Vietnam: The Ministry of Public Security shall perform state management of weapons and military explosives

According to Article 19 of the Decree No. 79/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the Ministry of Public Security has the responsibilities to assist the Government in performing uniform management of weapons, military explosives and combat gears for the purposes of national security assurance, social order and security assurance, prevention and fight against crimes; concurrently, perform state management of weapons, military explosives and combat gears in accordance with regulations of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Combat Gears and other relevant regulations of law, to be specific:

- Request the Government to promulgate and amend or within its power, promulgate legislative documents on management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears as prescribed by the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Combat Gears;

- Disseminate legislative documents on management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears; encourage recall of weapons, military explosives and combat gears;

- Promulgate technical standards and regulations on warehouses and storage places within its power;

- Promulgate forms which serve the registration, management and inspection of management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears under its management;

- Organize registration, issuance, replacement, reissuance and revocation of the licenses for and certificates of management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears within its power;

- Prevent and fight against violations of laws on weapons, military explosives and combat gears;

- Prescribe the equipment, management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears used by People’s Public Security Forces; cooperate with the Ministry of National Defense and relevant ministries in prescribing the equipment, management, use, repair, transport, classification, liquidation and destruction of weapons, military explosives and combat gears used by other entities under the management of the Ministry of Public Security;

- Organize recall, classification, maintenance, conversion, liquidation and destruction of weapons and combat gears returned by the organizations/enterprises under the management of the Ministry of Public Security;

- Develop training contents and programs; provide training in management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears and issue the certificate of use/management of weapons, military explosives and combat gears to the entities under the management of the Ministry of Public Security;

- Inspect management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears by the entities under the management of the Ministry of Public Security;

- Organize research into and application of technology to and enlist international cooperation in management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears used by People’s Public Security Forces;

- Consolidate results of management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears within its power;

- Carry out inspection and settle complaints and denunciations; give rewards and take actions against violations of law on management and use of weapons, military explosives and combat gears.

View more details at the Decree No. 79/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 01, 2018.

Ty Na

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