Hanoi (VNA) - Party General Secretary and StatePresident Nguyen Phu Trong on June 22 asked the Central Public Security PartyCommittee to make thorough preparations for its upcoming Party Congress.

Speaking at a conference held by the committee inHanoi, the leader, who is also a member of the Standing Board of the Committee,expressed his hope that the public security sector would pay more heed to Partybuilding and perform its political tasks well.

He emphasised the need to build a strong Partyorganisation in terms of ideology, organisation, personnel, leadership methods,and working mechanisms of the People’s Public Security force, making the sectora solid pillar of the Party, State, people, and the entire political system.

For his part, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who isalso a member of the Standing Board of the committee, lauded the leadership ofthe Central Public Security Party Committee across spheres, as well as thepublic security sector’s contributions to national socio-economic development,national security and defence consolidation, and Party and apparatussafeguarding.

He called for greater efforts in the fight againstcrime, especially drug-related, and for more attention to be paid to issuesregarding economic security, finance-banking, and cyber security.

The sector’s role in the investigation and settlementof pending cases should be further promoted, he said.

In recent times the force has also proven its role onthe frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, significantlycontributing to containment efforts./.