Vietnamese and Lao forces crack down on over 1,500 drug cases

The People's Public Security (CAND) Newspaper respectfully presents the article “Phát huy truyền thống anh hùng, lực lượng An ninh đối ngoại hoàn thành xuất sắc nhiệm vụ bảo vệ an ninh quốc gia trong kỷ nguyên mới” ("Upholding the heroic tradition, the External Security Force excellently fulfills its mission of protecting national security in the new era”) by Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang.

The 2nd Annual Conference of Ministers of Public Security and Interior of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam took place, on the morning of June 30, in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh.

Politburo Member and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang held separate bilateral meetings with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sar Sokha, and Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Public Security of Laos Lieutenant General Vanthong Kongmany, on June 30 in Phnom Penh.

A high-level delegation of the Ministry of Public Security, led by Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Dang Hong Duc paid a working visit to Japan from June 28 to July 1.

The head of the delegation, accompanied by several team members and representatives of the Venezuelan side, subsequently conducted a field survey in La Guaira to assess the situation and prepare for the deployment of personnel and equipment for search-and-rescue operations.

The Central Public Security Party Committee and the Ministry of Public Security held a special political-artistic gala titled “DNA – Reconnecting the Lifeline,” on the evening of June 30, in Hanoi.

The search area assigned to the Vietnamese Search and Rescue Mission is a vast disaster zone with numerous high-rise buildings that have collapsed. Among them, the Ministry of Public Security's search and rescue team is conducting operations at a nine-story apartment building that has been almost completely destroyed.

PSNews - The Ministry of Public Security, in coordination with the Hanoi People's Committee, on June 27 held a meeting to launch the Month of Action for Drug Prevention and Control under the theme "Sharing a Determination to Build Drug-Free Communes, Wards and Special Zones". 

PSNews - The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a policy consultation session on the draft Law on Organization of Criminal Investigation Agencies (amended). 

PSNews - Recently, Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long chaired a meeting to review the projects to build the Ministry of Public Security-funded inter-level boarding schools in border communes, in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) jointly held a ceremony on the afternoon of June 24 in Hanoi to sign a new Coordination Regulation on ensuring security and order within the home affairs sector.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) held a conference to sign and launch the implementation plan for a joint coordination regulation on online fraud prevention and control, on June 23 in Hanoi.

PSNews - Member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, who serves as Head of the National Steering Committee for the Search, Recovery and Identification of Martyrs' Remains, attended and launched a nationwide intensive campaign to collect DNA samples from relatives of unidentified martyrs, on the morning of June 24 in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) held a working session on education and training within the People's Public Security Forces, on the afternoon of June 23.

The Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention organized the opening ceremony for the 2026 series of training workshops and operational briefings for the cybersecurity and high-tech crime prevention forces, on the morning of June 24 in Hanoi.

PSNews - Recently, Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Le Van Tuyen hosted a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Türkiye to Vietnam Korhan Kemik and a delegation of Turkish security technology enterprises, in Hanoi.

The Inspection Commission of the Public Security Central Party Committee convened its first meeting for the 2025–2030 term, in Hanoi on June 23, to discuss approaches to improve the efficiency of Party inspection, supervision and disciplinary execution in the Public Security Forces.

On the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21), the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a meeting with press agencies and journalists, on the afternoon of June 17, in Hanoi.

Within the framework of his visit to Japan to co-chair the 10th Vietnam–Japan Deputy Ministerial Security Dialogue, Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Pham The Tung had a meeting with Japanese Minister of Justice Hiraguchi Hiroshi, on June 17, in Tokyo.

Within the framework of his visit to Japan to attend the 10th Vietnam–Japan Deputy Ministerial Security Dialogue, Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Pham The Tung paid a courtesy call on Commissioner General of the National Police Agency of Japan Yoshinobu Kusunoki, on June 16, in Tokyo.