Central Fund for Counter-Crime receives over VND 200 billion
Politburo member, Secretary of the Public Security Central Party Committee, Minister of Public Security and Permanent Deputy Chairman of the Governmental Steering Committee for Crime Prevention and Control (Steering Committee 138/CP) General To Lam chaired a ceremony to launch the Central Fund for Counter-Crime on the evening of June 24, 2022, in Hanoi.
The event drew the participation of President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Defense and Security Committee Major General Le Tan Toi, Permanent Deputy Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilization Pham Tat Thang as well as representatives of Central agencies, ministries, branches, localities, enterprises and people.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang, Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Public Security Major General Le Van Tuyen, Deputy Minister of Public Security Major General Nguyen Van Long and several high-ranking officers from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) also attended the meeting.
Addressing the ceremony, Deputy Minister Nguyen Duy Ngoc underlined that crime prevention and control work has achieved positive results over the past years. Thanks to the joint effort of the political system, police forces and people, the rate of offences related to public order has continuously reduced over the past years, exceeding the objectives set by the National Assembly. In detail, the rate of offences related to public order reduced year on year by 7.39% in 2019, 8.4% in 2020, 11.33% in 2021, and 9.94% in the first 6 months of 2022.
In the fight against crime to protect a peaceful and happy life for people, a number of police officers have laid down their lives or been injured. Since 2019, 31 police officers have been killed, 750 officers have been injured and many others have been exposed to HIV while performing their duties.
To raise funds for crime prevention and control, the Prime Minister has signed a decision on the establishment of the Counter-Crime Fund, with the aim of providing supports for the police officers who lose their lives and suffer injuries in fighting crime as well as rewarding groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in the fight against crime.
Although the Counter-Crime Fund’s chartered capital is provided by the State Budget, it is defined as a non-State Budget one as it will later mobilize organizations, businesses and people at home and abroad to give donations for its operation. Since 2019, the fund has spent some VND 73 billion in rewarding more than 5,000 groups and individuals with outstanding achievements as well as supporting police officers killed or injured on duty.
In response to the call from the 138/CP Steering Committee, as of June 24, nearly 2,000 organizations and benefactors donated more than VND 200 billion to the fund.
At the event, Deputy Minister Nguyen Duy Ngoc on behalf of the fund, thanked organizations, businesses and people for their donation and support for the fund. He also promised that the staff of the fund will manage and use the funding in a public, transparent and effective manner in line with the laws.
He also called on all organizations, businesses and people at home and abroad to continue giving donations to the fund, contributing to efficiently fighting crime and building an orderly, rule-of-law and healthy society, a premise for successfully building and protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.
