Guidance on issuance of licenses to use, registration, and declaration of combat gears in Vietnam from January 1, 2025

Guidance on issuance of licenses to use, registration, and declaration of combat gears in Vietnam from January 1, 2025​ (Image from the Internet)

Guidance on issuance of licenses to use, registration, and declaration of combat gears in Vietnam from January 1, 2025

According to the provisions of Article 55 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2024, the issuance of licenses to use, registration, and declaration of combat gears in Vietnam are as follows:

- Combat gears equipped for subjects not under the management scope of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam must be issued a license or registered and declared with the competent Police authority. The Minister of Public Security stipulates the type of combat gears to be licensed or registered and declared, and the order and procedures for registration and declaration.

- The procedure for issuing a license for the use of combat gears as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 55 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2024 are as follows:

+ The application dossier for a license to use combat gears includes: a request document clearly stating the name, address of the agency, organization, enterprise, reason, quantity, type, country of manufacture, brand, serial number, and symbol of each support tool, the license number for equipping combat gears; a copy of the invoice, a copy of the warehouse release note, or documents proving the legal origin;

+ Reissuance of a license for the use of combat gears in the event of changes in information about the agency, organization, enterprise, or loss, damage of the usage license.

The request document for reissuance of a license to use combat gears must clearly state the name, address of the agency, organization, enterprise, reason, quantity, type, country of manufacture, brand, serial number, symbol of each type of support tool; in case of loss, damage of the usage license, the document must clearly state the reason for the loss, damage and the result of the handling;

+ The dossier, request document stipulated at points a and b of Clause 2, Article 55 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2024 is submitted on the national public service portal, the information system for resolving administrative procedures of the Ministry of Public Security, or sent via postal service to the competent Police authority as stipulated by the Minister of Public Security; in case of direct submission, the request document must include the full name, personal identification number, or passport number of the person contacting;

+ Within 07 working days from the date of receiving a complete dossier and request document, the competent Police authority shall conduct a practical check and issue a license for the use of combat gears; in case of non-issuance, a written reply is required clearly stating the reason;

+ The license for the use of combat gears is only issued to the agency, organization, enterprise equipped and does not have a validity period.

- The issuance of licenses, registration, and declaration of combat gears for subjects under the People's Army, Militia and Self-Defense forces, Coast Guards, Government Cipher Committees, and clubs or sports training facilities under the management scope of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam shall be implemented according to the regulations of the Minister of National Defense.

See more Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2024 effective from January 1, 2025, except for Article 17, Article 32, and Clause 1, Article 49 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2024 which comes into force in Vietnam from July 1, 2025.

The Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2017 ceases to be effective from the date that the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2024 becomes effective, except for the following cases:

- Provisions in Article 17, Article 35, Clause 1, Article 52 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2017 (amended and supplemented) continue to be effective until the end of June 30, 2025;

- Provisions in Article 75 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives, and combat gears 2017.

Vo Tan Dai

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