In 2008, with the consent of the leaders of the
Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the PPA signed the Memorandum of Understanding
on cooperation in training and scientific research with the Royal Police Cadet
Academy (RPCA). One of the important cooperative contents was that the two Academies
would exchange the training for police students of higher education system with
a period of 5 years (including 01 years to learn Thai). In 2009, after the two Academies
discussed and agreed with the contents of cooperation, the MPS decided to send
04 students of the PPA (the high quality class) to the RPCA. These students
were selected from those who had excellent scores at the entrance examination.
After a period of learning Thai language, the police students
of Vietnam participated in studying and practicing at the 67th higher
education course of the RPCA. Through 5 years, 04 police students of Vietnam achieved
great success in studying Thai language and completed successfully the course
with rather good score; especially, 02 students, achieved average score of 3.50
and 3.63 on a scale of 4, were in group of excellent students of the RPCA.
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International Cooperation Division -
RPCA presented flowers to congratulate
the graduated police students of Vietnam
At the RPCA, the process of 4-year learning and
training was divided into 8 semesters with 80 subjects equal to 156 credits. There
were 02 periods of probation at local police stations, the first one lasted 40
days after the 2nd year and the second one lasted 60 days before graduation.
The specialties for probation included: Investigation, Reconnaissance, Traffic,
Administrative management. During training process, the RPCA put great importance
to physical practice, practical skills training; there were a number of
compulsory subjects and high quality requirements, such as: martial arts,
shooting, strategies for riot prevention, parachute training.
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Lieutenant General, Prof.Dr. Nguyen
Xuan Yem, President of the PPA took
memorial photograph with police students
of Vietnam at the Graduation Ceremony
With well studying process and excellent training
results, after graduation, 04 students were brevet rank and assigned to work at
the units in accordance with the requirements of work and ability of students such
as the High Command of Mobile Police of the PPA and the Standing Office on Drugs
and Crime - General Department of Police for Crime Prevention and Suppression.
Although it was the first time the PPA to send
students studying in Thailand, with the efforts of each individual, the police students
of Vietnam strictly obeyed discipline, got good learning results and were
highly appreciated by lecturers of the RPCA. Also, in the process of learning, the
four students actively supported the Delegations of MPS of Vietnam to work with
the Royal Thai Police, which was recorded and highly evaluated.
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A series of activities of Vietnamese
and Thai students
after the Graduation Ceremony
Recently, after the President of the PPA worked with
General Adul Saengsingkaew, the Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police and
Lieutenant General Sakda Techakriengkrai, Director of the RPCA, they suggested
the PPA to send continuously 04 students to study in higher education and they was
willing to provide master’s degree scholarships for 02 students of the PPA to
study at the RPCA.
In the integration period, the Public Security Force
always initiative in the prevention and combating of transnational organized crime,
one of the important issues was the international cooperation in order to build
the police training system which met not only the national standards but also
the regional and international standards. The deployment of the joint training
programs of the PPA in recent years, especially student exchange program with
the RPCA has been actively contributing to improve quality and effectiveness of
police training and to promote cooperation among the police training
institutions in ASEAN.
Written by Cao Hoang Long
Translated by Cong Phuong