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National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan paid a pre-Tet visit to the Military High Command of the central Highlands province of Dak Lak on January 15.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 19 lauded the role of the public security forces in a wide range of areas, from socio-economic development to administrative reform, the fight against corruption and wastefulness, national defence and security, and foreign affairs.

The People’s Committee of the northern Lang Son province held a conference on October 11 to review border demarcation and marker planting and the implementation of three legal documents on Vietnam – China mainland border over the past decade.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 26 asked the public security forces to keep a close watch on the domestic, regional and international situation relating to Vietnam’s security.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam held talks with his Lao counterpart, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Vilay Lakhamfong, following a welcome ceremony for the latter in Hanoi on February 20.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan lauded the important achievements in Party inspection and discipline in 2018 during a conference held by the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission in Hanoi on January 23.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 14 checked the combative readiness of police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, asking them to stay vigilant and ensure public safety is maintained during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

The public security sector must carry forward its core role in maintaining national security and social order and safety in any situation, said Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.

The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly wrapped up successfully on November 20 after 22 and a half days of sitting, with the entire working agenda fulfilled, affirmed Deputy General Secretary of the National Assembly Hoang Thanh Tung.

The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) closed in Hanoi on November 20 after nearly one month of sitting.

The draft Law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law on Higher Education and the Law on People’s Public Security Forces will be discussed at the ongoing sixth session of 14th National Assembly (NA) on November 6.

The National Assembly will spend most time in the third working week of the 6th session (beginning November 5) on law building work.

Memorial services for President Tran Dai Quang were held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the President’s home province of Ninh Binh on the morning of September 27.

Indonesian fishermen were kidnapped by armed men on September 11 in the waters off Semporna, a town in Malaysian state of Sabah.

The 26th session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on August 8 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Customs officers and border guards of Cau Treo international border gate, in cooperation with police in the central province of Ha Tinh, on July 17 arrested three suspects who were illegally transporting 25 kilogrammes of crystal meth of 52 cakes (nearly 18 kilogrammes) of heroin from Laos to Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) launched many campaigns to crack down on crimes in the first half of 2018, thus uncovering a number of transnational drug trafficking rings, MPS Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. To Lam said on July 2.

Draft revisions to the Anti-Corruption Law were the focus of the National Assembly (NA) on June 13, part of the ongoing fifth session of the 14th parliament.

Legislators of the 14th National Assembly debated a draft revised Law on People’s Public Security Forces during their ongoing fifth session in Hanoi on June 7.

President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 15 for Lao Deputy Minister of Public Security Kongthong Phongvichit, who is leading a Lao delegation to attend the ninth security cooperation conference in 2018 between the Public Security Ministries of Vietnam and Laos.