City leaders attend the conference at Hue bridge

The conference was held directly at the Government Headquarters, online to 34 provinces and cities and 3,321 communes, wards and special zones. Attending the conference were Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long and leaders of central ministries, branches and leaders of provinces and cities.

At the Hue City bridge, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, member of the City Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee chaired. Also attending were members of the City Party Committee: Nguyen Quang Tuan, Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People's Council; Nguyen Thi Ai Van, Chairwoman of the City Fatherland Front Committee and representatives of departments, branches, organizations and localities.

Implementing Resolution No. 163/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly on 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 163 of the National Assembly; then, 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 general objective of the program is to promote the combined strength of the political system and the entire population in drug prevention and control; take the grassroots area for implementation; regularly, continuously and synchronously implement solutions to contribute to building a safe and healthy society, happy people, and sustainable socio-economic development.

Students participate in drug addiction treatment at a facility in Hue City

The program strives to have at least 50% of communes, wards and special zones nationwide free of drugs by 2030. In addition, some other important targets include: 100% of complex drug hotspots, drug-risk hotspots, drug retailers and areas of illegal drug-containing plants are detected and destroyed; over 80% of commune-level health stations nationwide and 100% of public drug rehabilitation facilities are qualified to determine drug addiction status; 100% of public drug rehabilitation facilities ensure conditions according to the provisions of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control; ensure facilities and maintain treatment for at least 50,000 people addicted to opium-like substances...

The program is also specified into 9 major projects, ensuring coverage of all 3 areas: Supply reduction, demand reduction, and harm reduction. The total cost of implementing the program is more than 22,450 billion VND, from the central and local budgets and other legal sources.

In Hue City, the City People's Committee has recently issued a Plan to build "drug-free communes and wards" for the period 2025 - 2030, with the target of reaching 30% by 2025 and 100% by 2030. According to the plan, the criteria for "drug-free communes and wards" include: No drug addicts or illegal drug users residing; no drug violators or wanted persons on the run; no drug-using organizations or shelters.

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the need to declare an uncompromising war on drug crimes, create a movement and trend among the entire population, implement "3 reductions" and "3 increases" (reduce supply, reduce demand, reduce harm and increase legal effectiveness, increase investment resources, increase smart governance, digitalization), assign "6 clear" tasks (clear people, clear work, clear responsibility, clear authority, clear time, clear results) to gradually prevent, repel and neutralize drug crimes in a sustainable manner nationwide. From there, implement the direction of General Secretary To Lam on building drug-free provinces and cities.

According to the Prime Minister, drug prevention and control work is not only done by the police force but also requires the participation of all ministries and branches from the central to the grassroots levels. It is necessary to identify this as the task of the entire political system together with the Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, especially at commune, ward, special economic zone levels and the entire population.

Minh Nguyen

Source: https://huengaynay.vn/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/it-nhat-50-xa-phuong-dac-khu-tren-toan-quoc-khong-co-ma-tuy-vao-nam-2030-158613.html