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.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh and his entourage left Hanoi on January 10, concluding their three-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

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.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security General To Lam has expressed his appreciation for fruitful cooperation between the two public security ministries of Laos and Vietnam in recent times, especially in apprehending people with wanted warrants.

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.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked each revolutionary public security officer to place national and public interests above others in any circumstance, deserving the solid “steel shield” of the Party, State and people.

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.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hailed the Central Public Security Party Committee and the Ministry of Public Security for fulfilling assigned tasks this year during a conference held by the committee in Hanoi on December 20.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hailed important contributions of the public security force during COVID-19 fight while addressing the Ministry of Public Security’s conference to review the force’s emulation movement to ensure social order and safety on December 11 in Ho Chi Minh City.