Vietnam: Agencies tasked to conduct 07 following investigating activities

According to Article 9 of the Law on organization of criminal investigation bodies 2015 of Vietnam, agencies tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities are specified as follows:

- The border-guard agencies tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Border-Guard Reconnaissance Department; the Drug and Crime Prevention and Control Department; the Crime and Drug Prevention and Control Task Force; provincial-level Border- Guard Command Posts; Port Border-Gate Guard Command Posts; and Border-Guard Stations.

- The customs offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Anti- Smuggling Investigation Department; the Post-Customs Clearance Inspection Department; provincial, inter-provincial and municipal Customs Departments; and Border-Gate Customs Sub-Departments.

- The forest protection offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Forest Protection Department; Regional Forest Protection Sub-Departments; provincial-level Forest Protection Sub-Departments; and district-level Forest Protection Sections.

- The marine police agencies tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Marine Police Command Post; regional Marine Police Command Posts; the Operation and Law Department; the Drue-Related Crime Prevention and Control Task Force; naval fleets; naval flotillas; and operation teams.

- The fisheries surveillance offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Fisheries Surveillance Department and regional Fisheries Surveillance Sub-Departments.

- The People’s Public Security offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Immigration Department; the Security Operation Departments of the Ministry of Public Security; the Immigration Sections; the Security Operation Sections of the Public Security Departments of provinces or centrally run cities (below referred collectively to as the provincial-level Public Security Departments) and the security teams of the Public Security Sections of rural districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities, cities of centrally run cities (below referred collectively to as the district-level Public Security Sections); the Traffic Police Department; the Fire Prevention and Fighting, Salvage and Rescue Police Department; the Environment-Related Crime Prevention and Control Department; the Hi-Tech Crime Prevention and Control Department; the Traffic Police Sections; the Fire Prevention and Fighting, Salvage and Rescue Police Sections; the Environment-Related Crime Prevention and Fighting Police Sections; the Hi-Tech Crime Prevention and Control Police Sections; the provincial-level Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Departments; and the detention camps.

- Other People’s Army offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include detention camps, independent units of regiment and the equivalent.

View more details at the Law on organization of criminal investigation bodies 2015 of Vietnam, effective on July 01, 2016.

Ty Na

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