Regulations on the Relations between investigating units and reconnaissance units in Vietnam

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1. Regulations on the Relations between investigating units and reconnaissance units in Vietnam

Regulations on the relations between investigating units and reconnaissance units in Vietnam according to Article 42 of the Law on Organization of Criminal Investigation Bodies 2015 are as follows:

- Relations between investigating units and reconnaissance units are the relations of coordination and support in detecting, stopping, investigating, handling and preventing crimes.

- In their relations with investigating units, reconnaissance units have the following responsibilities:

+ To apply necessary measures prescribed by law to detect law violations and provide information to investigating units for investigation and handling;

+ To apply professional measures to support investigating units in conducting investigating activities, collecting documents and evidences, stopping crimes and arresting offenders;

+ To apply necessary measures to ward off law violations and crimes according to their assigned functions, tasks and powers;

+ To detect loopholes and shortcomings in the state management, social management and economic management so as to request concerned agencies and organizations to apply remedies;

+ To apply necessary measures prescribed by law to limit or eliminate the causes of, and conditions giving rise to, crimes and law violations.

- In their relations with reconnaissance units, investigating units have the following responsibilities:

+ To provide information on crimes and offenders to reconnaissance units so as to perform the functions and tasks prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 42 of the Law on Organization of Criminal Investigation Bodies 2015;

+ To coordinate with reconnaissance units in assessing and identifying the loopholes and shortcomings in the state management, social management and economic management so as to request concerned agencies or organizations to apply remedies;

+ To assess causes of, and conditions giving rise to, crimes, modes and tricks in committing crimes in criminal cases for exchange of ideas and coordination with reconnaissance units in the crime prevention and detection.

- Heads of investigating bodies shall decide to apply necessary measures in operational coordination between investigating units and reconnaissance units in investigating criminal cases. The measures prescribed in Clauses 2 and 3 of Article 42 of the Law on Organization of Criminal Investigation Bodies 2015 must be kept secret in accordance with the law on protection of state secrets.

2. Agencies tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities in Vietnam

Agencies assigned to conduct a number of investigative activities according to Article 9 of the Law on Organization of Criminal Investigation Bodies 2015 are as follows:

- The border-guard agencies tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Border-Guard Reconnaissance Department; the Drug and Crime Prevention and Control Department; the Crime and Drug Prevention and Control Task Force; provincial-level Border- Guard Command Posts; Port Border-Gate Guard Command Posts; and Border-Guard Stations.

- The customs offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Anti- Smuggling Investigation Department; the Post-Customs Clearance Inspection Department; provincial, inter-provincial and municipal Customs Departments; and Border-Gate Customs Sub-Departments.

- The forest protection offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Forest Protection Department; Regional Forest Protection Sub-Departments; provincial-level Forest Protection Sub-Departments; and district-level Forest Protection Sections.

- The marine police agencies tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Marine Police Command Post; regional Marine Police Command Posts; the Operation and Law Department; the Drue-Related Crime Prevention and Control Task Force; naval fleets; naval flotillas; and operation teams.

- The fisheries surveillance offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Fisheries Surveillance Department and regional Fisheries Surveillance Sub-Departments.

- The People’s Public Security offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include the Immigration Department; the Security Operation Departments of the Ministry of Public Security; the Immigration Sections; the Security Operation Sections of the Public Security Departments of provinces or centrally run cities (below referred collectively to as the provincial-level Public Security Departments) and the security teams of the Public Security Sections of rural districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities, cities of centrally run cities (below referred collectively to as the district-level Public Security Sections); the Traffic Police Department; the Fire Prevention and Fighting, Salvage and Rescue Police Department; the Environment-Related Crime Prevention and Control Department; the Hi-Tech Crime Prevention and Control Department; the Traffic Police Sections; the Fire Prevention and Fighting, Salvage and Rescue Police Sections; the Environment-Related Crime Prevention and Fighting Police Sections; the Hi-Tech Crime Prevention and Control Police Sections; the provincial-level Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Departments; and the detention camps.

- Other People’s Army offices tasked to conduct a number of investigating activities include detention camps, independent units of regiment and the equivalent.

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