The ceremony was chaired by Senior Lieutenant General, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Van Nam, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Vice Minister of Public Security. The representatives of the functional departments under the Ministry of Public Security; Dien Bien Provincial Public Security, the People’s Police University; the former Presidents of the People’s Police Academy; the Directorate and leaders of the Departments within the PPA participated at the Ceremony. 

The PPA’s Directorate congratulated Senior Colonel Tran Minh Huong

At the ceremony, on behalf of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Van Nam, Vice Minister of Public Security presented the Minister’s appointment decision to Senior Colonel, Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Huong and congratulated the PPA and Mr. Huong for this new appointment. 

Vice Minister Bui Van Nam spoke at the ceremony

The Vice Minister believed that, with the experience and ability in many fields, Senior Colonel Tran Minh Huong would promote the tradition of the People's Police Accademy, the institute was awarded the title “Hero of the People's Armed Force”, following efforts of generations of the PPA’s leaders, especially the former PPA’s Presidents to accomplish the assigned tasks. The Vice Minister required the members of the Directorate, leaders of the departments and all officers, lecturers, employees, students of the PPA to be solidarity, coordination and support Mr. Huong to complete this task. 

Senior Colonel, Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Huong, President of the PPA sopke at the ceremony

Speaking at the ceremony, Senior Colonel, Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Huong, President of the PPA thanked to the Minister of Public Security, leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and its functional departments; the Directorate, officers, lecturers, employees and students of the PPA for their confidence and assigning him to the PPA’s President.

As the position of the President of the People's Police Academy, Senior Colonel, Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Huong promised to try his best and closely coordinate with the members of the PPA’s Directorate, officers, lecturers, employees and students in order to promote the tradition, inherit the achievements, contribute to the increasing development of the PPA.

Since the PPA’s foundation, Senior Colonel, Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Huong is the 7^th President after 6 predecessors was nominated namely: Lieutenant Colonel Le Quan, Senior Colonel Tran Duc Truong, Senior Colonel Pham Minh, Major General, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Hung, Major General Nguyen Trung Thanh and Lieutenant General, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Yem.

With the decisions of the Minister of Public Security, leaders of the People's Police Academy have been strengthened and consolidated to continue building and developing the Academy to become a high quality training center of the country and becomes a prestigious police training center in the region, striving to become a key national higher education, meeting national standards in 2019.

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