The national teleconference to deploy the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control to 2030

At the provincial bridge point, the conference saw the participation of Mr. Nguyen Khac Than, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Members of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board: Nguyen Le Huy, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Major General Tran Xuan Anh, Director of the Provincial Public Security; Colonel Vu Van Dinh, Chief of the Provincial Military Command.

The provincial leaders attend the conference at the provincial bridge point.

Implementing Resolution No. 163/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly on the investment policy for the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control to 2030; on March 13, 2025, the Government issued Resolution No. 50/NQ-CP and issued a Plan to implement Resolution No. 163/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly. On September 8, 2025, the Ministry of Public Security issued a Decision approving the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control to 2030 with specific tasks and solutions.

The program sets a general goal of promoting the combined strength of the political system and the entire population in drug prevention and control; focusing on grassroots areas; synchronously implementing solutions to reduce supply, reduce demand, reduce harm; contributing to building a safe and healthy society, boosting socio-economic development. There are three specific goals as follows: Raising awareness of drug prevention and control in the whole society; maintaining, expanding and moving towards drug-free communes, wards and special zones nationwide. To invest in equipment, apply science and technology, improve professional capacity for specialized forces in drug crime prevention and control to effectively combat and prevent drug crimes. To ensure material facilities for drug addiction treatment, improve the effectiveness of addiction treatment, manage illegal drug users, drug addicts, post-treatment management; provide legal aid and counseling in drug prevention and control.

The program also sets out clear, feasible and highly monitorable targets by 2030. Specifically, achieving at least 50% of communes, wards and special zones nationwide being drug-free; 100% of the points organizing, harboring illegal drug use, drug retailers and areas of illegal drug-containing plants were discovered and destroyed; over 80% of the units and officers and soldiers of the specialized forces for drug crime prevention and control under the Border Guard and Coast Guard were equipped with weapons, support tools, modern technical means...

The program was concretized into 9 major projects, ensuring the coverage of all three areas: Supply reduction, demand reduction, and harm reduction. The total budget for the program implementation was more than 22,450 billion VND from the central and local budgets and other legal sources.

At the conference, delegates from ministries, branches and localities focused on discussing, analyzing and assessing the situation, causes, and effective early and long-term prevention solutions, especially among young people in key drug-related areas; the solutions to eradicate all types of drug crimes; improve the effectiveness of drug rehabilitation, manage addicts, the solutions to enhance the role of the social community and families to help addicts reintegrate into the community...

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested ministries, branches and localities to identify drug prevention and control as a key and urgent task to protect the race, contribute to ensuring security and order and promote socio-economic development. Along with the core forces of the police and army, drug prevention and control work requires the participation of the entire political system and all classes of people with the motto "Every citizen is a soldier, every family is a battlefield, every locality is a fortress in the fight against drugs".

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to continue reviewing and perfecting institutions and sanctions on the fight against drugs. Localities develop specific implementation plans in line with reality in the spirit of clear people, clear work, clear responsibilities, clear authority, clear time, clear results; at the same time, continue to coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Health to invest in and complete drug rehabilitation facilities and synchronously deploy vocational training solutions, create jobs, and provide credit loans to post-rehabilitation drug addicts. To continue to spread good models and creative ways in the fight against drug crimes and evils such as building schools, residential groups, drug-free communes and wards, etc.

The Ministry of Public Security shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of National Defense and other ministries, branches and localities to synchronously deploy measures to fight drug crimes, gradually push back drugs in a sustainable manner, and strive to complete the goal of having 20% ​​of commune-level localities free of drugs by 2025.