Department of Foreign Relations announces working plan for 2021
The Department of Foreign Relations (DFR) under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a conference to review its task performance in 2020 and roll out its working plan for 2021.
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- 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting opened in Hanoi
- Foreign Relations Department holds Party Congress for 2020 – 2025 term
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| Major General Le Tan Toi, Deputy Minister of Public Security, speaking at the event. |
The conference saw the presence of Major General Le Tan Toi, Deputy Minister of Public Security.
In 2020, the DFR has made innovations in all aspects of its work. Particularly, the DFR gave various initiatives to the MPS in the year of Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship.
The unit also supported the MPS and the Government to successfully organize the 14th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime in the form of video-conference.
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As the complicated development of the COVID-19pandemic, the DFR advised leaders of the MPS to promptly readjust foreign affairs activities in response to the disease situation, such as organizing online meetings and providing supports for partnership countries in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
With its outstanding achievements in 2020, the DFR was awarded the MPS’ Emulation Flag.
Regarding the DFR’s working plan in 2021, Deputy Minister Le Tan Toi suggested that in the coming time, the DFRshould continue advising the Party, the State and the Government to ratify important international treaties and agreements, creating a comprehensive legal corridor for international cooperation on crime control and increasing capabilities for the Public Security Forces.
