Since the start of this year, Da Nang’s police officers have dealt with 339 social order violations, involving 521 offenders, and cracked down on 33 criminal gangs.  In addition, 158 people involved in 121 drug-related criminal cases have been prosecuted, and 1,900 have been arrested for using illegal drugs.  The local police officers have also detected and dealt with 2 economic and 168 environmental violations. 

Drugs seized in a local crime (Photo: VNA)

Most notably, between January and September, the number of criminal cases decreased by 6.3% compared with the same period last year.  The city also saw a significant decrease in the number of road traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries.

The figures were released at a meeting on Tuesday to review the performance of the municipal Department of Police over the past 10 months of this year.

Addressing the event, municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Dang Viet Dung highly applauded the local police force for their remarkable achievements in ensuring social security.  

Next year, many important international events will take place in the city, especially the 25^th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2017) summit in November.  The city leader therefore stressed the need for the local police officers to do their utmost to ensure the safety of both local residents and visitors during these events. 

Greater efforts should be made to continue guaranteeing local security by ensuring the successful implementation of ‘The City of 4 Safe Programmes’ in order to reach the goal of making Da Nang a more civilised, modern and peaceful city in the years ahead.

The Deputy Minister for Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Nam, asked the municipal Police Department to offer their suggestions to the local authorities at all levels to ensure security in all local aspects, as well as to work closely with other relevant local agencies to safeguard national security and defence.

Senior Lieutenant General Nam also noted that more effective measures should be taken to ensure traffic safety, combat criminals and social evils, and tighten the State management of social security.

Also, special heed should be paid to effectively implementing the country’s ‘All People Protect National Security’ compatriot emulation movement.