National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met with female officers of the public security force in Hanoi on March 6 on the occasion of the 113th anniversary of International Women’s Day and the 40th founding anniversary of the Ministry of Public Security’s Women Union (March 8).

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on December 7 asked the Central Public Security Party Committee and the public security forces to play a more active role in the fight against corruption and other negative phenomena.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the second meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in Hanoi on October 15.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a working session with the Central Public Security Party Committee and the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Justice on July 7 to collect ideas to complete a draft strategy on building and perfecting a rule-of-law socialist state until 2030 with a vision to 2045.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, has highlighted President Tran Dai Quang’s contributions to the cause of protection of security and order of Vietnam in an article written in commemoration of the leader.

The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front have issued a special communiqué, announcing that President Tran Dai Quang died at 10:05am on September 21, 2018, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.

Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi at the age of 62.

New President Tran Dai Quang was sworn into office in the morning of April 2 after 91.5 percent of the total National Assembly (NA) deputies elected him to the position by secret ballot.