MPS delegation attends 89th INTERPOL General Assembly
Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Public Security, and Head of the Criminal Investigation Authority under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), led a high-ranking delegation of the MPS to attend the 89th International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) General Assembly, from November 23 to 25 in Turkey.
About 500 top-ranking police officials, ministers, and senior law enforcement officials from more than 140 countries are attending the three-day meeting of the INTERPOL General Assembly.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc delivered a speech at the plenary session themed “International cooperation in crime prevention and control in the post-COVID-19 period”.
In his speech, the Vietnamese head delegate highlighted the efforts of the MPS of Vietnam, including the police sector, under the direction of the Government and with the support of the people, took creative measures to realize the dual goals of preventing and fighting crime, ensuring security and order as well as controlling the pandemic, creating favorable conditions for the country's socio-economic development.
The Vietnamese Police Force has fully implemented international commitments, preventing and combating transnational crimes within the framework of INTERPOL.
As the pandemic is gradually being controlled and the world is step by step opening up, criminal activities will likely increase and become more complicated.
Law enforcement agencies of countries around the world, including INTERPOL, warned that transnational fraud, hi-tech crime, trans-border human trafficking, illegal immigration, sexual abuse, as well as production, sale and trade of fake goods, will increase, threatening security, public order and safety of each country around the world.
In order to solve the problem, Deputy Minister Nguyen Duy Ngoc suggested that the police forces of member countries should coordinate with one another closely and more effectively with high trust and responsibility to control crimes, facilitate socio-economic development and safeguard their people.
He also urged INTERPOL leaders and police commanders of member countries to take advantage of INTERPOL as a regular cooperation channel to share information and experience in investigating and handling cases related to transnational organized crimes, especially in the current context of complicated development of the pandemic. Police of member countries should strive for the dual goal of controlling the pandemic and ensuring security, public order and safety in their countries.
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the INTERPOL membership of the Vietnamese Police Force, Deputy Minister Nguyen Duy Ngoc thanked the INTERPOL Board of Directors as well as all member countries for their support and cooperation with the Vietnam Police Force over the past time.
He reiterated Vietnam is always willing to work more closely with INTERPOL's member countries to halt transnational organized crimes.
The leadership of INTERPOL and its member countries highly appreciated the remarks made by the Deputy Minister at the meeting and acknowledged Vietnam’s serious and effective implementation of INTERPOL commitments over the past years.
On the sidelines of the 89th INTERPOL General Assembly, the Vietnamese delegation had meetings with the INTERPOL President, INTERPOL Secretary General, and the Representative of ASEANAPOL Secretariat, and police delegations of various INTERPOL member countries.
