#Prison

PSNews - Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Le Van Tuyen had working sessions with the Police Department of Prison, Correctional Institution and Juvenile Reformatory Management and the Police Department of Temporary Detention and Community-based Corrections Management to review the two police departments’ work result, on February 12th, in Hanoi.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung attended and made a keynote speech at a ceremony to open the 2024 police rookie training course at the Police Department of Prison, Compulsory Education Facility, and Reformatory Management, on March 4, 2024, in Hanoi.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 12 sentenced former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long to 18 years in prison for taking bribes in the COVID-19 test kit case involving in the Viet A Technology JSC.

PSNews - On the occasion of the Vietnam's Cultural Heritage Day on November 23, the 75th anniversary of the National Resistance Day on December 19, and 77 years since the establishment of the Vietnam People's Army on December 22, an exhibition on the battle is being broadcast on the social media channels of the Hoa Lo Prison.

Major General Le Quoc Hung, Deputy Minister of Public Security, on May 10 hosted an online meeting with leaders of prisons nationwide on COVID-19 prevention and combat.

The Police Department of Management of Prison, Compulsory Re-education Center and Reformatory held an event to mark its 70th founding anniversary (November 7, 1950 – 2020) and receive the First-class Order of Fatherland Protection on November 5th.

The People’s Court of Binh Dinh province has sentenced Le Quoc Binh from Quy Nhon city to six years in prison for the charges of conducting terrorist activities against the people’s administration, and illegal possessing military weapons.

Prison sentences ranging from 4-9 years have been proposed for two ex-leaders of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro for “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

PSNews – Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security on October 8 led a working delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to visit and work with Thanh Xuan Prison and T16 Prison.

PSNews – The Prison of Ha Nam province organized a ceremony on August 14 to announce Decisions on early conditional release of prisoners.

PSNews - 94 prisoners serving their sentences at Chau Binh Prison and Ngoc Ly Prison will soon return to their hometown, following decisions on early conditional release.

PSNews – Ninh Khanh Prison on August 6 organized a ceremony to announce a decision on early conditional release of 70 prisoners serving sentences at the prison.

PSNews – Xuan Nguyen Prison on August 6 organized a ceremony to announce a decision on early conditional release of 39 prisoners at the prison.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on May 9 sentenced Bui Hieu Vo from the central province of Ha Tinh to four and a half years in prison for “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”. 

PSNews – The Dak P’lao Prison (Dak Nong province) on February 12 organized various activities for prisoners to welcome the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year Festival).

PSNews – Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security led a delegation to work with Phuoc Hoa and My Phuoc prisons, based in Tan Phuoc district, Tien Giang.

PSNews - Lieutenent General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security paid a working visit on November 11 afternoon to the Ninh Khanh Prison of the General Department of Verdict Execution and Judicial Assistance. 

PSNews – Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security led a delegation to work at the Xuan Phuoc prison and the Phu Yen Provincial Police. 

PSNews - Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son applauded and highly appreciated task performance of the Tong Le Chan Prison’s staff in the past while expressing his sympathy with difficulties and risks facing detention officers and soldiers at the prison. 

PSNews - He took the chance to listen and talk with prisoners, demanding that they do well their sentences and seriously observe the prison’s regulations to soon return to their families and relatives.