Public security ministry reviews first-half activities
The Ministry of Public Security held a conference in Hanoi on July 3 to review its first-half activities and set major tasks for the remaining months of this year and the next years.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Public Security held aconference in Hanoi on July 3 to review its first-half activities and set majortasks for the remaining months of this year and the next years.
Speaking at the event, Secretary of the Central PublicSecurity Commission’s Party Committee and Minister of Public Security To Lam saidsince early this year, the people’s public security forces have strived tosafeguard national security, ensure social safety and order, contributing tomaintaining political stability and fulfilling socio-economic development goals.
The ministry reported that its units in localities havelaunched crackdowns on drug crimes, held conferences to improve working efficiencyof anti-drug and criminal police, and extended international cooperation in thefight against crimes.
They busted 20,595 cases, higher than last year’s sameperiod, including 9,391 economic, 2,053 smuggling and 11,324 drug cases, arrested42,785 criminals and raided 843 gangs.
Traffic accidents fell by 4.66 percent in terms of cases,2.85 percent in fatalities, and 14.43 percent in the number of the injured.
Among 1,809 search and rescue cases, 1,167 were infires with 256 people being saved and thousands others being guided to get outof danger.-VNA
Ho Chi Minh City police recently busted two illegal drug rings, arresting 15 suspects and seizing 520,000 MDMA pills and 120 kg of powder drug equal to one million crystal methamphetamine pills worth more than 200 billion VND (8.8 million USD).
Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Cong Son, deputy head of the General Police Department, has highlighted the complexity of tackling drug crimes in the southern region in recent times.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a directive on intensifying drug prevention, control and detoxification with the target to reduce the supply, demand and impacts of drugs.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Thanh has proposed Vietnam and Japan build an agreement on crime fight during his discussions with Japan’s police agencies as part of his visit to Japan.
China, Laos and Vietnam jointly established a drug control cooperation office in the border county of Jiangcheng in China's southwest Yunnan province on June 20.
The Ministry of Public Security has deployed synchronous measures to curb the increase of crime in the first six months of this year, heard a press conference in Hanoi on June 28.
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At the event (Source: VNA) 
