Vietnam – Laos seek to bolster security ties

PSNews – The Ministry of Public Security’s Steering Committee for Amnesty held a meeting, on May 19, to review the relevant units’ implementation of the State President’s 2026 amnesty decision and examine dossiers of inmates proposed for special amnesty.

Senior Lieutenant General Dr. Le Quoc Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Public Security Central Party Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security, attended and delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of a training course for Party committee officials of the Lao Ministry of Public Security, held at the People's Public Security Political Academy, on the afternoon of May 18.

The Ministry of Public Security, on May 17, held the artistic exchange program “Shining from the People’s Trust” to mark the 10th anniversary of the “Outstanding Women in Public Security” Award (2015–2024), alongside the presentation ceremony for the 2025 “Outstanding Women in Public Security” Award and the commendation of “Excellent Female Grassroots Police Officers”.

PSNews - Recently, the Police Department of Temporary Detention and Community-based Correction Management under the Ministry of Public Security, in coordination with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Federation and the Hanoi City Police Department, organized the 2026 community reintegration program themed “Heading Toward the Dawn" in Hanoi. 

Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung chaired a working session with the Academy of Security Engineering and Technology (ASET) on the afternoon of May 12, 2026.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a meeting with attendants of the 101st defense-security knowledge refresher course for category-1 officials, on the afternoon of May 11 in Hanoi.

The Digital Trust in Finance 2026 Forum officially took place under the theme “Building Digital Trust in Finance in the AI Era” on May 12 in Hanoi.

Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang attended and delivered remarks at a meeting with the Economic Security Force held to celebrate the founding anniversary of the Economic Security Force (May 13), on May 12 in Hanoi.

PSNews - Amid increasingly complex transnational crime, high-tech fraud and cybersecurity threats, Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to strengthen cooperation between their law enforcement agencies, promote digital transformation and enhance connectivity between their electronic citizens’ identification platforms.

PSNews - UNDP resident representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi has recently affirmed that Vietnam’s development priorities are closely aligned with the cooperation goals of the United Nations and UNDP in Vietnam. The two sides have evaluated the outcomes of their past cooperation efforts aimed at enhancing law enforcement capacity and ensuring human rights protection.

Senior Lieutenant General Pham The Tung, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security, sent a letter to the Ha Tinh Provincial Police Department, on May 13, praising the local police for their achievements in dismantling a large-scale criminal network involving gambling, fraud and appropriate property in cyberspace as well as launder money.

General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Thamer Mohammed A. Algosaibi, who paid a courtesy visit on the occasion of the beginning of his diplomatic tenure in Vietnam, on the afternoon of May 13 in Hanoi, to Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Communications Department, in coordination with the Son La Provincial Police Department, opened a 2026 journalism and communications training course, on May 14, in Son La Province, for more than 300 reporters, editors and communications officers working in the People’s Public Security Forces.

PSNews - Recently, the Ministry of Public Security, in coordination with the authorities of Lai Chau province, held an inauguration ceremony for the branch school of the La U Co Kindergarten in Thu Lum commune.

The An Giang Provincial People’s Committee held a meeting to evaluate the implementation of the project to build the Phu Quoc Special Administrative Region into a model unit of security, order and urban civilization, on the morning of May 8 in Phu Quoc.

Under the authority of the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security, Chief of the Ministry Office Major General Nguyen Quoc Toan chaired a scientific workshop on the draft project to build an orderly, disciplined, safe, healthy, civilized, harmonious and developed society on the afternoon of May 7 in Hanoi.

The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee held a meeting to review the 10-year implementation of Directive No. 47-CT/TW isued on June 25, 2015 by the Secretariat on strengthening the Party’s leadership over fire prevention and firefighting work, and to disseminate Directive No. 02-CT/TW of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party’s leadership over fire prevention, firefighting and rescue operations in the new situation, on the morning of May 7 in Hanoi.

Senior Lieutenant General, Dr. Le Quoc Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security on May 12 held a working session with the Academy of Security Technology and Industry under the Ministry of Public Security.

General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, held talks on May 8 in Colombo with Mr. Ananda Wijepala, Sri Lankan Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs.

The Ministry of Public Security convened a meeting to review results of the implementation of the April work plan of the entire Public Security Forces, on the morning of May 4 in Hanoi.