Attending and directing the ceremony was H.E Police Senior Lieutenant General, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Thanh, Member of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Vietnam, Vice Minister of Public Security. Attending the ceremony were also representatives of leader of the Supreme People's Court; leader of the General Political Department of Public Security force, leaders of Departments under the Ministry of Public Security; leaders of 165 Project Office, Central Organization of Communist Party; representative of the Embassy of the United States in Hanoi and the University of Maryland, USA. As for the PPA were Lieutenant General, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Yem, President of the PPA; the members of Party Committee, Directorate of the PPA and representatives of the functional units.

Dr. Wayne McIntosh, University of Maryland affirmed

 the good cooperative relationship between the PPA and the University of Maryland

Since April, 2014, the PPA has conducted the 2^nd cohort of Joint Master’s Degree in Justice Leadership with the University of Maryland. 30 students of the 2^nd cohort have researched, studied 10 subjects in the field of criminal justice, international law, leadership science, operation of police force in insuring the social order and security, etc. Besides studying in Vietnam, the students have had the chance to spend nearly one month in the University of Maryland, USA for final presentation; visit and discuss with the law enforcement agencies at State and Federal levels. Through these kinds of activities, the studens have gained a lot of information, knowledge and useful experience.

Lieutenant General, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Yem, President of the PPA

 spoke at the ceremony

At the ceremony, H.E Police Senior Lieutenant General, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Thanh, Member of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Vietnam, Vice Minister of Public Security acknowledged, appreciated the PPA proactively cooperating with the University of Maryland, USA to organize the two cohorts. The Vice Minister also affirmed the usefulness and effectiveness of the joint training program between the two training institutions in providing the high quality human resource serving for criminal prevention and suppression of Public Security force of Vietnam. So, he requested the PPA to enhance the international cooperation in education and training to study the experience, technology of the partners to develop the PPA to become the leading police training center in Vietnam and region; study and formulate the criteria standards of product quality education in line with the specific characteristics of education, training and practice of the PPA and the situation of the fight against crime. The PPA had to do the survey to evaluate the quality after training by evaluating the working capacity of the graduated students at their agencies and units then adjust the program for higher effectiveness; cooperate with the functional units of Ministry of Public Security and 165 Project Office, University of Maryland to propose the leaders of Ministry of Public Security to implement the next cohorts to provide the high quality human resource serving for the law enforcement implementation and protect the security and social order of the Nation.

Leader of the PPA and representatives of the University of Maryland

 presented Master’s Degree for the students

On behalf of the Party Committee, Directorates of the PPA, Lieutenant General, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Yem, President of the PPA thanked leaders of Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Education and Training, 165 Project Office of Central Organization Committee of Communist Party of Vietnam and the functional agencies for the concern, direction and support during the program conducted. The President of the PPA highly appreciated the cooperation and goodwill of the University of Maryland as well as the directly under units and hoped that the cooperation between the two training institutions would be more developed in the coming time.

Representatives and new Masters took memorial photograph

After the ceremony, Lieutenant General Nguyen Xuan Yem had the meeting with Dr. Mengxue Li, Director of Office of International Executive Programs, University of Maryland and Dr. Wayne McIntosh, Associate Dean of College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland. At the meeting, on the bases of efficiency of the joint training model, the two sides discussed on proposing to the superior leaders and preparing the necessary conditions to promote the further  training program, including the 3^rd cohort of the joint training program in Justice Leadership. This would be the prerequisite to enhance mutual understanding between the PPA and the University of Maryland and contribute to building the Vietnam - US bilateral relations in the current period.

Nhu Mai