(According to Vietnamese domestic press)

Age of Dinh Mao, born in 1987, female bodyguard major Dang Hong Nhung of Division 6 – Special Event Protection Department, and international guest protection – Bodyguard Department – whose father is bodyguard Colonel Dang Quoc Trung, used to be the bodyguard security officer approached General Secretary Le Duan.

As the child of a bodyguard officer, Nhung clearly understands the difficulties, hardships, and disadvantages of the profession, but at the same time is inspired by her father about the pride of standing in the ranks of one of the most elite of the Vietnam Police force. Therefore, after graduating from University with a major in foreign languages, she was determined to follow her father’s footsteps as a bodyguard police officer.

The father, Lieutenant Colonel Dang Quoc Trung, was always busy protecting Vietnamese leaders and had little time to spend with his two daughters. However, with his himself father’s sensitivity, he soon recognized Nhung that has many quite special, even contradictory, personality traits. It is both assertive and strong, but also very sensitive and delicate, full of femininity.

One of Nhung’s first tasks when working at the Bodyguard Police Department was to protect access to the wife of the President of Bangladesh during the President’s state visit to Vietnam.

The President’s wife is elderly and has difficulty walking, but according to Islamic customs and regulations, security officers are not allowed to go too close or touch her.

However, from Nhung’s observant and polite gestures, the wife of the President of Bangladesh trusted and proactively held Nhung’s hand throughout the journey in Vietnam.

Saying goodbye to Nhung, she said: “Thank you very much. Throughout my journey here, you have supported and helped me a lot.”

In 2015, female guard major Dang Hong Nhung was assigned to protect China’s first lady Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President – General Secretary Xi Jinping visiting Vietnam.

Major Dang Hong Nhung is very confident because in addition to her own experience, she has diligently researched and learned about the culture, customs and practices of China, clearly understanding the habits, hobbies, and professions of her career, thereby proactively proposing flexible and skillful protection measures, creating trust and comfort for the Chinese first lady.

Although the visit time was short and the schedule was packed, with Nhung’s neat and serious attitude and working style, Mrs. Banh Le Vien was very open with Nhung.

During one trip, while sitting in the same car with Nhung, Madam Banh turned to ask the female Vietnamese police officer in English, “How to say thank you in Vietnamese?”.

Major Nhung happily recalled: – “Not only did I happily answer, I also guided Madam Banh in a few Vietnamese sentences such as: hello, goodbye… On the day of seeing off the Chinese delegation at the airport, I and my companion I was quite surprised when Madam Banh Le Vien held my hand and said in very good Vietnamese, “Thank you very much, Nhung.”

For the second time of President Xi Jinping visiting Vietnam at the end of the year 2023, Major Dang Hong Nhung continued to be the number one choice to perform the task of protecting access to wife Peng Liyuan-Banh Le Vien- during the trip of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping to Vietnam in the past 2 days December 12-13, 2023.

Carrying out this approach mission, besides the advantages, Major Dang Hong Nhung could not avoid the pressure she placed on herself when performing the second mission.

Major Nhung said: “Security coordination this time is very good. Everything is very neat and precise, but very natural and comfortable.”

China’s First Lady met Nhung again, and still remembered the young bodyguard from the last time.

During the farewell party at the airport, the Chinese first lady emotionally said to Nhung: “Thank you very much, comrades, you have worked very hard. The seriousness, professional behavior, accuracy and meticulousness in every professional detail of you the comrades makes us very satisfied. During our time in Vietnam, we felt as secure as in our own country.”

One of Nhung’s most memorable memories is protecting the Japanese Emperor and Empress on their official visit to Vietnam in 2017. During this visit, the Emperor and Empress had activities in Hanoi and Hue city.

For the country and people of Japan, the King and Queen are symbols of the most respect and nobility.

This is also the oldest politician that Nhung has performed the task of protecting up to the present time.

“The Queen of Japan is elderly, her demeanor is very gentle and delicate.

Therefore, during the protection process, Nhung must pay special attention to carefully calculating the travel distance to match the culture and style of the Japanese Royal Palace, while still ensuring the correct security work procedures and ensuring safety for the Queen. After each activity, when returning to the hotel, she called Nhung’s name in Japanese, waited for me at the door, proactively held Nhung’s hand and said “Thank you so much”.

The Japanese Queen also said: “Japan will bring blessings to you, you will soon have a family and have a baby” – Major Nhung recalled.

And it was really interesting, not long after that business trip, the Queen’s blessing for bodyguard police officer approaching Dang Hong Nhung has come true.

Nhung got married with a fellow police officer and gave birth to a handsome baby boy.

“Until now, the Queen’s warm voice and affectionate eyes are always imprinted in my mind” – Nhung confided.

Another memory, during the 2017 APEC Summit Week, due to the request of the security side of the other country, female Major Dang Hong Nhung and female Lieutenant Nguyen Thu Phuong were assigned the task of protecting access to the wife of Korean President Moon Jea-in visited Tam Thanh mural village in Quang Nam.

This was an unannounced activity, so the two female police officers had to work independently without the support of local authorities.

At that time, people crowded both sides of the road in an extremely excited atmosphere. Witnessing that scene, Major Nhung couldn’t help but feel worried, but still calmly and together with female Lieutenant Le Thu Phuong, two police officers split up and stood on opposite sides, paving the way for the group, creating a safe distance for the Korean First lady, while still ensuring everyone else’s safety, and let the Vietnamese people show friendliness and hospitality.

At the end of the visit, Korean security was extremely satisfied and appreciated the very professional, yet flexible, friendly protection measures of the Vietnamese female bodyguard police officers. ///