Vietnam: Contents of State management over national security

Specifically, according to Article 29 of the Law on national security 2004 of Vietnam, contents of State management over national security include:

1. Formulating, and organizing the implemen-tation of, national security protection strategies, policies, plans and schemes and ensuring necessary conditions for national security protection activities; promulgating, and organizing the implementation of, legal documents on national security protection.

2. Organizing, directing, guiding activities of gathering, detecting, investigating, handling information, documents and/or acts related to activities of infringing upon the national security.

3. Directing, guiding the application of national security protection measures.

4. Organizing the apparatus of, equipping means to, training officials engaged in national security protection; fostering national security protection knowledge to key officials of agencies and organizations; formulating, and organizing the implementation of programs on education in national security protection; formulating and implementing regimes and policies towards agencies, organizations and individuals engaged in national security protection.

5. Examining, inspecting and settling complaints, denunciations in national security protection activities.

6. Affecting international cooperation on national security protection.

View relevant provisions at: The Law on national security 2004 of Vietnam takes effect from July 01, 2005.

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