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Vietnam’s police officer serves as director at ASEANAPOL Secretariat

An official from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) assumed the position of Director for Plans and Programmes at the ASEAN National Police (ASEANAPOL) Secretariat on January 11.
Vietnam’s police officer serves as director at ASEANAPOL Secretariat ảnh 1Sen. Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu Ngoc (R) takes over the postition of Director for Plans and Programmes at the ASEANAPOL Secretariat on January 11. (Photo: VNA)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – An official from Vietnam’sMinistry of Public Security (MPS) assumed the position of Director for Plansand Programmes at the ASEAN National Police (ASEANAPOL) Secretariat on January11.

Sen. Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu Ngoc, deputy division head at the Officeof the MPS’s Investigation Police Agency, took over the post at a ceremony heldat the ASEANAPOL Secretariat’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This is the first time a police officer of Vietnam has undertaken an important position in international and regional policeorganisations.

Ngoc said that to implement the Party and State’s policy onexpanding international cooperation in crime prevention and control, over thepast years, the Government assigned the MPS to deploy personnel to the GeneralSecretariat of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTEPOL), theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and ASEANAPOL Secretariat.

The candidacy for key leadership positions of the ASEANAPOLSecretariat reflects the Vietnamese police force’s strong determination and commitmentto boost international cooperation in trans-national crime fight.

He noted by directly managing activities of the ASEANAPOLSecretariat, he can gain necessary experience to prepare for Vietnam to takeover the Executive Director position in 2028; help enhance the country’scooperation with law enforcement forces of regional partners to promotetrans-national crime fight; make proposals on cooperation between theVietnamese police and member countries, dialogue partners, and observers of ASEANAPOL;and help make use of assistance in terms of science, technology, and equipmentfor the crime combat.

Ngoc told the Vietnam News Agency that he will make all-outefforts to contribute to cooperation among police forces of ASEAN countries to safeguardregional safety and peace, and to the improvement of the Vietnamese police’srole in the region and the world at large.

Founded in 1981, ASEANAPOL comprises police forcesof the 10 member countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. ItsSecretariat officially opened on January 1, 2010.

The ASEANAPOL is led by the Executive Director who has atwo-year term. Meanwhile, the Director for Police Services and the Director ofPlans and Programmes have a tenure of two - three years./.
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