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Vietnam’s national security protection agencies

15:22, 01/01/2006

The national security protection specialized agencies mean the directing, commanding agencies and professional units of the people’s armed forces, which are assigned the specialized tasks of advising on, organizing the implementation of, and directly implementing, the tasks of protecting national security.

According to Article 22 of the Law on national security 2004 of Vietnam, the national security protection agencies include:

- The directing and commanding agencies and security, intelligence or guard units of the People’s Police;

- The directing and commanding agencies and army security protection, army intelligence units of the People’s Army;

- The border guards, the coast guards are agencies specialized in protection of national security in land border and sea border regions.

The organizational apparatuses, tasks, specific powers, operational responsibility scopes and coordinative relationship of these agencies shall be prescribed by law.

The Law on national security 2004 of Vietnam was promulgated on December 03, 2004 and effective from July 01, 2005.

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