Vietnamese ministry, Swiss institute boost links in security managemen

Vietnamese ministry, Swiss institute boost links in security management

Representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Malik research institute in Switzerland met on December 15, focusing on cooperation between the two sides in security management and technology application in fighting security challenges in many fields.
Vietnamese ministry, Swiss institute boost links in security management ảnh 1Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Thanh (L) at the working session (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) -  Representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of PublicSecurity and the Malikresearch institute in Switzerland met on December 15, focusing on cooperation between the two sides in security management and technology application infighting security challenges in many fields.

Visiting Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Thanh and Professor Fredmund Malik, Head of the Malik researchinstitute  discussed great challengesfacing the Vietnamese ministry in the context of international integration.

They discussed non-traditional security challenges like water and energy security,food security, climate change, high-techcrime, and challenges related to the ongoing fourth scientific andtechnological revolution, which requires the Vietnamese ministry to reform and applynew technologies and smart solutions in management and training, towardsmeeting requirements to ensure  securityand orders.

The two sides also discussed orientations to enhance partnership in applying the “systems-cybernetic” solution in worksrelating to the fight against crimes, especially high-tech and environmental crimes,transnational crime and new crimes.

As scheduled, the solution will be piloted in thePeople Police Academy of Vietnam with the aim of improving the trainingquality.

The application of the solution in strategicforecast and professional research was also debated during the working session.

In Vietnam, the Hai Phong city People’s Committee has coordinated with the Malik research institute to build a project to develop HaiPhong into a sustainable development city through the systems thinking-based managementmodel.

The Malik research institute, founded by Professor Fredmund Malik in 1984, is one of theworld’s leading organisation for holistic general management, leadership andgovernance solutions.

Professor Fredmund Malik is an acclaimedinternational management expert and scientific thinker. He  applies systems theory andcybernetics to analyse and design management systems. 

He was Professor of corporate management andgovernance at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, and at the ViennaUniversity of Economics and Business, Austria.-VNA
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