Vietnam: Cases in which warning is required before gunfire

However, the person on duty shall give warning in acts, verbal orders or warning shot before shooting at the suspect if:

- The subject is using weapons, explosives, force or other tools for attacking, resisting or threatening lives and health of law enforcement officials or other people;

- The suspect is using weapons, explosives, force or other tools for disturbing the public order and threatening the lives, health and property of other people;

- The person who is being sought, arrested or detained in case of emergency or person who is temporarily detained, escorted, sentenced or imprisoned is resisting and threatening the lives and health of law enforcement officials or other people; the suspect is rescuing people who are subject to coercive delivery or forced escort, imprisoned or detained due to serious crimes, committing very serious crimes, extremely serious crimes or dangerous recidivism;

- It is clear that the suspect is committing a serious crime, very serious crime or extremely serious crime; and

- A person carrying out an independent mission is allowed to shoot at a road vehicle or vehicle of inland waterway traffic, except for those of diplomatic missions, foreign consuls, representatives of international organizations, to stop this vehicle if the person driving this vehicle attacks or directly threatens the lives and health of law enforcement officials or other people; or it is clear that the vehicle driven by this person is deliberately run away unless there are people or hostages on this vehicle or it is clear that the vehicle carrying crimes, illegal weapons or explosives, reactionary documents, narcotics or national precious objects deliberately run away unless there are people or hostages on this vehicle.

View details at Article 23 of the Law on management and use of weapons, explosives and combat gears 2017 of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2018.

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