(Dan Tri) - To protect the US President, the Guard Command selects officers who have extensive experience working with US security through previous protection missions for US Presidents.
On September 10-11, US President Joe Biden paid a state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The visit ended successfully, raising the relationship between the two countries to a new height, as a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. In nearly 30 years of normalizing diplomatic relations, Vietnam has welcomed four incumbent US Presidents to visit and work. This not only affirms Vietnam's position, diplomatic capacity, and development in the international arena, but also further highlights the image of a safe, peaceful, and friendly Vietnam. For Mr. Joe Biden's visit this time, Vietnam's security work once again "scored", in which the Guard Command is the core force.
Security forces protect the welcoming ceremony for President Biden at Noi Bai airport (Photo: Security Command).
"Reputation" from 5 times protecting US Presidents to Vietnam According to the Guard Command, immediately after receiving information about President Joe Biden's plan to visit Vietnam, the unit proactively coordinated with the State Protocol Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to grasp the situation and directly worked with the US advance delegations. From there, the contents related to protection work were unified. Based on the work of grasping and forecasting the situation, the Guard Command advised the Ministry of Public Security in assigning tasks to the police of units and localities, in the spirit of ensuring security and safety at the "highest level" for the US Presidential delegation. During the process of working with the advance delegations, although the US security side always made very high requests and demands in the protection work, with the trust gained through 5 previous times protecting US Presidents visiting Vietnam, the US Secret Service and Diplomatic Security Service had a certain trust and found a "common voice" with the Vietnamese security force.
Vietnamese guards work with US security forces (Photo: Guard Command).
Accordingly, the two sides jointly carried out their tasks on the principle that all activities of the US security service and agencies must comply with the provisions of Vietnamese law; the Vietnam Guard Command and units of the Ministry of Public Security are primarily responsible for ensuring security and safety for President Joe Biden throughout his stay in Vietnam. At the same time, the two sides also agreed on a number of flexible measures in response to the US's solemn reception of the General Secretary and senior leaders of Vietnam in recent years. In addition, the Guard Command has synchronously deployed professional measures, grasped the political security situation, social order and safety, thereby promptly detecting, preventing, and neutralizing all plots that threaten the security and safety of the delegation; closely coordinated with units under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies to ensure the requirements of diplomatic protocol according to regulations; clearly identify key areas, ensuring absolute security and safety for all activities of the US President, while ensuring national security and sovereignty. "All plans and protection options are accurate to the minute" In the work of protecting security and safety for President Joe Biden's visit to Vietnam, the Special Events and International Visitors Protection Department (Guard Command) is the main unit. The unit surveyed the locations of activities, travel routes, and accommodations of the President, thereby advising the leaders of the Guard Command to proactively develop protection plans and strategies; mobilize the maximum force and modern technical means to participate in protection work, combined with many professional measures.
Lieutenant General Tran Hai Quan (long-sleeved white shirt, black pants) directly surveyed and checked security and safety at the relief of the late Senator John McCain (Photo: Guard Command).
The entire process was personally directed and inspected by the Commander of the Guard Command - Lieutenant General Tran Hai Quan. According to Senior Lieutenant Colonel Tran The Viet (Deputy Head of the Department of Protection for Special Events and International Guests), in addition to developing a plan and arranging security forces at the location of the activities, the accommodation and travel route of President Biden, the selection of security officers to approach Mr. Biden is also special. In addition to meeting professional standards, the officer approaching the President must have a lot of experience working with US security through previous protection periods and campaigns of US Presidents. At the same time, the protection plan must always have a backup plan. Assessing Mr. Biden's visit this time, Colonel Tran Xuan Thinh (Head of the Department of Protection for Special Events and International Guests) said that the President's schedule is very busy, especially since it only takes place in less than 24 hours. Therefore, according to Colonel Thinh, "all plans and protection options this time were prepared by the unit more carefully, closely, meticulously, and cautiously, ensuring accuracy down to the minute."
Modern equipment used by the Guard Command to protect the US President (Photo: Guard Command).
As one of the core units of the Guard Command participating in protecting President Biden's visit, the Technical Protection Department used all the most modern technical means, coordinated with US security forces to carry out professional measures to organize security checks, and control all three areas "in the air, on the ground, and underground" at the locations of activities, meals, and accommodations of the US President. "Along with mobilizing many modern technical means of the unit, we also concentrated our forces and stood by to ensure readiness to go on duty when situations arise, in order to ensure absolute safety for the President throughout his time in Vietnam," Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Minh Thuy, Deputy Head of the Technical Protection Department, shared.
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