Counter-narcotics police successfully investigate nearly 14.500 drug-related cases in first half

The Security Industry Department of the Ministry of Public Security made its mark at VRT&CON' 2026, the International Exhibition and Conference on Modern Railway Technology and Infrastructure Construction Supply Chain in Viet Nam, held from October 8–10 at the Viet Nam Exhibition Center in Dong Anh, Ha Noi.

Vietnam seeks to develop reliable, substantive and effective cooperation with Russia in security and law enforcement, based on stronger political trust and closer coordination.

Police Peacekeeping Unit No. 1 (VNFPU1) staged an impressive live exercise to welcome the delegation of the United Nations (UN) Police Adviser, who visited and worked at the Center for Training and Development of Peacekeeping Capabilities (Hoang Hoa Tham Commune, Hung Yen Province).

The United Nations (UN) police delegation praised Viet Nam’s Police Peacekeeping Unit No. 1 for its good preparations in personnel, training, equipment, facilities and logistics. To set up the unit for success, UN stakeholders offered recommendations to help the Ministry of Public Security better prepare Unit No. 1 to meet UN standards ahead of the official assessment to reach Level 4, the highest tier of the UN’s rapid deployment readiness system.

PSNews - Politburo Member and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang held a working session with President of Concordia University (Canada) Professor Graham Carr, on the afternoon of October 5, 2026, in Hanoi.

PSNews - The Mobile Police Command (MPC) held a ceremony, on the afternoon of October 5, 2026, in Hanoi, to present orders to former leaders of the Command and its affiliated divisions in different periods, alongside the official launch of the MPC Web Portal.

PSNews - Politburo Member and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang received Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder of Turkey’s ICT Group Murat Kaya, and Chairman of Turkey’s ANVI Group Adalat Bakhisov on the afternoon of October 5, 2026, in Hanoi.

PSNews - Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Pham The Tung held a working session with a delegation from the United Nations Police (UNPOL), on the afternoon of October 6, 2026, in Hanoi.

PSNews - As a member of a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Le Minh Hung in an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Politburo Member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam General Luong Tam Quang paid a courtesy call on First Deputy Prime Minister of the Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia Neth Savicum.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Le Van Tuyen hosted a working session with Myanmar Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Major General Min Thu in Ha Noi on the afternoon of October 2, 2026.

PSNews - Recently, ember of the CPV Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long chaired a conference in Ha Noi, to review the construction of multi-level boarding schools in border communes.

PSNews - Recently, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Le Van Tuyen chaired a meeting, in Hanoi, to review the progress and results of task implementation at three vocational education institutions.

PSNews - A high-level delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of Viet Nam, led by Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long, attended the International Conference on Combating Online Scams 2026 (ICCOS 2026), in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia.

PSNews - Recently, within the framework of his working visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia and attendance at the International Conference on Combating Online Scams 2026 (ICCOS 2026), Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long had bilateral meetings with leaders of the host country's police and law enforcement agencies, as well as heads of participating delegations.

PSNews - Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Pham The Tung held talks with Belarusian Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Dmitry Korodyuk in Hanoi on September 15.

PSNews – The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a ceremony in Hanoi on the morning of September 15, 2026, to announce the establishment of the Department of Information Technology and Cipher Services, formed through the merger of the Department of Telecommunications-Cipher and the Department of Information Technology.

PSNews – Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung chaired the Ministry of Public Security's regular citizen reception for September 2026, on the morning of September 15, 2026, at the Citizen Reception Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), located at No. 99 Nguyen Tuan Street, Thanh Xuan Ward, Ha Noi.

PSNews – Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang held a meeting with Vice Chairman of Strategic Growth at Mastercard Jon Meade Huntsman Jr., leading a delegation from the US corporate group to Viet Nam, on September 14, 2026, in Hanoi.

PSNews – The People’s Security Academy (PSA) hosted the opening ceremony of the 2026 Refresher Course for Knowledge Update and Enhancement for Deputy Directors of Under-Ministerial Agencies, Deputy Directors of Provincial-level Police Departments and Equivalents, on the morning of September 9, 2026, in Hanoi.

PSNews – Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung chaired a working session, on September 8, 2026, in Hanoi, with the Department of Training, functional units and People's Public Security (PPS) academies and schools regarding preparations for the 2026 Computer-Based Second-Degree Public Security Entrance Assessment Examination.