Traffic Police Force successfully fulfills the APEC Summit Week 2017 mission

PSNews - Major General Tran Son Ha, Director of the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security on Sunday chaired a conference to review the work of ensuring security and order, traffic safety and the escorting of delegations during the APEC Summit Week 2017.

The event witnessed the presence of Lieutenant General Pham Quoc Cuong, Commander of the Mobile Police Command; and representatives of the General Department of Security, the Da Nang Municipal Police and nearly 850 police officers and soldiers from the Traffic Police Departments and from 63 provincial-level police departments that had sent their forces to serve the APEC Summit Week 2017.

Speaking at the conference, Major General Tran Xuan Ha said that in the APEC Year 2017, the traffic police force has escorted hundreds of delegations safely, punctually and without any minor incidents, , promoting the good image of the Vietnam’s public security forces in general and the traffic police force in particular in the eyes of international friends and delegates.

At the same time, the traffic police force also focused on handling traffic violations that might directly cause traffic accidents. The force coordinated closely with other forces in attacking crimes on traffic routes; detected and arrested many suspects in trafficking drugs and other prohibited goods, and smuggling, which contributed to ensuring social security and order and traffic safety nationwide in the peak month.

"These results of the traffic police force have been praised by the Party, the State, leaders of the Public Security Ministry as well as local authorities and people. Before the APEC Summit Week, the State President Tran Dai Quang spent time meeting and encouraging traffic police officers and soldiers working in Da Nang. Leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, the Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Public Security Ministry also visited the traffic police force in Da Nang, especially policewomen, for several times. Leaders of provincial police departments and provincial traffic police divisions also met and encouraged their policemen working for APEC Summit Week. These moves and activities showed the great care of leaders at all levels and became a great source of encouragement for the traffic police force to strive to fulfill the assigned tasks during the APEC Summit Week in Da Nang.

At the conference, the Traffic Police Department honored and rewarded organizations and individuals with outstanding achievements in ensuring security and order and traffic safety, serving the APEC Summit Week.

On this occasion, nearly 1000 police officers and soldiers of the traffic police force and delegates at the conference also held a fundraising for the victims of recent floods in Central provinces, and for 8 police officers whose families were severely damaged by typhoon No.12 and floods.

By An Nhien

Other News

Vietnam, Mongolia strengthen cooperation in combating transnational crime

Vietnam, Mongolia strengthen cooperation in combating transnational crime

As part of his visit to Russia and participation in the first International Security Forum in Moscow, General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, met with the Secretary of the National Security Council of Mongolia Byambajargal, on the afternoon of May 27.

Minister Luong Tam Quang attends signing of tech MoUs with Russian partners

Minister Luong Tam Quang attends signing of tech MoUs with Russian partners

Within the framework of his visit to the Russian Federation and attendance at the first International Security Forum organized by the Security Council of Russia, General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, attended the signing ceremony of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on cooperation in technology, security, and digital infrastructure between Vietnamese and Russian enterprises, on the morning of May 26 in Moscow.

Minister Luong Tam Quang holds talks with Russian Presidential Assistant and Chairman of Maritime Board

Minister Luong Tam Quang holds talks with Russian Presidential Assistant and Chairman of Maritime Board

Member of the Political Bureau and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang, leading a high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, arrived in Moscow on May 25, beginning an official visit to the Russian Federation and attending the first International Security Forum hosted by the Russian Security Council, at the invitation of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation General Sergei Shoigu.

Vietnam, Russia boost cooperation in security, firefighting, and search and rescue

Vietnam, Russia boost cooperation in security, firefighting, and search and rescue

Within the framework of his visit to Russia to attend the first International Security Forum, Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang held separate talks with Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Aleksandr Kurenkov and Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, on the afternoon of May 26 (local time).

MPS presents documentary film on President Ho Chi Minh to central agencies

MPS presents documentary film on President Ho Chi Minh to central agencies

On the occasion of the 136th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – 2026), the Ministry of Public Security held a ceremony to present a documentary film on President Ho Chi Minh’s 1955 visit to Sverdlovsk province of the former Soviet Union to the Office of the Party Central Committee, Vietnam Television and the Ho Chi Minh Museum, on May 19 in Hanoi.

Dong Nai City Police Department makes debut

Dong Nai City Police Department makes debut

The Ministry of Public Security solemnly held a ceremony to announce the Minister of Public Security’s decision to officially establish the Dong Nai City Police Department, on May 18 in Dong Nai City.

MPS opens refresher course for departmental-level leaders

MPS opens refresher course for departmental-level leaders

The People’s Security Academy held an opening ceremony for a refresher course for leaders of all under-ministeral departments and provincial-level police departments and other equivalent units under the Ministry of Public Security on the afternoon of May 19 in Hanoi.

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.