What are the powers of marine police in Vietnam?

17:20, 30/05/2010

The responsibilities and powers of marine police in Vietnam are specified in Decree 57/2010/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of the ordinance on procedures for the arrest of seagoing ships in Vietnam

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Article 5 of Decree 57/2010/ND-CP stipulates the responsibilities and powers of the border guards, marine police, waterway traffic police in Vietnam as follows:

The border guards and regional waterway traffic police departments shall:

Supervise seagoing ships during the period of arrest at designated mooring or anchoring positions within the scope of their operations at the request of port authority directors;

Detect, prevent and promptly notify port authorities of seagoing ships' movement without permission or failure to comply with requests for restricted movement during the period of arrest.

Organize the pursuit of seagoing ships under arrest at the request of port authority directors. State management agencies in charge of maritime, security, quarantine, customs, taxation, culture and information, fire and explosion prevention and fighting, environmental protection, pilotage organization and other concerned agencies and organizations shall coordinate with one another in implementing decisions on arrest of seagoing ships and decisions on release of seagoing ships from arrest at the request of port authority directors and submit to administration by port authority directors in coordinated implementation of these decisions.

More details can be found in Decree 57/2010/ND-CP, which comes into force from July 9, 2020.

Nguyen Phu

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