President: There was a president who got on the plane and then came back down... to take pictures with the guards.

President To Lam emphasized the need to perfect legal regulations in security work to meet the increasing demands in protecting leaders and national foreign affairs.

President To Lam - Photo: NGOC AN

On the afternoon of May 24, the National Assembly discussed in groups the draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Guards, the draft Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools (amended).

Commenting on the draft Law on Security Guards, President To Lam said that security guard work has been around for a long time. Therefore, the forces carrying out this work have matured a lot and ensured safety when carrying out this work.

Security work has many difficulties.

"We have determined that no one can protect the security work better than the people" - The President said that the above reality requires the need to complete, amend and supplement the contents of the law to create a legal corridor, as well as enhance the responsibility of the people in security work.

According to the President, in security work, ensuring security and safety for leaders and protected subjects is the most important requirement. In addition, this work also has the meaning of state protocol, which is national protocol. That is, security work is not only for normal protection, but also to demonstrate national prestige, meeting the requirements of foreign affairs.

Especially in the context of Vietnam increasingly welcoming foreign delegations, security work requirements are becoming more difficult.

According to the President, the general principle of international delegations is to comply with the laws of the host country. There are requirements that the parties must negotiate.

Therefore, according to the President, ensuring this work is very difficult, the brothers in the force work under conditions of having to operate day and night, having to stay awake without being able to sleep...

Especially when the leaders really want to integrate with the people, harmonize with the masses, and contact the people, but if something happens, it will be very dangerous.

In such difficult conditions, according to the President's assessment, the security work has achieved high efficiency in recent times. "We are also very proud, everything has been implemented very well, with almost no incidents" - Mr. To Lam said.

Leaders of countries coming to Vietnam are free to eat pho and go to the park because it is very safe.

In particular, going to difficult areas, despite facing many challenges, our soldiers have "grown up a lot", meeting the requirements of the countries. Therefore, the countries highly appreciate our guard force.

“I recently welcomed many heads of state, they showed a lot of affection. I remember one president, when he was returning, he suddenly went down halfway up the stairs. I don’t know what happened, it turned out he forgot to take a photo with the guards, so he went down to take a photo to encourage them,” said the President.

According to the President, people are very impressed by the safety assurance. Many leaders of other countries when coming to Vietnam are free to eat pho, vermicelli, go to the park, eat bread, go to the lake, go to coffee shops because it is very safe. The feeling of safety is why leaders when in Vietnam go to experience it. Thanks to that, it has contributed to helping Vietnam raise its position.

Knives with lethal properties need to be managed

Continuing to mention a safe society, without guns and weapons when giving his opinion on the Law on Management of Weapons and Explosives, the President said that many leaders and tourists coming to Vietnam feel secure, without being threatened or terrorized. However, the current situation is that the rate of stabbing cases mainly use knives, while there are no legal management institutions, so handling is very difficult. Because there are cases where knives have caused dozens of deaths, strict management and control measures are needed. "Nowadays, knives are very deadly. Even Thai knives, kitchen knives... can kill people. Even if they are used for production and daily life, they cannot become a threatening factor, affecting public order and must be managed in a disciplined manner," said the President.

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