In the
context of globalization and international integration, current crime situation
in the world in general and Vietnam in particular are more complicated. The
crime’s activities are increasingly desperate and sophisticated; organized crime
gangs have appeared with the closed connection inside and outside the country,
which affects seriously the situation of social order and causes damage to
individuals and organizations, especially to law enforcement agencies.
Therefore, the expansion and strengthening of international cooperation to
improve the efficiency of the fight against crime is an indispensable
requirement in the new situation.
Since being
founded, the People’s Police school (now PPA) has assigned task of
international cooperation, helping the two neighboring countries (Laos and
Cambodia) for training police officers. So far, after 45 years of development, the
international cooperation in the field of training of the PPA has gained great
achievements. The Academy has relationship with nearly 20 police, law and
criminal justice training institutions in 14 countries and territories. Recently,
in August, 2013, the PPA signed the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation
in postgraduate training with the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies -
University of Portsmouth, UK.
To achieve
a/m results, the international cooperation of the PPA has been implemented on
the following basic items:
Cooperative
activities on police training in the ASEAN region:
Along with
maintaining effective cooperation and assistance of the two police training partners
namely the Ministry of Public Security of Lao and the Ministry of Interior of
Cambodia, the PPA has actively participated in the forum of police cooperation
among ASEAN countries.
In
December, 2010, the PPA held successfully the 1st ASEANAPOL police
training cooperation Meeting in Hanoi with the theme “Police training
cooperation before an increasing risk of non-traditional crimes in the ASEAN
region”. The Conference adopted the Joint Declaration on establishing
cooperative mechanism on police training in ASEAN region and holding the annual
conference on police training cooperation in ASEAN countries in shifts.
Also,
within the framework of ASEANAPOL, on January 3rd, 2010, the Academy
successfully hosted the 19th Joint ASEAN Senior Police Officer Course
(JASPOC 19). Despite the shortage of facilities and the lack of experience in
holding international training courses, the training course had been successful
and left a good impression for the participants.
Cooperation
with the police training institutions in the region and in the world:
In recent
years, to strengthen establishment and implement cooperation with police
training institutions in the region, the PPA has developed and implemented
several cooperative programs with the police training institutions of countries
such as:
- The
annual senior officers and student exchange program between the PPA and the
Royal Police Academy of Thailand
- The
annual senior officers and student exchange program between the PPA and the
National Police University of Republic of Korea
-
Cooperation with educational institutions of the Ministry of Interior of
Russian Federation
-
Cooperation with the Security Sciences Academy of the Ministry of Interior of
Palestine
- In
addition, the PPA also continues to develop the regular cooperation with Representatives
of the Australian Federal Police and the National Police of France, UK police in
Vietnam in the field of training...
Development
and implementation of programs and projects of international cooperation:
So far,
the PPA has developed and implemented effectively a number of programs and
projects on international cooperation, namely:
- The
cooperative program with the Danish Institute for Human Rights on improving the
quality of teaching for the Investigation Police force
- The
project on enhancing training Traffic Police in the PPA and other police training
institutions in Vietnam. This is project of technical assistance funded by the
ODA fund of Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) in Vietnam.
- Project on
Electronic Library of the PPA: This project aims to improve the system of electronic
library at the Academy under the support of the Government of Republic of Korea
through the KOICA.
- The
cooperation with the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) of the UK on
improving the quality of teaching financial crime prevention (2013-2014).
- Joint
Program on Training Master in Criminal Justice Leadership with the University
of Maryland, USA
Cooperation
with organizations and international forums related to education and
researching police science:
The PPA
has actively participated and contributed the scientific reports at the annual
meetings and the professional conferences. In 2006, the Academy hosted the
Conference of Director and Principal of the Police Training Institutions in the
Asia-Pacific with the theme: "Police training – Prospects in the situation
of the rise of transnational crime and new crime in the region and in the
world".
With the
achievements and the direction of development, it is confirmed that the international
co-operation in training and scientific research of the PPA will certainly
contribute to the development of the PPA to become as the significant Police
Training Institution of the Ministry of Public Security and the State in the
period of 2015 - 2020.
Written by DinhDat – Hoang Anh
Translated by Cong Phuong