Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son inspects COVID-19 prevention in Southwest border provinces

PSNews - Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister, Head of the Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Public Security, attended a meeting in Long An province on January 4 to discuss measures to strengthen Covid-19 prevention and control along the southwest borderline.

The event was attended by police leaders of Long An, Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Thap, Kien Giang, Tay Ninh, Tien Giang, and Vinh Long.

Overview of the meetings.

Overview of the meetings.

According to delegates at the meeting, from now to the Lunar New Year 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect the security and order situation in the localities along the southwest border. What is more, a large number of Vietnamese expatriates currently living, working, and studying abroad will come back to the homeland. A surge in the number of immigrants will probably lead to crimes such as illegal border-crossings through trails or openings and human trafficking.

In that circumstance, the police forces of the southwestern provinces should proactively prepare plans and take measures to deal with possible situations.

Delegates discuss related issues at the meeting.

Delegates discussing related issues at the meeting.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son highly appreciated the results of the disease prevention and control of the police forces in southwestern border provinces. He asked them to coordinate closely with the press and media sector to disseminate measures to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic along the border.

The police forces of communes along the borderline were asked to thoroughly grasp the security situation in their managed areas while mobilizing people in each residential quarter and village to tell their relatives to enter the country legally and strictly implement quarantine measures.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son delivers his speech at the meeting.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son delivering his speech at the meeting.

He requested that sufficient medical stuffs and equipment must be allocated to police officers and soldiers doing their duties in the border areas.

In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control in the new situation, the local police forces should also launch intensive campaigns to crack down on crimes to protect absolute safety and security in their localities during the 13th National Party Congress and the upcoming Lunar New Year festival.

By Linh Bui

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