Organizational structure of divisions under anti-smuggling investigation department in Vietnam

Organizational structure of divisions of anti-smuggling investigation department in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Organizational structure of divisions of anti-smuggling investigation department in Vietnam

The organizational structure of the divisions of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department is as follows:

- Divisions under the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department have a Head and a number of Deputy Heads.

The head of the department is responsible to the director and to the law for the entire operation of the unit.

The Deputy Head of the Department is responsible to the Head and to the law for the tasks assigned by the Head of the Department.

- The appointment, relief from duty, and dismissal of the Heads and Deputy Heads of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department shall comply with the provisions of law and the decentralization of staff management by the Minister of Finance.

- The staffing of the Divisions shall be decided by the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department out of the total number of staff assigned.

(Regulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Divisions under the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department issued together with Decision 3061/QD-TCHQ)

2.Tasks and powers of divisions under anti-smuggling investigation department in Vietnam

2.1 General Staff Office (referred to as Division 1)

The General Advisory Department has the function of advising and assisting the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department in the development of documents, programs, plans, tasks, and professional processes; coordination in the field of customs control between Customs and other functional agencies and forces; synthesis, reporting, and administrative, clerical, and archival work of the Department.

The General Advisory Department has the following specific duties and powers:

- Assume the prime responsibility for elaborating, amending, and supplementing legal documents on professional measures of customs control; prevention and combat of smuggling, and illegal cross-border transportation of goods.

- Act as the focal point for the formulation of programs, schemes, plans, and professional regulations and processes on the prevention and combat of smuggling and illegal cross-border goods transportation; Drug Prevention; enforce intellectual property rights protection, anti-counterfeiting in the customs field, collect and process information on customs control operations (referred to as customs control for short).

- Manage, direct, guide, and inspect units under the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department and the Customs divisions of provinces and cities (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Department for short), performing customs control according to the law.

- Perform the duties of a member of the Government's Steering Committees (Steering Committee 138/CP, Steering Committee 389QG), Aviation Security Committee, National Target Programs and Projects on Crime Prevention, and prevention of smuggling, commercial fraud, and counterfeiting.

- Organize, guide, inspect, and urge units under the Department and the Customs Department to coordinate in the field of customs control between Customs and the Police, Border Guard, Coast Guard, Market Management, and other functional agencies and forces.

- Synthesize, analyze, forecast, and warn about smuggling and illegal cross-border transportation of goods and provide information to serve the formulation of laws, regimes, and policies on management, administration, and professional direction; provide information to relevant organizations in accordance with the law.

- Guide, explain, and explain problems in customs control within the scope of functions and tasks assigned in accordance with the law.

- Develop, implement, direct, guide, and inspect the implementation of the professional dossier regime for customs control; build databases and modes of business records.

- Implement reporting information mode; guide, urge, and inspect Customs Departments to implement the information and reporting regime in customs control.

- Coordinate the implementation of internal inspection and specialized inspection within the assigned scope, functions, and tasks.

- Organize the scientific research, application of scientific and technological advances, and the Customs Index Project in the field of customs control according to the requirements of customs reform and modernization.

- Implement international cooperation in the fields of customs control, the prevention of illegal wildlife trade, and combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

- Coordinate to propose the arrangement of civil servants and equip them with professional technical means, weapons, and supporting tools for the customs control force.

- Preside over the implementation of propaganda on activities preventing and combating smuggling and illegal cross-border transportation of goods.

- Coordinating in developing contents and programs and participating in teaching and training on customs control operations, the prevention and combat of illegal cross-border trade, and the transportation of wild animals and plants.

- Carry out the duty of duty, periodical and irregular reports, clerical work, archiving, and administrative work of the Department according to regulations.

- Manage civil servants, employees, assets, and documents of the Department according to regulations.

- Perform other duties assigned by the Director.

2.2 Department of collecting and processing information on customs control operations (referred to as Division 2)

The Customs Control Department has the function of advising and assisting the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department in the collection and processing of information on customs control operations within the assigned scope, tasks, and powers.

