
Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Advisory Council onAmnesty (CACA) convened a meeting in Hanoi on July 10 under the chair of DeputyPrime Minister Truong Hoa Binh to discuss the national amnesty plan on the occasionof the upcoming National Day (September 2).
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 30 issued a decision on amnesty for prisoners in 2021, on the occasion of the National Day, and the establishment of the CACA with Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh as its head.
At the meeting, the Ministry of Public Security delivered areport specifying this year’s plan and guidelines on the implementation of the amnesty, which targets inmates serving definite terms, those with reduced life sentences and those with suspendedsentences.
In his remarks, Deputy PM Binh stressed that the amnesty work must ensure transparency, fairness and particularly safety against the backdrop of therapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak.
He also requested localauthorities to offer assistance to thosereleased from prisons to enable them to reintegrate into the community.
The Ministry of Public Security should coordinate with localauthorities and agencies to well manage freed prisoners and help them return tonormal life, particularly at such a difficult time caused by COVID-19, the DeputyPM said.
Statistics show that the State has granted seven amnesties from2009 to 2016, beneficial a total of 87,111 inmates. The rate of relapse amongamnesty beneficiaries was reportedly at 1.18 percent during the period./.