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The signing ceremony for the United Nations Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes (the Hanoi Convention) is taking place in Hanoi on October 25, with the participation of representatives from nearly 100 countries and more than 100 international and regional organisations.

PSNews - Recently, the Department of Foreign Relations under the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam (MPS) in coordination with the United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a training workshop on investigating complex and transnational corruption cases in Quang Nam province.

PSNews - The Department of Foreign Relations under the Ministry of Public Security in coordination with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a roundtable discussion on online child sexual exploitation and abuse on June 12th - 13th, in Ho Chi Minh city.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control, led the Vietnamese delegation to the 14th Ministerial Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Drug Control in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, taking place in Beijing (China) on September 6.

PSNews – The Department of Foreign Relations under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently held a ceremony to receive an aid package of equipment and medical masks from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

On 13 January, the United Nations on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in cooperation with the Counter-narcotics police department (CNPD), Ministry of Public Security and Quang Binh provincial police department organized an opening ceremony for a new Border Liaison Office (BLO) in Cha Lo, Quang Binh province.

Public procurement has a very important role to play in the development of each country; however, it is typically one of the most vulnerable areas for corruption. UNODC estimates that corruption and fraud may amount to 10 – 25 percent of procurement budgets (UNODC, 2014).

PSNews - Senior Lieutenant General Le Quy Vuong, Deputy Minister of Public Security, on September 9 hosted a reception for a delegation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) led by Mr. Jeremy Douglas, Regional Representative of the UNODC for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

PSNews - The Department of Foreign Relations (under the MPS), under the authorization of the Minister of Public Security, on July 19, presented an insignia “National Security Protection” to Mr. Christopher Batt, Officer-in-charge of the UNODC in Vietnam in recognition of his contribution to the cooperation between the UNODC and the MPS of Vietnam on crime prevention and control.

PSNews – The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam on July 17 conferred the insignia “Recognition of contributions of inspection cause” on H.E Christopher Batt, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vietnam.

PSNews- Senior Lieutenant General Le Quy Vuong, Deputy Minister of Public Security on August 29 received Mr. Jeremy Douglas, Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

PSNews-Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, Minister of Public Security (MPS) hosted separate meetings with international guests in Hanoi on the afternoon of November 17.