On January 7, the mobile police forces of the Ministry of Public Security conducted an anti-riot rehearsal at the My Dinh Naional Stadium in Hanoi. In the rehearsal, the police had to control and disperse the crowd and break into a hotel to rescue hostages.

In the first circumstance, 300 perturbative elements gathered in front of the headquarters of the Hanoi People’s Committee, asking for confrontation with the leaders on the issue of compensation for site clearance. The number of people flocking to the site was on the rise. They carried sticks and rudimentary weapons and attacked the police. The situation became very complicated. The police forces must work together to control the situation and extremists.

As the riots spread, the crowd used bricks and rudimentary weapons to attack the security forces at the National Conventional Center in Hanoi.

Realizing that the situation was extremely complex with unpredictable developments, the guards at the National Convention Center were ordered to implement the anti-riot plan.

The mobile police forces successfully dispersed the group of extremists.

In the second circumstance, a group of 20 terrorists on a car stopped a bus to intimidate and control all passengers. They carried 6 AK, 2 shotguns and mines, grenades, and detonators. They drove the two cars towards the Noi Bai international airport and repeatedly fired into the police force.

The rescue force with 19 soldiers, using an armored vehicle, 2 Raam cars, two ladder trucks, one ambulance, one prisoner carrier and two specialized chased the terrorists. They shot the tires of the cars used by the terrorists to force them to stop.

The soldiers quickly enclosed, used mines to break the car doors, threw tear-gas grenades to attack the terrorists and rescued the hostages.

After attacking the first vehicle, the police killed two terrorists on the spot and captured four others. Among the rescued hostages, two were injured.

The 2nd terrorist car ran into a hotel. The terrorists shot and killed two guards in the lobby, controlled the entire staff and guests at the first floor. All hostages were put in a room.

While the rescue forces used loudspeakers calling the terrorists to surrender, inside the hotel the terrorists shot to death a hostage and asked for a plane and a large amount of cash in an attempt to escape.

As negotiations could not  succeed, the police were ordered to attack the terrorists to release hostage.

A female police officer used a rope ladder to climb up to the 3rd floor of the hotel.

Mobile police used ladder trucks to quickly dominate and master the balcony of the 3rd floor.

After approaching the room with the hostage, the special task forces awaited the order to attack.

After taking the command, they simultaneously sortie from the two directions - the main door and the window. They burst into the room, killing and arresting the terrorists.

The police killed six terrorists and captured eight others, successfully rescuing 10 hostages.

After the last inspection, the police found a timed mine in the hotel. As they did not have enough time to handle the mine, all people were directed to evacuate from the hotel.

 The rehearsal will end on January 9.