Security tightened in Hanoi during 13th National Party Congress

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.

PSNews – Inspection and Supervision Team No. 07 of the Executive Committee of the Public Security CPV Organization, led by Member of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the Public Security CPV Organization and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Dang Hong Duc announced the decision and plan for the first phase of the 2026 inspection and supervision of the Dong Nai Provincial Police Party Committee, on the afternoon of September 9, 2026, in Dong Nai.

PSNews - Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Lam visited the 2026 International Exhibition on Techniques and Means of Fire Prevention, Fighting, and Rescue; Science & Technology Application and Digital Transformation in Fire Safety and Rescue; and Security and Safety Equipment (SECUTECH VIETNAM 2026), on the afternoon of September 9, 2026, in Hanoi.

Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong chaired the 2026 Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang) and the Conference to establish the International Alliance against Telecom and Online Fraud, on the afternoon of September 9, in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China.

PSNews - Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Lam received Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan Kajihara Daisuke, who is visiting Vietnam and attending Secutech Vietnam 2026, on the afternoon of September 9, in Hanoi.

PSNews - Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang had bilateral talks with Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Public Security of China Wang Xiaohong, on September 9, 2026.

PSNews – A briefing was held, on the morning of September 7, 2026, in Hanoi, between the Standing Body of the Central Steering Committee 57 and the National Advisory Council on Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation (National Advisory Council).

The Thanh Hoa Provincial Police Department held a grand ceremony, on the morning of September 6, 2026, to receive the title of “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” for its outstanding contributions during the resistance war against the U.S. for national salvation.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a ceremony, on the afternoon of August 24, 2026, in Tay Ninh province, to announce the establishment of People’s Public Security Forces-Sponsored Multi-level Boarding School No4.

PSNews — The Ministry of Public Security held a send-off ceremony on September 3 in Hanoi for the People’s Public Security Football Club (CAND FC) ahead of the 2026/27 season, while officially announcing the transfer of PVF-CAND Youth FC to Hung Yen FC.

PSNews — Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 3 for the newly accredited Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Touch Sopharath.

PSNews - Recently, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) organized a conference to review the 2026 amnesty work and community reintegration for amnesty beneficiaries.

PSNews - Member of the CPV Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security and Head of the Ministry of Public Security’s Criminal Investigation Police Authority Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long chaired a briefing conference with police departments of northern provinces and centrally-governed cities on the prevention and control of crimes and law violations in cyberspace, on the afternoon of August 25, in Ha Noi.

A delegation of the Executive Committee of the Public Security CPV Organisation and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), led by Member of the CPV Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Dang Hong Duc, visited the Chinese Embassy in Viet Nam on August 18 to pay respect to late Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and sign the condolence book following his passing.

Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang hosted a courtesy reception for Chinese Assistant Minister of Public Security Lyu Wuqin on the afternoon of August 18, in Ha Noi.

Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang hosted talks with National Security Adviser of the Republic of the Philippines Eduardo San Lorenzo Oban Jr., on August 20, 2026, in Ha Noi.

Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang hosted a courtesy reception for Vice President of Policy – Asia-Pacific at the Software Alliance (BSA) Jared Ragland, on the afternoon of August 20, 2026, in Ha Noi.

The Ministry of Public Security of Viet Nam and the Ministry of Public Security of China jointly organized the art exchange program titled "Under the Same Cloud," on the evening of August 19, 2026, at Ho Guom Opera House in Ha Noi.