Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam (Bộ Công an Việt Nam) is the ministry of the interior of Vietnam. It was established with the help of former Soviet Union and China, and in addition to the regular police officer corps, it also administer the Public Security forces, which is the paramilitary force with primary mission for internal security, and the secondary military mission for helping the regular army to defend the country from foreign aggression. The Public Security Army troops played a significant role in the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War.