Title: Vietnam: Tran Duc Luong Orders Tighter Security

Document Number: FBIS-EAS-98-075
Document Type: Daily Report
Document Title: FBIS Translated Text
Document Region: East Asia
Document Date: 16 Mar 1998
Division: Southeast Asia
Subdivision: Vietnam
Sourceline: BK1703044098 Hanoi Nhan Dan in Vietnamese 10 Mar 98 p
1,
5
Subslug: Speech by SRV State President Tran Duc Luong to the
People's Security Force in Hanoi on 9 March

 Dear Representative Comrades and all Comrades: Today I am happy
to attend the 50th anniversary of the study and implementation of
Uncle Ho's Six Precepts by the People's Security Force [PSF]. On
behalf of the party and state, I heartily welcome representative
comrades and all PSF cadres and soldiers who have contributed
worthy shares to the glorious revolution cause of our nation. On
this anniversary, we recall President Ho Chi Minh's great
teachings and express our boundless appreciation to him, who
devoted his life to the construction, education, and training of
the PSF. 

 Uncle Ho's Six Precepts are a very precious heritage. They
profoundly manifest his ideas on producing dedicated
revolutionary security officers. His ideas are full of
revolutionary, scientific, and practical meanings. In any
circumstances, Uncle Ho's Six Precepts are always a target to
strive for and guideline for the actions of all PSF cadres and
soldiers. Seriously studying and implementing Uncle Ho's Six
Precepts is very important for the building of a revolutionary,
clean, strong, regular, and modern PSF to satisfactorily fulfill
the formidable and glorious duties entrusted by the party and
people. Since the early years of our war of resistance against
French colonialism, the study and implementation of Uncle Ho's
Six Precepts has became a movement that has always been linked to
the process of building, fighting, and developing the PSF.
Particularly in recent years, this movement has been maintained
and developed and has produced numerous encouraging results. 

 The most prominent victory of the movement is its contribution
to the building of the PSF in various revolutionary stages of
national construction and defense.  Despite all sacrifices,
hardship, and challenges, the PSF has been totally loyal to the
party, fatherland, and people. The PSF has always considered our
national and people's interests its highest ideal and goal. Our
party, state, and people always highly evaluate and cherish the
loyalty and great sacrifices and contributions provided by
various PSF generations to our party and nation's cause over more
than the past 50 years. 

 Dear Comrades, we are entering the last years of the 20th
century with fundamental advantages. We, however, still have to
resolutely overcome many new difficulties and challenges. 

 The fourth plenum of the Eighth Party Central Committee has
clearly evaluated our national situation and outlined our
socioeconomic development. We must both develop our internal
strength and broaden our international cooperation. We must
strive to improve our national economy so that it will not lag
behind other countries. We will narrow the gap between our
country and other nations in the region, maintain our socialist
direction, and accelerate our industrialization and modernization
national cause aimed at a creating a prosperous population,
powerful country, and an equitable and civilized society. 

 We must continue our foreign policy of openness and befriend all
countries on the basis of preserving national independence,
sovereignty, and integrity. At the same time, we should also
consolidate and develop our national unity and patriotism. We
will develop the sense of self-reliance and mobilize more
national resources to satisfactorily accomplish the two strategic
duties of national construction and defense and to meet all
socioeconomic targets set forth by the Eighth National Party
Congress. 

 The PSF's duty in the coming period is a very heavy, difficult,
and complicated one. It requires great determination and
excellent efforts from all of you. I would like to remind you of
the following issues: First, more than anybody else, each PSF
cadre and soldier must clearly realize the special
characteristics of the period of renovation and accelerated
industrialization and modernization. In addition to the efforts
to develop to the maximum our internal strength, we must also
seek outside resources via international cooperation in trade,
investment, science, technologies, social culture, and so on. In
the new international and regional situation, we have also
accelerated our international cooperation and exchanges in the
fields of diplomacy, security, and national defense. Of course,
when we open our door, poisonous air will come in with the fresh
wind. Forces that are hostile to our regime will exploit all
possible opportunities to oppose and sabotage our revolutionary
undertaking of national construction and defense. Furthermore,
they will take advantage of the evils of corruption, bureaucracy,
and the degraded lifestyle of some cadres, to conduct ideological
sabotage, subornation, and embroilment to degenerate our cadres
and weaken us. This is the dangerous attacking point waged by our
enemy. Developments in the past years have proved that this is a
fierce and complicated battle. We must not be negligent or lose
our vigilance even for a minute. Satisfactorily carrying out
these measures is the best way to frustrate the conspiracy of
peaceful evolution by hostile forces. 

 The duty of the security forces is to help the entire
population, every PSF, and party member to thoroughly understand
and to be vigilant against hostile forces' operations so that
they can always be ready and resolute in fighting against the
enemy and the criminals. Cadres and party members must strictly
observe the party and state's lines and policies and respect the
laws. In particular, those in the traffic police, community
police, and economic police, and so on, with regular contacts
with the public, must not cause inconvenience and embarrassment
to the public.  The arrest and detention of suspects must be
carried out in a lawful manner. Innocent people must not be
arrested. Criminals must not be allowed to go free. When we do
this, the people will trust the party and the PSF and will
strictly observe the party's lines and policies and state laws.
This is an important condition for the maintenance of political
stability in our nation. 

