Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries, agencies and centrally-run localities to take urgent measures to ensure security and social order and dully punish extremists causing social instability.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries, agencies and centrally-run localities to take urgent measures to ensure security and social order and dully punish extremists causing social instability.
The PM’s request comes after several extremists, joining gatherings in several localities in protest against China’s illegal placement of its drilling rig Ocean-981 in Vietnam’s territorial waters, incited workers to damage properties of companies, including those owned by foreign investors, and resist against on-duty law enforcement officials.
He called for effective measures in place to stabilise the situation and ensure the lives, properties and production of businesses, including those owned by foreign investors.The PM described the situation as ‘serious’ as it causes social disorder and affects business production, local people’s lives, the investment environment, and the correct foreign policy of the Vietnamese Party and State.
The designated ministries, agencies and localities were required to encourage people not to lend a helping hand to extremists to carry out law-breaking activities, while uniting to maintain security and order, as well as production.
They were asked to promptly take appropriate measures to help businesses resume normal operation. They were also urged to inform diplomatic corps and foreign investors of the consistent, correct policy of the Vietnamese Party and State to facilitate and guarantee foreign businesses, organisations and their lives in Vietnam in accordance with Vietnamese law and international commitments.
(Source:VOV)
