Hanoi-Vietnam: Regulations on the selection of members of security and order protection teams from July 1, 2024

Hanoi-Vietnam: Regulations on the selection of members of security and order protection teams from July 1, 2024 (Image from the Internet)

Regarding this matter, LawNet provides the following explanation:

Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level 2023 was passed by the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 15th term, during its 6th meeting on November 28, 2023.

Regulations on the selection of members of security and order protection teams from July 1, 2024

Article 15 of the Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level 2023 specifies the selection of members of security and order protection teams from July 1, 2024 from July 1, 2024 as follows:

(1) Based on the requirements to ensure security and order at the grassroots level, the commune-level police authorities are responsible for advising and assisting the People's Committee at the same level in formulating plans and organizing the selection of members of the security and order protection teams, ensuring standards, conditions, and compliance with the regulations specified in Clause 4, Article 14 of the Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level 2023.

Article 14. Arranging forces to participate in the protection of security and order at the grassroots level

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4. The provincial People's Committee decides on the number of security and order protection teams to be established and the number of team members at each village, neighborhood under its management to each commune-level administrative division.

(2) The selection of members of security and order protection teams must ensure publicity, democracy, and legal conformity.

(3) Priority is given to the selection of citizens who have served in the People's Police, People's Army, part-time commune police who have completed their duties, citizens knowledgeable about customs and traditions, have prestige in the residential community, or who have previously participated in forces protecting security and order at the grassroots level.

(4) The Minister of Public Security will prescribe the dossier, procedures, and steps for selecting members of the security and order protection teams.

Cases for adjustment to the number of members of security and order protection teams

The adjustment of the number of members of security and order protection teams in the following cases:

- Adding members when the number of members of security and order protection teams is not sufficient; adding security and order protection teams when they have not been established according to the provincial People's Committee's decision.

- Adjusting the number of members due to the requirements for ensuring security and order or the establishment, dissolution, merger, or separation of villages and neighborhoods, it is necessary to adjust the increase or decrease in the number of members of security and order protection teams compared to the number decided by the provincial People's Committee.

(Clause 1, Article 17 of the Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level 2023)

Duties of members of security and order protection teams

The security and order protection teams include a Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, and Team Members.

The duties of the members of the security and order protection teams are specified as follows:

(i) The Team Leader manages and operates the activities of the security and order protection teams, reports on the situation and results of the assigned tasks, and is responsible before the commune-level police authorities for the team's activities; assigns tasks to team members.

(ii) The Deputy Team Leader performs duties assigned by the Team Leader, and manages and operates the team's activities when the Team Leader is not present or when authorized by the Team Leader.

(iii) Team Members perform tasks of the force participating in the protection of security and order at the grassroots level as assigned by the Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader.

(iv) The Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader of the security and order protection teams perform the duties of the Leader and Deputy Leader of the civil defense team according to the law on fire prevention, fighting, rescue, and relief.

(Clause 1, Article 16 of the Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level 2023)

The Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level 2023 takes effect from July 1, 2024.

The Ordinance on Commune Police 2008 ceases to be effective from the date the Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level 2023 takes effect.

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