Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc chaired the seminar. It also saw the presence of Deputy Minister of Public Security Major General Le Quoc Hung as well as representatives of ministries and Central-level agencies, scientists, and experts in the People's Public Security Forces.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Duy Ngoc delivered the opening remarks, saying that the scientific seminar aimed to clarify the theoretical and practical bases for the need to renovate methods for crime prevention in response to complicated developments in the current situation of crime.
Reports at the seminar read, although the crime situation has been controlled over the past time and the number of criminal offenses has been reduced for the four consecutive years (by 0.61% in 2018; 7.39% in 2019; 5.43% in 2020, and by 11.23% in the first 10 months of 2021).
However, the COVID-19 pandemic has strongly hit socio-economic development and social security, increasing risk of crime. The practical ground requires theoretical solutions to the situation.
At the seminar, delegates analyzed newly-arising theoretical and practical issues regarding crime prevention, especially striking at the roots of crime.
They also identified and forecasted crime situations in the coming time, as well as discussed complex pressing issues such as corruption, economic crime, smuggling, environmental crime, hi-tech crime, drug-related crime. Based on the discussions, the delegates proposed solutions to effectively control crime in the current context.
In his closing remarks at the seminar, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung thanked delegates, scientists, researchers and experts for their insightful ideas and opinions.
The Deputy Minister asked the MPS Office to fully summarize reports presented at the seminar so as to advise the MPS leadership to improve the efficiency of crime prevention in the time to come.