Officials of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and police officers from 15southern provinces exchanged experiences in crime prevention at aconference in Ho Chi Minh City on April 21.
Vice Chairwoman ofthe Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, Ha Thi Lien, underlinedthe involvement of people from all strata in ensuring security alongwith the inter-sectoral coordination required in the work.
Manyeffective crime prevention models were presented at the conference, forexample a hotline for reporting crimes in Long An province andcommunity-based programmes rehabilitating ex-prisoners in HCM City andBinh Duong province.
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Dinh Trungfrom the Ministry of Public Security said there were 59,000 criminalcases in Vietnam in 2013, up 5.03 percent from a year before.
Thesituation is predicted to worsen in 2014, especially in organised drugand economic crime, he said, adding that all authorised agencies need towork more closely and encourage people to join together in the work.-VNA