Hanoi (VNA) – President Vo Van Thuong had a workingsession with the Department of Internal Political Security under the Ministryof Public Security in Hanoi on July 11.

The event took place on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the traditional day of the people’s security force (July 12,1946 - 2023).

In his remarks, President Thuong applauded efforts by thepeople’s public security force, including the internal political securityforce, to surmount every difficulty and coordinate with agencies and units inand outside the sector to remarkably fulfill their assigned tasks, helpingmaintain security, safety, peace, and stability to promote Vietnam's socio-economicdevelopment and its stature in the international arena.

Outlining some focal tasks for the internal politicalsecurity force for the coming time, he asked the Central Public Security PartyCommittee and the department’s Party committee to well perform the task of making strategic proposals on the protection of the Party’s ideological foundation, the Party’sleadership, the regime, and the people. The force needs to be deeply aware thatthe protection of internal politics is closely linked with and helps improvethe building and rectification of the Party and the political system.

It should grasp, assess, and precisely forecast the situation, risks, and plots earlyand from afar to make timely advice about response plans and solutions;proactively prevent, detect, and effectively fight against plots and acts of “peaceevolution”, as well as signs of degrading political thought, morality and lifestyle,“self-evolution”, and “self-transformation”.

The Stateleader asked the internal political security force to continue maintaining theprotection of the Party’s ideological foundation as its crucial and regular politicaltask, and guarantee security for the implementation of the resolution on thecontinued building and perfection of the rule-of-law socialist State ofVietnam in the new period, issued at the sixth plenum of the 13th-tenureParty Central Committee.

He demanded further improving the coordination among thepublic security force, the army, ministries, and sectors in the protection of internalpolitical security; and mobilising the synergy of the entire political systemand people, with the internal political security force being the core, for the duty.

The President also requested stepping up the building of thepeople’s public security force, including the internal political security one,into a truly clean, strong, regular, elite, and modern force meetingrequirements and fulfilling tasks in the new context./.