Two Vietnamese Allowed to Study in Police Institute despite Father’s Criminal Past

Police forces considered key forces to maintain the country under one-party regime

Police forces considered key forces to maintain Vietnam under one-party regime

In Vietnam, the enrollment of police’s institutions has been under very strict procedures which are based on reviewing political and criminal records of all family’s members of every candidate.

by Vu Quoc Ngu, Sept. 21, 2015

Nguyen Duc Nga from Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An will be the second individual qualified to study in a police institute despite bad criminal records of his father, state media has reported.

In Nga’s case, Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang directly asked the police department in Nghe An province to verify after Nga complained his case in newspapers.

Nga had registered for enrollment in a police institute and he scored 29 points in the national examination, higher than the requirement. However, he was informed that he will not be permitted to study in the institute due to his father’s criminal record.

According to the police docile, Nguyen Dinh Hoa, his father, was sentenced to nine months in probation after beating with someone in 1993. Under the current regulations, Nga cannot apply for any police training facilities.

Earlier, Bui Kieu Nhi from the central province of Quang Binh was also stopped to become a new student for the Police Political Academy due to the same reason. However, the institution agreed to accept her enrollment after she complained in media and readers criticized the current regulations of police institute for enrollment.

After Nhi told her story in newspapers, a number of institutions said they are ready to welcome her, however, Nhi determined to become a policewoman and has no interest in studying in other institutions.

Many young Vietnamese want to study in police institutions, partly because police students will not to pay tuition fees. In addition, police is among professions with high incomes in Vietnam.

However, the enrollment of police’s institutions has been under very strict procedures which are based on reviewing political and criminal records of all family’s members of every candidate.

This year, 100,000 students competed for 6,450 positions in Vietnam’s police institutions.

Local observers said there is corruption in enrollment in Vietnam’s police institutions and some people have to pay huge sums for their children to take seats in these institutions.

In the communist Vietnam, the police plays very important role in maintaining the country under one party.

Candidates of marriage with police officers must also be with absolutely clean, and be verified by local authorities.