President attends gathering marking Day of People’s Public Security Forces
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a gathering in Hanoi on August 18 on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of Traditional Day of People’s Public Security Forces (August 19) and a ceremony to present 40-year, 30-year Party membership badges to officers from the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attendeda gathering in Hanoi on August 18 on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of Traditional Day of People’s Public Security Forces (August 19) anda ceremony to present 40-year, 30-year Party membership badges to officers from the Party Committeeof the Ministry of Public Security.
Speaking at the event, Phuc said over the pastyears, the public security forces have closely grasped the situation, offeredadvices to the Party and State about important measures and strategies toprotect national security, ensure social safety and order, defeat plotssabotaging the Party and State by hostile and reactionary forces, and crackdown on crimes and legal violations.
He hailed them for taking vanguard in Partybuilding and rectification, as well as playing an active role as one of thefrontline forces in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
During the cause of national construction anddefence in the new period, the President suggested the Central Public Security PartyCommittee effectively follow the Party policies and State laws regarding thetask of protecting national security and social safety and order, thus laying asolid foundation to build a revolutionary, regular, elite and modern people’spublic security sector.
Secretary of the CentralPublic Security Party Committee and Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lamaffirmed that the forces will seriously and fully realise Resolution adopted bythe 13th Party Central Committee𝔍 and conclusions of the Party Central Committee's Resolutions, and continue with building the Party and people’spublic security forces in the new period./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
