An official from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) assumed the position of Director for Plans and Programmes at the ASEAN National Police (ASEANAPOL) Secretariat on January 11.
The Ministry of Public Security is striving to complete investigations into the Viet A and rescue flight cases in January, Chief of the Office of the ministry Lieut. Gen To An Xo informed the press during the Government’s regular press conference in Hanoi on January 3.
The Ministry of Public Security and Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies will add “place of birth” information in new passports from January 1, 2023, said the Vietnam Immigration Department.
Twenty six traffic accidents occurred nationwide on December 31 - the first day of the 2023 New Year holidays (December 31-January 2), killing 14 people and injuring 11 others, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.
The public security force needs to continue its core and pioneering role in preventing and pushing back emerging risks and challenges in national defence, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 21.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the 78th National Public Security Conference that opened in Hanoi on December 19, saying that the force has greatly contributed to Vietnam’s achievements this year.
Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam has expressed his belief that on the back of the Vietnam-Japan Extensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia, ties between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and Japanese partners, especially the Japan International Cooperation Agency, will continue to grow.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Duy Ngoc had a working session in the Netherlands on December 12 with representatives from the National Office for Identity Data, Logius - digital government service, and the Digital Society Department under the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK).
Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam received a delegation of the US National League of Families of American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) in Hanoi on December 12.
VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security General To Lam was upbeat about the bilateral friendship between Vietnam and Norway whilst speaking at a reception on November 15 in Hanoi for new Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Hilde Solbakken.