Hanoi, Jan. 10 -- The Ministry of Public Security staged a send-off ceremony and rehearsal in Hanoi on January 10, deploying around 5,000 policemen to finalise security preparations for the forthcoming 14th National Party Congress.

In his speech, Politburo member, standing member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat and head of the subcommittee for the organisation of the congress Tran Cam Tu said with only 10 days remaining until the opening, security requirements have reached their highest level. He noted that amid rapidly evolving, complex and unpredictable global and regional developments, hostile forces continue to exploit these conditions and intensify sabotage activities using increasingly sophisticated and complex methods...