Vietnam People's Public Security

Vietnam People's Public Security
*Công an Nhân dân Việt Nam*
Vietnam People's Public Security; Công an Nhân dân Việt Nam
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Common name	police (cảnh sát), public security (công an)
Abbreviation	VPPS (CAND)
Motto	Protecting the Fatherland's Security; Bảo vệ an ninh tổ quốc
Agency overview
Formed	19 August, 1945
Legal personality	Police force
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Vietnam
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	General Lương Tam Quang (3 stars general), Minister of Public Security;
Parent agency	Ministry of Public Security
Child agencies	Vietnam People's Security Force; Vietnam People's Police Force;
Notables
Significant operation	Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets Attack on Ôn Như Hầu Street; CM-12 Plan; Gangs of Nam Cam; PMU 18 Corruption; 2023 Đắk Lắk attacks; ;
Anniversary	19 August;
Website
	www.mps.gov.vn (Vietnamese)
	March: We Are The Policemen (authored by Professor, People's Artist Trọng Bằng); Colors: Yellow Red Green

The Vietnam People's Public Security (Vietnamese: Công an Nhân dân Việt Nam), alternatively the People's Public Security Forces (PPS; Vietnamese: Lực lượng Công an Nhân dân - CAND), also recognized as the Vietnamese Police or by its Vietnamese short name Công an (lit. 'the Public Security'), is the national police and the main domestic security force of Vietnam. Being a component of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces alonside the Military and the Militia, PPS is placed under political leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (via the Public Security Central Party Committee - Đảng ủy Công an Trung ương as the political head) and the executive administration of the Ministry of Public Security (Government of Vietnam).

The PPS' powers are regulated under No. 73/2014/QH13, which was passed on 27 November 2014.^[1]

^ "Law on the People's public security Forces".

[1] "Law on the People's public security Forces".

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