Vietnam: Examination councils for selection of primary investigators, intermediate investigators, senior investigators in People's Public Security

Specifically, according to Article 55 of the Law on organization of criminal investigation bodies 2015 of Vietnam, examination councils for selection of senior investigators, intermediate investigators and primary investigators in the People’s Public Security are provided as follows:

- The examination council for selection of senior investigators in the People’s Public Security and intermediate investigators and primary investigators in the investigating bodies of the Ministry of Public Security is composed of its chairperson being a Deputy Minister of Public Security as appointed by the Minister of Public Security, and members being representatives of the leaderships of the Political General Department of the Public Security Force, the Investigating Police Office, the Investigating Security Office, the Organization and Personnel Department, the Legal Affairs, Administrative and Judicial Reform Department of the Ministry of Public Security;

- An examination council for selection of intermediate investigators and primary investigators in the investigating offices of the provincial-level public security departments and the investigating police offices of district-level public security sections is composed of its chairperson being the director of the provincial-level public security department and members being representatives of the leaderships of the investigating police office, the investigating security office, the organization and personnel section and the legal affairs, administrative and judicial reform section or the staff section of the provincial-level public security department;

- Lists of members of examination councils for selection of investigators in the People’s Public Security shall be decided by the Minister of Public Security at the request of the examination council chairpersons.

Besides, the examination council for selection of investigators in the People’s Army is composed of its chairperson being a Deputy Minister of National Defense appointed by the Minister of National Defense and its members being representatives of the leaderships of the Political General Department of the Vietnam People’s Army, the Criminal Investigation Office, the Investigating Security Office, the Personnel Department and the Legal Department of the Ministry of National Defense. The list of members of the examination council for selection of investigators in the People’s Army shall be decided by the Minister of National Defense at the request of the examination council chairperson.

The examination council for selection of investigators in the Supreme People’s Procuracy is composed of its chairperson being a Deputy Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy appointed by the Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy and its members being representatives of the Procuracy Committee and the leaderships of the Central Military Procuracy, the Investigating Office and the Organization and Personnel Department of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

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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