What is Mobile Police? Tasks and powers of Mobile Police in Vietnam

1. What is Mobile Police?

According to Article 3 of the Law on Mobile Police 2022, the mobile police are the people's armed forces of the Vietnam People's Public Security, the core force in the implementation of armed measures to protect national security and ensure social order and safety.

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2. Tasks and powers of Mobile Police in Vietnam

2.1 Tasks of the Mobile Police in Vietnam

Article 9 of the Law on Mobile Police 2022 stipulates that mobile police have the following tasks:

- Advise the Minister of Public Security on armed measures to protect national security, ensure social order, and ensure safety; and to build a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern Mobile Police.

- Use armed measures is mainly to combat acts of rioting and terrorism.

- Use armed measures and other working measures to perform the following tasks:

+ Attacking, preventing subjects from taking hostages, and using violence to infringe on or threaten to infringe on the life, health, and property of individuals or organizations;

+ Dissolution of mass gatherings causing disturbances to security and order;

+ Protecting important political, economic, diplomatic, scientific, technical, cultural, and social events and objectives, and protecting the transportation of special goods;

+ Patroling and control to ensure security and order.

- Develop and practice plans to perform the tasks specified in Clauses 2 and 3, Article 9 of the Law on Mobile Police 2022. The Minister of Public Security shall prescribe the process of formulating and implementing the Mobile Police's plan.

- Train and retain command, military, martial arts, techniques, and tactics for Mobile Police officers and soldiers and officers, soldiers, and trainees in the People's Public Security; assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate training in, anti-terrorism work for specialized forces and forces mobilized to participate in counter-terrorism; participate in professional security training for security forces of ministries, branches, and localities in accordance with law.

- Manage, train, and use professional animals to protect national security, ensure social order and safety.

- Perform rituals in the People's Police and important events as prescribed.

- Coordinate and support forces in the People's Police and other agencies, organizations, units, and forces in protecting national security, ensuring social order and safety, fighting against and preventing crime, preventing, combating, and overcoming disasters, natural disasters, and epidemics; searching for, rescuing, and rescuing; and building a movement of all people to protect national security.

- Perform other duties as prescribed by the Law on People’s Public Security Force and relevant laws.

2.2 Powers of Mobile Police in Vietnam

The powers of the mobile police are specified in Article 10 of the Law on Mobile Police 2022, including:

- Use weapons, explosives, supporting tools, vehicles, and professional technical equipment as prescribed in Article 15 of the Law on Mobile Police 2022.

- Bring weapons, explosives, combat gear, vehicles, and technical equipment to the airport or to board a civilian aircraft to perform a task in one of the following cases:

+ Fighting terrorism, rescuing hostages, and repressing subjects committing dangerous acts using weapons and explosives;

+ Special cargo transportation protection; escorting the accused or defendants of particularly serious crimes;

+ Using aircraft specifically mobilized by competent authorities for the Mobile Police to promptly deal with complicated security and order cases.

- Prevent, disable, or intercept unmanned aircraft and ultralight flying vehicles that directly attack, threaten to attack, or violate the protection target of the Mobile Police within the no-fly zone and restricted-flying area as prescribed by the Prime Minister.

- Handle administrative violations in accordance with the law on handling administrative violations.

- Mobilize civil people, vehicles, and equipment from agencies, organizations, and individuals in Vietnam according to the provisions of Article 16 of the Law on Mobile Police 2022 and relevant laws.

- Request agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide diagrams and designs of works, headquarters, houses, and vehicles, except for defense works, military zones, and vehicles under the management of the Ministry of National Defense; may enter offices of agencies, organizations, and individuals' residences as prescribed in Article 13 of the Law on Mobile Police 2022 to fight terrorism and rescue hostages.

- Other powers as prescribed by the Law on People’s Public Security Force and relevant laws.

Law on Mobile Police 2022 takes effect from January 1, 2023.

Nhu Mai

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