August 10, 2016 | 09:37 (GMT+7)
PM heads counter-terrorism steering committee
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc heads the National Steering Committee on Terrorism Prevention and Control, according to a recent decision.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc heads the National Steering Committee on Terrorism Prevention and Control, according to a recent decision.
He will be aided by Minister of Public Security To Lam as the committee’s deputy head.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc |
The committee’s members are Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh; Minister-Head of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung; Transport Minister Truong Quang Nghia; Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan; Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien; Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung; Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Le Minh Hung; Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Phan Van Giang; and Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam, who is tasked a permanent member.
The committee’s functions are to consult the Government and the Prime Minister on how to organise and direct anti-terrorism activities at the national scale, along on directing the settlement of terror incidents in case a state of emergency on national security and social safety and order is announced or there is a threat to national security and social safety and order.
Additionally, the committee is tasked to guide and supervise the implementation of counter-terrorism work of the steering committees at the municipal and provincial levels.
The Ministry of Public Security is the permanent office of the committee.
Source: VNA