 Second, the PSF should be fully aware of the complications that
will continue to arise from diversity in the society. 

 The development process of the market-driven economy and the
acceleration of industrialization and modernization will create
conditions for new factors and complications. The disparity among
social groups will be more pronounced, and the wealth gap between
the rich and the poor will widen and lead to worsening social
tension. In addition to that, the degeneration of some officials,
PSF members included--as is reflected through their corruption,
smuggling, materialism, extravaganza, and wasteful spending
activities--also contributes to increase the people's
dissatisfaction and general tension in society. Urbanization,
which is an integral part of the industrialization and
modernization process, will also bring with it problems that need
to be addressed, such as employment, land and housing demands,
transportation, migration, prevention and control of social
vices, and so forth. The tension we discussed above usually
occurs in rural areas where 80 percent of the population live.
Recent hot spots in Quynh Hoa, Quynh Phu District, Thai Binh
Province, and in some other provinces are examples of this. 

 In this situation, the PSF has the responsibility to detect and
see the difference between the targets of suppression and the
targets that need protection. You should also differentiate
between right and wrong in order to give strong support to the
right while fighting resolutely the wrong. 

 You should always keep yourselves abreast with the latest
developments in order to perform well your advisory role to the
party committees and the administration and help them promptly
deal with complications relating to social order and safety, thus
providing successful contributions to protecting the political
environment. 

 Third, we should strengthen our internal security and political
protection work and recommend new regulations or policies to the
party and government in order to consolidate political
protection. Concerning internal protection, it is imperative to
pay special attention to the protection of planning work, state
laws, state secrets, party safety protection, and protection of
important political, economic, and national defense targets. 

 Fourth, Uncle Ho taught us that "however easy a task is, you
cannot achieve it without the people's participation, while
however difficult a task may be, the people will solve it for
you." Our source of strength lies with the policy to "build up
the people's security system." When the situation becomes more
complicated, it is time for the PSF to study again Uncle Ho's
teachings and to boost mass mobilization work to encourage more
people to participate in the protection of social security and
order. The only things that need to be changed here to suit the
conditions are the content and method of mass mobilization; the
handling of the people's aspirations should be the main objective
of the mass mobilization work. When the mass movement has become
well settled, other duties of the sector can then be addressed. 

 Fifth, in order to perform the heavy duties bestowed by the
party and state, the PSF must be constantly consolidated to
ensure that it is always revolutionary, pure, steadfast,
professional, and constantly being modernized. 

 The movement to study Uncle Ho's Six Precepts should be
conducted with higher efficiency using more practical contents
and methodology. The contingent of PSF members should be brought
up to par with the requirements of the new era. PSF members
should be adequate in number, strong in quality, and equipped
with all modern facilities necessary for carrying out their
duties. 

 The fight against negativity and corruption in the force should
be continued. Each member of the force should strive to reach the
high standards required of them. In the ceremony today we are
happy to welcome representatives of progressive and brave public
security officers. They devote their lives to the party and
people; some have even sacrificed their lives for the peaceful
lives of the people. The party, state and people always reserve
the most ardent love for the loyal sons and daughters who devote
themselves to the fulfillment of their duties. On the contrary,
our hearts are also shattered by a number of PSF members who
could not resist the temptation of materialism, breaking the law,
and bringing shame to the force. 

 The Political Bureau recently issued an assessment on the role,
duty, and organization of the PSF. I firmly believe that the
Party Central Committee's Public Security Commission and leaders
of the Ministry of Interior will study the assessment and carry
out recommendations made in the assessment by the Political
Bureau in order to properly implement party building and force
building tasks in the new era. 

 Dear Comrades, now more than at any other time, the PSF should
follow strictly Uncle Ho's Six Precepts. The force should be
prepared to implement the three ordinances--to be released
soon--on public service, thrift practices and anti-wasteful
spending, and on countering corruption. The party, state, and
people are positive that the PSF will overcome all obstacles and
make greater efforts to improve themselves and fulfill all the
tasks assigned. 

 The party and state will continue to create favorable conditions
for the PSF to fulfill its duties. On my part, as state
president, Political Bureau member in charge of party internal
affairs, and member of the Party Central Committee's Public
Security Standing Commission, I will work to help other members
of the Central Public Security Commission and leaders of the
Ministry of Interior to provide good leadership in public
security and to help the force fulfill its duties in the years to
come. 

 Once again, I wish you comrades good health and happiness, and
hope that you will further develop your force's traditions,
strive to follow Uncle Ho's Six Precepts, and aim to achieve
higher successes in the protection of security for the fatherland
and peace for the people.  

[Description of Source: Nhan Dan--daily newspaper of the
Vietnamese Communist Party Central Committee]