Vietnam: Responsibilities of state agencies towards the Border Guard

Specifically, according to the Ordinance on Border Guard 1997 of Vietnam, the responsibilities of state agencies towards the Border Guard are specified as follows:

- The Government shall exercise the unified State management over the Border Guard.

- The Ministry of Defense shall assist the Government in exercising the State management over the building and the activities of the Border Guard; assume the main responsibility and coordinate with other Ministries, the ministerial-level agencies and agencies attached to the Government, guide and direct the People’s Committees of the provinces and the cities directly under the Central Government in the building and the activities of the Border Guard.

- The Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and agencies attached to the Government shall, within the scope of their tasks and powers, have to coordinate with the Ministry of Defense in exercising the State management over the building and safeguard of the national border and the building of the Border Guard together with the task of economic, social, cultural, educational and medical development with a view to building strong border areas.

The Government shall issue a regulation on the coordination between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Interior in uniformly directing and guiding the Border Guard in performing the task of protecting the security, social order and safety at the border areas.

- The People’s Committees of the provinces and the cities directly under the Central Government shall, within the scope of their tasks and powers, have to perform the function of State management over the building and activities of the Border Guard, direct the lower-level People’s Committees, the branches and agencies at the same level in performing the tasks relating to the activities of the Border Guard and contributing to the building of the Border Guard.

- The Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations, and social organizations shall have to educate and mobilize their individual members as well as the entire people to take part together with the Border Guard in protecting the sovereignty and security of the national border; supervise the State management over the building and activities of the Border Guard as prescribed in this Ordinance.

View relevant provisions at: The Ordinance on Border Guard 1997 of Vietnam takes effect from April 07, 1997.

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