The Customs Control Information Collection and Processing Department has the following specific duties and powers:

- Develop, amend, and supplement legal documents, processes, regulations, programs, plans, assignment, and decentralization of customs control information collection and processing.
throughout the industry.

- Organize the application of professional customs control measures to directly collect information and documents inside and outside the industry, at home and abroad.

- Deploy, manage, operate, and develop a customs control professional information system and apply technical means to support the collection and processing of customs control professional information. .

- Develop and organize the implementation of cooperation agreements on information exchange with domestic organizations, customs authorities of countries, and foreign law enforcement agencies in accordance with international laws and practices.

- Direct, guide, and coordinate in inspecting the collection and processing of information on customs control operations of the units according to regulations.

- Develop, implement, urge, and inspect the implementation of anti-smuggling programs and topics.

- Implement action plans, projects, and campaigns launched by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), the World Customs Organization (WCO).

- Forecast, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information products of customs control operations to develop and implement plans and topics for investigation, verification, or transfer to competent units and individuals to serve professional work or conduct verification for investigation work.

- Receive and process information from units in the industry, hotlines, and other information sources to serve the direction and administration of the Department's leaders for customs control.

- Regularly monitor, grasp the situation, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate activities at customs units at all levels in collecting and processing information on customs control operations; propose management measures for the Director to report to the General Department's leaders for direction, administration, inspection, and supervision on the centralized data system to ensure management requirements according to regulations.

- Participate in dispatching, managing, monitoring, and communicating with customs officers assigned to collect customs intelligence overseas.

- Coordinate in developing contents and programs and participating in teaching, training, fostering, and training under the management function of the Department.

- Organize scientific research and the application of scientific and technological advances in the field of collection and processing of professional information on customs control operations according to the requirements of customs reform and modernization.

- Carrying out the work on modernization reform and international cooperation under the management function of the Department.

- Be equipped and use professional technical means, weapons, and supporting tools, and control professional funds for professional work as prescribed.

- Manage civil servants, assets, and documents of the Department according to regulations.

- Perform other duties assigned by the Director.

2.3. Online Customs Supervision Department (referred to as Division 3)

The Online Customs Supervision Department has the function of advising and assisting the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department in building, managing, directing, connecting, receiving, and exploiting the online monitoring system to promptly detect, handle, and collect records and documents related to the violation case.

The Online Customs Supervision Department has the following specific duties and powers:

- Formulate and propose amendments and supplements to legal documents; regulations, guiding processes, and regulations related to online customs supervision.

- Connect, receive, and exploit information and data from professional information systems, customs inspection and supervision equipment systems, reconnaissance technical equipment systems, mobile monitoring means of the Customs sector, and information and data systems of units outside the sector (referred to as online monitoring systems) to serve the prevention and combat of smuggling, illegal cross-border transportation of goods, and other acts of violating the customs law.

- Monitor information and connection data from the online monitoring system to advise and assist the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department to direct the work of prevention, detection, containment, and investigation and handle acts of smuggling, illegally transporting goods, counterfeit goods, goods infringing intellectual property across the border; preventing and combating drugs; and other acts of violating the customs law.

- Analyze and process information to organize key tracking and monitoring through the online monitoring system. Coordinate with related units and use an online monitoring system to check keys, detect violations, handle them, and collect records and documents related to violations.

- Directly implement the instructions and decisions of the Director of the General Department of Customs and the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department through the online monitoring system.
to prevent and stop violations of the customs law by relevant organizations and individuals.

- Manage, guide, direct, and inspect online customs supervision in the Customs sector.

- Proposing the equipment, arrangement, management, and use of equipment for online monitoring. The focal point of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department is proposing to arrange and equip professional technical means for online customs supervision.

- Implement the mechanism of duty in accordance with the provisions of the General Department of Customs.

- Develop and organize the implementation of coordination plans with units in the Customs sector after being approved by the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department.

