Call for elite force to control public security

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh speaks at the opening of the congress in Ha Noi yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuan Tuan

HA NOI — Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh has asked the Ministry of Public Security to build a regular, elite and modern revolutionary public security force.

Addressing the 5th Congress of the Central Party Organisation of the Public Security Force in Ha Noi yesterday, Manh praised the achievements of the Public Security Force over the past five years.

"Against the background of ups and downs in Viet Nam and internationally, the Public Security Force has contributed notably to maintaining the nation's political stability and law enforcement, while protecting the national sovereignty and enabling the renewal process to progress," Manh said.

"You're the core force when it comes to protecting national security and maintaining social order," he added.

Manh said the security force must first act as an advisor to the Party and the Government, while playing a core role in carrying out the Party's policies and enforcing State laws on social security and order. To do that, the Public Security Force must ensure that a peaceful and stable society is maintained and remember that national independence is closely linked with socialism.

Second, under the leadership of the Party and the Government, the Public Security Force must co-operate with other sectors in building a solid all-people national security and defence body that is in harmony with national socio-economic development and foreign policy strategies.

Third, the Public Security Force must promote the people's role in protecting social order and security. Manh quoted President Ho Chi Minh: "Our police are the people's police. We must be at the service of the people and the people are our mainstay." He called on people from all walks of life to give more support to the security force's activities for the safety and security of society.

Finally, the Public Security Force must help build a strong Party. Every cell and committee affiliated to the Public Security Force must be pure and strong, he said.

Manh said the entire police force must follow President Ho Chi Minh's moral example and his teachings. He quoted: "The people's police are ready to sacrifice their lives for the homeland and for the people."

Addressing the congress, General Le Hong Anh, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Party Organisation of the Public Security Force, stressed: "We have made many good and strategic proposals to the Party and the Government on critical issues arising during the process of international integration and national development."

Among the senior Party and Government officials attending the congress were Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, also a politburo member; Truong Tan Sang, Political bureau member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee; Truong Vinh Trong, Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo Bureau member; and Ho Duc Viet, Politburo member, secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Organisation Commission.

The Party Congress of the Public Security Force closes today.­ — VNS

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