President Vo Van Thuong and role models pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA)

The meeting took place on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's appeal for patriotic emulation on June 11.

In his speech, President Thuong hailed the achievements by the anti-drug crime forces, with the people's public security force at the core, especially the 140 role model groups and individuals. 

He affirmed the Party and State's viewpoint of no mercy to drug crimes.

The President requested that ministries and sectors have a better grasp and forecasting of the drug crime situation, advise the Party, National Assembly, and Government about directions of the fight in a timely manner; engage the entire political system and people of all social strata in drug crimes prevention and control, especially in border areas and at sea, also to improve the coordination between domestic and international forces so that Vietnam won't be turned into a drug transit point of the world. 

President Thuong expected that more and more people would join hands with the functional forces for a drug-free society.