Vietnamese police officers attend training course on UNCAT in Netherlands

PSNews – The opening ceremony of a training course for Vietnamese officials regarding the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)) held on October 1, at the Clingendael Diplomatic Academy of the Netherlands, according to Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa speaking at the training course.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa speaking at the training course. 

Present at the opening ceremony were Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa; Arjen van den Berg, Deputy Head of the Department of Asia under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and Wilbur Perlot, Deputy Director of the Clingendael Diplomatic Academy of the Netherlands.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Director of the Judicial and Administrative Reforms Department led a delegation of Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam to attend the course.

Accordingly, this training course is part of phase 2, following the three previous ones for key officials of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and relevant Ministries, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Clingendael Diplomatic Academy of the Netherlands, with the aim of improving capacity of Vietnamese officials in this field.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ambassador Ngo Thi Hoa highly appreciated the results of the first phase of the training programme, saying that it has contributed to training hundreds of key Vietnamese Officials in implementing UNCAT.

Ambassador Hoa also thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Clingendael Diplomatic Academy of the Netherlands for supporting the Vietnamese side over the past while believing that Phase 2 will see fruitful results, in the context of Vietnam actively implementing its membership commitments after its approval of UNCAT in 2014.

Participants at the opening ceremony.
Participants at the opening ceremony. 

On behalf of the Mission of Ministry of Public Security, Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Anh emphasized that the training programme at Clingendael Diplomatic Academy have helped improve the capacity of key Vietnamese officials, and that through training courses held in Vietnam, the Dutch experience in implementing UNCAT as well as contents of UN conventions on human rights protection in general and UNCAT in particular have been disseminated to Vietnamese officials from the Central level to local.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Anh reiterated that Viet Nam is always clearly aware of the values ​​of human rights and strives to fully exercise and ensure human rights as well as actively cooperates with international organizations to ensure human rights in line with international conventions.

At the ceremony, a representative of Clingendael Diplomatic Academy of the Netherlands said that the Netherlands pays special attention to and committed to continuing its cooperation with Vietnam in implementing UNCAT. He also wished to expand cooperation in this field.

According to him, promoting the cooperation between the two countries is the consistent policy of the Netherlands and has been agreed by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutter and Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc during the visit to the Netherlands of the Vietnamese Prime Minister in July 2017.

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)) is an international human rights treaty, under the review of the United Nations, that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.

By Linh Bui

Other News

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security opens training course for Lao officers

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security opens training course for Lao officers

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.

Artistic exchange program “Shining from the People’s Trust”

Artistic exchange program “Shining from the People’s Trust”

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”.

MPS holds community reintegration program

MPS holds community reintegration program

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. 

Minister Luong Tam Quang meets with Economic Security Force

Minister Luong Tam Quang meets with Economic Security Force

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.

Vietnam and Singapore boost cooperation in security and digital transformation

Vietnam and Singapore boost cooperation in security and digital transformation

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.

Ministry of Public Security enhances cooperation with UNDP

Ministry of Public Security enhances cooperation with UNDP

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.

MPS leadership sends letter of commendation to Ha Tinh Provincial Police

MPS leadership sends letter of commendation to Ha Tinh Provincial Police

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.

MPS opens training course on journalism and communication

MPS opens training course on journalism and communication

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.

Strengthening Party’s leadership over fire prevention, firefighting and rescue operations

Strengthening Party’s leadership over fire prevention, firefighting and rescue operations

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.