MPS Office receives Third-class Military Exploit Order

The Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a meeting on April 12 in Hanoi to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the public security staff-work sector (April 18, 1946 - 2021) as well as to receive the Third-class Military Exploit Order.
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Minister To Lam presents the Third-class Military Exploit Order to the MPS Office.
Minister To Lam presents the Third-class Military Exploit Order to the MPS Office.

The event saw the attendance of Minister of Public Security General To Lam, leaders and former leaders of the MPS and the MPS Office, among other delegates.

At the meeting, Major General To An Xo, Chief of the MPS Office, briefed the delegates on the history of the public security staff-work sector, saying that the sector has continuously developed and successfully fulfilled all its political tasks over the past 75 years. Following Uncle Ho's 6 teachings and his moral example, the staff officers in the Public Security Forces always show their strong political will and absolute loyalty to the Party, State and people.

Over the past years, the MPS Office has given strategic advice to the Public Security Central Party Committee and the MPS's leadership, helping MPS leaders issue sound policies and directions for the Public Security Forces to effectively implement their tasks. In order to implement the State's policies of international integration, the MPS Office actively grasped situations in the region and world and promptly advised its upper levels to address various important issues and strategies on foreign affairs.

Major General To An Xo, Chief of the MPS Office, speaks at the event.
Major General To An Xo, Chief of the MPS Office, speaks at the event.

In recognition of its achievements over the past years, the Party, the State and the MPS have awarded the public security staff-work sector many honors, including the Military Exploit Orders and the Feat of Arms Orders. Particularly, the MPS Office has been awarded the Ho Chi Minh Order, various Military Exploit Orders, Feat of Arms Orders as well as other noble titles.

At the meeting, under the authority of the Party and the State leadership, Minister To Lam presented the Third-class Military Exploit Order to the MPS Office. Outstanding staff-work subunits and officers were also honored at the event.

Addressing the event, Minister To Lam praised the effort of the whole staff-work sector over the past time. 

He also emphasized that the global and regional security situation will see complicated developments in the coming time, which poses more challenges to the Public Security Forces and the staff-work sector in particular. Therefore, he asked the sector to improve its advisory capacity and consolidate its apparatus to better perform the assigned tasks, contributing to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for the country’s socio-economic development. The MPS Office should exert more efforts to successfully fulfill all assignments as the leading staff-work agency of the Public Security Forces, the Minister added.

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