparatus, ensuring quality, sufficient quantity, improving effectiveness and efficiency of operations...
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Representatives of generations speaking at the ceremony. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu also stated that the provincial leadership will continue to pay attention to leadership, direction, research, consideration, and mobilization of possible resources to support and create the most favorable conditions for the Nghe An Public Security Police force to carry out and excellently complete all assigned tasks.
On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu presented the People's Police force of Nghe An Province with a banner bearing the inscription: Nghe An Province Police Force "60 years of intelligence, bravery, selflessness for the country, service for the people".
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Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu presented a banner with the words: Nghe An Provincial Police Force "60 years of intelligence, bravery, selflessness for the country, service for the people" to Nghe An Provincial Police. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
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Provincial leaders presented flowers to congratulate the Nghe An Provincial Police on the 60th anniversary of the People's Police Force's tradition day. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
On this occasion, Nghe An Provincial Police also honored 60 typical advanced collectives and individuals of Nghe An Public Security Police force.
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60 typical collectives and individuals were honored at the ceremony. Photo: Dinh Tuyen |
In his closing speech at the ceremony, Major General Pham The Tung called on and requested the leaders, commanders, officers and soldiers of the Nghe An Public Security Police force to be united, disciplined, dedicated, responsible, intelligent, brave, overcome difficulties, continue to build and consolidate the force to become more and more mature and strong, reap more outstanding achievements, and together with other forces strive to soon make Nghe An Public Security a Heroic Unit of the People's Armed Forces in the period of innovation.
On behalf of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the leaders of the Provincial Police, he thanked the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors, and the comrades in the Standing Committees of the District, City and Town Party Committees for always paying attention, leading and directing regularly and closely the Nghe An Public Security Police Force. He hoped that in the coming time, the comrades would continue to pay attention and direct so that the Nghe An Public Security Police Force would continue to reap many more outstanding achievements, making worthy contributions to the socio-economic development of the province.