Representatives from Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) chapters, police andborder guards in 11 northern and central border localities gathered inthe northern province of Ha Giang on July 17 to share experience inpreventing and combating border crime.
According to VFFCentral Committee Vice President Truong Thi Ngoc Anh, Vietnam has1,077 boundary communes and wards, which span over large areas on toughterrain with low socio-economic development level.
Therefore, she said, they are prone to crimes, particularly drug andhuman trafficking, which prompted the Prime Minister to issueInstructive 01/CT-TTg on promoting residents’ involvement insafeguarding territorial sovereignty and border security.
The official reported that at present, residents in border areas havejoined 3,519 groups to manage 3,262km of borderline and 2,345 bordermarkers, while VFF chapters and member organisations are running over24,000 hotlines for crime report at residential areas.
Border residents have also work with police to organize over 655,000 community-based security and watch groups, Anh added.
Meanwhile, Tran Duc Quy, Vice Chairman of the Ha Giang People’sCommittee, as part of efforts to realise the Prime Minister’s directive,most border communes in Ha Giang have applied a number of models forcrime prevention and control.
Participants at the eventalso learnt from crime control experience from representatives from 11localities – Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Son La,Dien Bien, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
Major General Nguyen Phong Hoa, Deputy Head of the Police GeneralDepartment under the Ministry of Public Security, emphasised thatraising residents’ understanding of crime prevention and control andcalling for their involvement in the work is crucial in combating crimeeffectively.-VNA
According to VFFCentral Committee Vice President Truong Thi Ngoc Anh, Vietnam has1,077 boundary communes and wards, which span over large areas on toughterrain with low socio-economic development level.
Therefore, she said, they are prone to crimes, particularly drug andhuman trafficking, which prompted the Prime Minister to issueInstructive 01/CT-TTg on promoting residents’ involvement insafeguarding territorial sovereignty and border security.
The official reported that at present, residents in border areas havejoined 3,519 groups to manage 3,262km of borderline and 2,345 bordermarkers, while VFF chapters and member organisations are running over24,000 hotlines for crime report at residential areas.
Border residents have also work with police to organize over 655,000 community-based security and watch groups, Anh added.
Meanwhile, Tran Duc Quy, Vice Chairman of the Ha Giang People’sCommittee, as part of efforts to realise the Prime Minister’s directive,most border communes in Ha Giang have applied a number of models forcrime prevention and control.
Participants at the eventalso learnt from crime control experience from representatives from 11localities – Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Son La,Dien Bien, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
Major General Nguyen Phong Hoa, Deputy Head of the Police GeneralDepartment under the Ministry of Public Security, emphasised thatraising residents’ understanding of crime prevention and control andcalling for their involvement in the work is crucial in combating crimeeffectively.-VNA
