08 functions and duties of the Institute of Criminal Science under the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam

According to Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the Institute of Criminal Science has its functions and duties as follows:

1. Performing the forensic criminal technical expertise as prescribed by the procedural law and the Law on judicial expertise;

2. Developing regulations on criminal technical expertise for submission to the Minister of Public Security for promulgation;

3. Developing programs and materials and organizing the guidance on fostering criminal technical professional ability;

4. Guiding, directing and inspecting the criminal technical professional ability for the criminal technical expertise organizations nation-wide as prescribed by the Ministry of Public Security.

5. Doing scientific research on specialized forensic and criminal techniques;

6. Performing activities in terms of international cooperation on psychiatric forensic medicine as prescribed by the Ministry of Public Security;

7. Summarizing and making annual report to the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice on organization and activities of criminal technical expertise; summarizing and making report to the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Justice on organization and forensic activities in the public security sector and also to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and proposing measures to improve the efficiency of forensic and criminal technical expertise activities;

8. Other duties as prescribed by the Minister of Public Security.

The Institute of Criminal Science has a Director and Deputy Directors. The Director and Deputy Directors in charge of professional expertise must be judicial experts and are appointed under the regulations of the Minister of Public Security.

View details at Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 15, 2013.

Ty Na

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