VOV.VN - Ambassador Vu Le Thai Hoang reaffirmed Vietnam’s commitment to closer cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) during a meeting in Vienna on May 13 with Monica Kathina Juma following her assumption of office as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and Executive Director of the UNODC.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Public Security convened the first meeting of the Steering Committee tasked with developing a national target programme on crime prevention and control for the 2026–2030 period, with a vision to 2035, in Hanoi on May 5.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has called on the criminal police force to adopt a more proactive and technology-driven approach to law enforcement, stressing the need to “avoid any passivity or surprise in the face of all types of crime, including high-tech crime.”

VOV.VN - A high-level delegation from China’s Ministry of Public Security led by Wang Xiaohong, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Public Security, paid a visit to Vietnam from March 15 to 17 at the invitation of General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said ensuring security and public order is a prerequisite for rapid and sustainable development in the Mekong Delta, a region of strategic importance to the country’s economy and national security.

VOV.VN - Lawmakers have called for urgent improvements to cybercrime legislation and tougher oversight of digital platforms, warning that high-tech fraud has become increasingly dangerous and complex despite recent progress in crime prevention.

Deputy PM Bui Thanh Son on October 21 received Ghada Waly, UN Under-Secretary-General and Director-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), who is visiting Vietnam to attend the Opening for the Signature of the UN Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention).

Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen Le Quoc Hung led a Vietnamese delegation to Austria from October 16 to 19, aiming to foster bilateral cooperation in security, policing, crime prevention, digital technology, and residency management.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving a plan to build police waterway ports and stations nationwide, alongside the procurement of patrol vessels for the waterway police force, with the aim of strengthening security, crime prevention, and rescue operations across Vietnam’s inland and coastal waterways.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, attended the 34th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ34) in Vienna, Austria, on May 19, outlining Vietnam’s push to strengthen its criminal justice system and spearhead international cooperation against cybercrime.