- Be equipped with and use professional technical means, weapons and support tools and use customs control professional funds as prescribed.

- Manage civil servants, assets, and documents of the Department according to regulations.

- Perform other duties assigned by the Director.

2.4. Violation Handling Department (hereinafter referred to as Division 4)

The Violations Handling Division has the function of advising and assisting the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department in handling administrative and criminal violations; the prevention and combat of terrorism, and money laundering in the field of customs.

The Violations Handling Division has the following specific duties and powers:

- Presiding over or cooperating in the development of legal documents, professional guidance documents related to the field of criminal handling, and administrative handling of violations of the customs law and the fields of anti-terrorism and money laundering in the field of customs.

- Direct, guide, and inspect the implementation of plans to prevent and combat terrorism and money laundering throughout the Customs sector.

- Carry out the handling of administrative and criminal violations according to the provisions of law.

- Organize the implementation and guide the units under the Department to deal with complaints and denunciations about administrative decisions and acts.

- Regularly monitor, grasp the situation, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate activities at customs units at all levels in handling violations of the law under the handling competence of the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department, the prevention and combat of terrorism and money laundering in the customs domain; propose management measures for the Director to report to the General Department's leaders for direction, administration, inspection, and supervision on the centralized data system to ensure management requirements according to regulations.

- Participating in valuation councils, auctioning confiscated goods and assets for state funds.

- Organize scientific research and the application of scientific and technological advances in the field of handling administrative and criminal violations; the prevention and combat of terrorism and money laundering in the field of customs.

- Coordinate in developing contents and programs and participating in teaching, training, fostering, and training under the management function of the Department.

- Carry out the work on modernization reform and international cooperation under the management function of the Department.

- Manage civil servants, assets, records, and documents of the Department according to regulations.

- Perform other duties assigned by the Director.

2.5. Department of Organization and Personnel (hereinafter referred to as Division 5)

The Personnel Department has the function of advising and assisting the Director of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department on the organization of the apparatus, payroll, salary, personnel, emulation, commendation, discipline, training, and retraining of civil servants, public employees, and employees of the Department (hereinafter referred to as personal organization).

The Personnel Department has the following specific duties and powers:

- Give opinions on draft legal documents and other documents in the field of personnel organization; develop programs, plans, and schemes for the organization and personnel of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department.

- Organize the organization of apparatus, payroll, salary, personnel, emulation, reward, discipline, training, and retraining of civil servants and employees of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department according to regulations and decentralization of the General Department of Customs.

- Develop plans, contents, programs, training, and fostering professional skills for officials, civil servants, employees of the Department, and the customs control force; organize the implementation after being approved by competent authorities.

- Carry out anti-corruption work, check, and protect the internal politics of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department according to decentralization.

- Build, organize, launch, and implement emulation movements of the Department and the General Department; perform periodic and irregular commendation work; carry out preliminary, summative, and experiential work in the Department's emulation and commendation movements according to regulations.

- Summarize and report on the results of the Department's personnel organization.

- Organize scientific research and the application of scientific and technological advances in personnel organization according to the requirements of customs reform and modernization.

- Assist in Party work for the Party Committee of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department.

- Manage records of civil servants, public employees, employees, and labor contracts of the Department according to decentralization.

- Manage civil servants, documents, and assets of the Department according to regulations.

- Perform other duties assigned by the Director.

2.6. Drug Control Department (referred to as Division 6)

The Drug Control Division has the function of advising and assisting the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department in the control and prevention of smuggling and illegal transportation of narcotic substances and precursors across the border and coordinating in the prevention and combat of cross-border human trafficking.

The Drug Control Division has the following specific duties and powers:

- Assume the prime responsibility for elaborating, amending, and supplementing legal documents; plans, regulations,  and professional processes for the control and prevention of smuggling and illegal transportation of narcotic substances and precursors across borders; and preventing and combating cross-border human trafficking.

- Collect, analyze, forecast, warn, and summarize the situation of smuggling and illegal transportation of narcotic substances and precursors across borders and cross-border human trafficking activities.

