Following the directions of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on COVID-19 prevention and control, General To Lam, Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security, requested police agencies and units to list all foreigners and Vietnamese citizens who entered Vietnam from March 7 to 24.
The Long Bien District Police on March 25 captured and fined an overseas Vietnamese student VND 10 million for evading self-quarantine.
General To Lam, Politburo Member and Minister of Public Security, on March 24 issued Official Dispatch No. 01 to request public security units and agencies to urgently take drastic preventive measures against COVID-19.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security (MPS), Head of the Steering Committee for Prevention and Combat of COVID-19 under the Ministry of Public Security, on March 25 received a delegation of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL), who visited and offered financial support to the MPS in the fight against COVID-19.
Amid the complicated COVID-19 situation, the Ho Chi Minh City Police’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control has directed local police units to take preventive measures against the disease.
The Nghe An Provincial Police Department on March 25 held a ceremony to posthumously award the “Bravery Order” to late Captain Sam Quoc Nghia under the authority of the State President.
As of March 24, the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Police Department in cooperation with the local Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control completed checking 2,722 people travelling from other provinces and cities to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).
In response to the complicated situation of COVID-19 in Vietnam, the University of Fire Prevention and Fighting (UFPF) established a Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control to direct each unit of the university to strictly implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures.
At 10.30 am March 20, the Son La City Police Station in coordination with the Investigation Police Division on Drug-related Crimes under the Son La Provincial Police Department and the Chieng Den Communal Police Post arrested a person suspected of illicit drug trafficking.
When chasing suspects of drug trafficking in Nghe An, a local police officer was attacked and killed by two criminals.
Head of the Working Group on the Implementation of Project 06 and Minister of Public Security General To Lam chaired the meeting of the Working Group to discuss its tasks regarding Project 06/CP in January 2023, on January 17, 2023, in Hanoi.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Major General Nguyen Van Long chaired a meeting on the morning of February 9, 2023, in Hanoi, with a number of agencies under the Ministry of Public Security, Hanoi Municipal Police Department and Quang Ninh Provincial Police Department to review the preparation for the organization of the 2023 Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA) in Vietnam.