Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as it tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has voiced his hope that the public security ministries of both Vietnam and Laos will continue to uphold tradition and augment closer co-operation in dealing with strategic issues and combating cyber and drug crimes.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented decisions on the promotion from the rank of Lieutenant General to Senior Lieutenant General to Deputy Ministers of Public Security Tran Quoc To and Luong Tam Quang.

Sixty four traffic accidents took place nationwide during the three-day solar New Year holiday (January 1-3), causing 38 deaths, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

The first village police station built with support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in Laos was inaugurated in Nonghet village of Nonghet district, Xiengkhouang province, on December 25.

VOV.VN - Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia and Chairman of the ruling United Russia Party, has affirmed his council’s readiness to support and ramp up co-operation between the two countries across multiple fields.

The Ministry of Public Security has assisted Hanoi in implementing four applications on the national population database platform to serve the capital’s COVID-19 prevention and control.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) will share data from the National Population Database to help manage COVID-19 vaccinations.

Sixteen units and 41 officers of the Lao Ministry of Public Security were honoured with noble orders of the Vietnamese State on August 9.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has agreed with the Ministry of Public Security’s proposal on the application of COVID-19 vaccination management system on the foundation of the national population database.