Hanoi, Feb. 28 -- Commune-level public security officers will take on a greater role in handling administrative procedures for citizens and businesses, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced at a press briefing on February 28.

As part of the ministry's new structure, district-level division of public security will be dissolved, and the ministry will take over five key state management tasks from various ministries starting March 1. These include cybersecurity, aviation security, drug rehabilitation and post-detoxification management, driver's license issuance, and judicial record services.

Major General Pham Quang Tuyen, Deputy Director of the MPS's Department of Personnel and Organisation, said the shift to a two-tier local po...