- Direct, guide, and inspect the implementation of the control against smuggling and illegal transportation of narcotic substances and precursors; prevent and combat cross-border human trafficking.

- The focal point of the Customs sector operates according to the programs and plans of the National Committee for AIDS Prevention and Control, drug and prostitution prevention and control.

- Coordinate with relevant units to control legal activities related to drugs.

- Coordinate and propose the arrangement of equipment, weapons, support tools, and sniffer dogs for the drug prevention and control forces.

- Regularly monitor, grasp the situation, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate activities at customs units at all levels.
in carrying out the work of preventing and combating smuggling and illegal transportation of narcotic substances and precursors across the border, preventing and combating cross-border human trafficking; propose management measures for the Director to report to the General Department's leaders for direction, administration, inspection, and supervision on the centralized data system to ensure management requirements according to regulations.

- Perform the work of summarizing, reporting, and providing statistics on the work results under the management function of the Department.

- Organize scientific research and application of scientific and technological advances under the management function of the Division according to the requirements of customs reform and modernization.

- Coordinate in developing contents and programs and participating in teaching, training, fostering, and training under the management function of the department.

- Carry out the work on modernization reform and international cooperation under the management function of the Department.

- Be equipped with and use professional technical means, weapons, and support tools, and use customs-controlled professional funds as prescribed.

- Manage civil servants, assets, records, and documents of the Department according to regulations.

- Perform other duties assigned by the Director.

2.7. Department of Finance - Administration (hereinafter referred to as Division 7)

The Department of Finance - Administration has the function of advising and assisting the Director of the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department in performing financial and accounting work; investment and procurement of goods and services; construction investment management, asset management, and technical management of the Department.

The Finance - Administration Department has the following specific duties and powers:

- Elaborate long-term, medium-term, and annual programs and plans on operating expenses, investment and development, construction, and procurement of assets, vehicles, technical equipment, weapons, support tools, and sniffer dogs.

- Synthesize and prepare state budget expenditure estimates; Annual budget settlement report.

- Develop annual plans, construction investment portfolios, information technology applications, and the procurement and repair of assets and equipment.

- Organize the financial and accounting work of the level 3 cost estimate unit.

- Develop and organize the implementation of financial management regulations, standards, and norms of internal expenditure as prescribed.

- Direct and guide the units under the Department to make budget expenditure estimates; verify, summarize, and make annual budget expenditure estimates; and organize the implementation after being approved by competent authorities.

- Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with units under the Department in, formulating investment policies, planning, and long-term, medium-term, and annual construction investment plans; summarize and submit to competent authorities for approval; and organize the implementation after being approved according to the management decentralization of the Ministry of Finance and the General Department of Customs.

- Synthesize the annual investment capital settlement report of the Department in accordance with the law.

- Formulate and organize the implementation of regulations on asset management and use; standards and norms for the use of assets, weapons, support tools, specific technical equipment, and uniforms as prescribed.

- Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with units under the Department in, planning medium-term, long-term, and annual plans of the Department for the procurement of assets, weapons, supporting tools,
special technical equipment, costumes, and property repair.

- The focal point is to coordinate with units under the Department to advise and assist the Director of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department in performing the task of coordinating and proposing the arrangement of means, weapons, and supporting tools of the customs control force.

- Implement investment and procurement orders and procedures; repair, maintain, and upgrade property, weapons, support tools, technical equipment, and vehicles as decentralized or authorized.

- Organize the exploitation, use, maintenance, and repair of the Department's vehicles. Coordinating with units under the Department to manage, monitor the entire operation status of the Department's vehicles.

- Ensure logistics for the operation of the Department's agencies.

- Organize the implementation and inspection of the implementation of the Law on thrift practice and waste prevention in the units under the Department.

- Manage civil servants, employees, finances, and assigned assets according to regulations.

- Perform other duties assigned by the Director.

(Regulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Divisions under the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department issued together with Decision 3061/QD-TCHQ)

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