Peace of mind is the highest goal

General To Lam - Politburo member, Minister of Public Security, member of the Steering Committee, Head of the Subcommittee chaired the meeting.

The meeting was connected online to the meeting room at the Ministry of Public Security's Command Information Center in the South.

At the meeting, Lieutenant General To An Xo - Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security announced Decision No. 1438/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on the consolidation of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control; announced Decision No. 7178/QD-TBANTTTH dated September 7, 2021 of the Head of the Subcommittee on the consolidation of the Deputy Head of the Subcommittee and members of the Subcommittee, approved the Working Regulations and assigned tasks to the members of the Subcommittee.

Lieutenant General To An Xo also briefly presented the Subcommittee's work plan, accordingly, identifying 5 goals, requirements, 8 key task groups, assigning specific tasks to each ministry, branch that is a member of the Subcommittee and related ministries; People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities coordinate according to their functions in ensuring security and order to serve the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic.

In his concluding remarks, General To Lam affirmed that, in recent times, implementing the direction of the Prime Minister, the Subcommittee on Security and Social Order has proactively completed its members; issued working regulations, assigned tasks to members; and directed the issuance of many plans and solutions to ensure security and order in the context of the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The police force has promptly detected, fought, and prevented many plots and activities of exiled reactionary organizations and extremist opposition groups at home and abroad; strongly promoted the role of grassroots police forces, resolutely deployed the work of ensuring security, order, and preventing and combating crimes; stayed close to the grassroots and people to propagate and mobilize the masses to strictly comply with disease prevention and control measures.

In the coming time, the Subcommittee aims for the highest goal of maintaining socio-political stability, ensuring national security, ensuring people's peace of mind, protecting people's health and lives, preventing political and social instability, and absolutely preventing social conflicts. Therefore, the Minister of Public Security requested the Subcommittee members to base on the plan, assignment of tasks, and working regulations to organize effective implementation in the spirit of "fighting the epidemic like fighting the enemy"; promote a high level of responsibility, proactively advise and propose to the Head of the Subcommittee measures to carry out tasks in the assigned field.

Nghe An provincial leaders inspect Covid-19 prevention and control work in Quynh Luu district. Photo courtesy of Nguyen Hong Tuan

Concentrate forces and measures to grasp the situation early, from afar, and from the grassroots; focus on advising the Party and State on measures to prevent and control epidemics; mobilize international and domestic strength to participate in epidemic prevention and control work; avoid being passive or surprised in any situation. Proactively and promptly resolve complicated incidents arising in security and order related to epidemics and epidemic prevention and control work, not letting them drag on and create chain reactions.

In addition, the armed forces need to step up attacks and suppress crimes, especially crimes stemming from socio-economic and employment difficulties, taking advantage of the country's focus on fighting the pandemic to commit crimes; not allowing crimes to run rampant or creating complicated social order situations.

General To Lam said that the members of the Subcommittee will regularly summarize, review, adjust and supplement plans and solutions to ensure security and order to serve the task of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in accordance with the situation; promptly overcome limitations and shortcomings, promote positive aspects and achieved results to ensure security and order to serve the epidemic prevention with the highest efficiency.