In particular, in April 2023, the two sides successfully carried out a joint operation that dismantled a major organised, transnational drug trafficking ring involving both Vietnamese and Cambodian suspects.
Vietnamese police said that the messaging app has not complied with the country's regulation to notify authorities before offering services, which went into effect on January 1 this year, in addition to harmful content distribution.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Lt. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Lam said that in recent years, the ministry has spearheaded fundraising campaigns and collaborated with localities to build more than 28,600 homes, along with numerous schools and educational facilities, at a total cost of over 1.4 trillion VND (about 53.8 million USD).
Party leader To Lam called for concrete measures to make the study and practice of President Ho Chi Minh’s teachings a cultural need and a regular activity woven into the operations of every unit.
The two sides discussed orientations for enhancing collaboration on the basis of a cooperation agreement on crime prevention signed between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Slovak Ministry of Interior.
The housing programme reflects the public security force's material support as well as sense of responsibility towards and solidarity with the people, said an official of the Ministry of Public Security.
Since 2022, the Central Public Security Party Committee and the ministry’s leaders have sent four working groups to the UNMISS and UN Interim Security Force for Abyei, and one officer to work at the UN Police Division.
On the evening of April 8, two Vietnamese working groups - from the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security, returned to Hanoi, successfully completing their humanitarian missions in Myanmar. The groups were deployed on March 30 to assist with search and rescue efforts in Myanmar following the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake hitting the country on 28 March.
To date, the Ministry of Public Security has helped eradicate nearly 20,000 makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide with 100 billion VND (3.87 million USD) in funding.
The aid package includes antibiotics, digestive medications, cold and flu remedies, and basic healthcare equipment like blood pressure monitors, blood glucose metres, bandages, and disinfectants. The supplies also feature mosquito spray pumps and insecticides to prevent disease outbreaks in affected areas.
A 26-member team from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security on March 31 morning arrived in Myanmar’s Sagaing city, beginning their search and rescue operations.
The Drug Crime Investigation Department under the Ministry of Public Security has successfully dismantled a large-scale synthetic drug production facility that used advanced technology.
The Ministry of Public Security’s Drug Crime Investigation Department (C04) has dismantled Vietnam’s largest and most sophisticated synthetic drug lab, operated by a Taiwanese-led transnational network in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.
FedEx hopes to make long-term contributions to the development of Vietnam’s society and economy, including the transportation sector, an executive of the US logistics giant has said.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has been tasked with collaborating with relevant agencies, to ensure the completion of electronic identification accounts for organizations, enabling all enterprises to carry out administrative procedures electronically starting July 1, 2025.
To support the transition, the ministry has re-organised and upgraded its Air Security Division, under the Immigration Department, into the National Aviation Security Centre.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) transferred its responsibility of ensuring cybersecurity to the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) during a ceremony held in Hanoi on February 28.
