Secondment of the People’s Public Security officers in Vietnam under current regulations

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1. Secondment of the People’s Public Security officers in Vietnam

According to Article 29 of the Law on People's Public Security Force in 2018 (amended in 2023), the secondment of the People’s Public Security officers is as follows:

- Based on the requirements of national security protection, social order and safety maintenance or prevention and fighting of crimes and violations of law, competent authorities shall decide to second People’s Public Security officers to external agencies and organizations in accordance with law.

- Seconded officers shall be entitled to the regimes and policies like officers working in the People’s Public Security Force. The rank bestowal, promotion, demotion or deprivation applicable to seconded officers must be the same as those applicable to officers currently working in the People’s Public Security Force, except cases specified at points b, c and d of clause 1 and Clause 3 of Article 25, and clause 1 of Article 27 of the Law on People's Public Security Force in 2018.

After accomplishing duties, the People’s Public Security’s seconded officers may be considered to hold positions equivalent to those that they have held during secondment period; shall be entitled to all benefits and interests relating to positions held during the secondment period.

- Receiving entities or organizations shall have responsibility to assign tasks, keep information confidential and ensure provision of adequate working and living conditions for seconded officers in accordance with laws.

2. Obligations and responsibilities of officers of the People’s Public Security Force in Vietnam

Obligations and responsibilities of officers of the People’s Public Security Force include:

- Show absolute loyalty to the Homeland, People and Communist Party and State.

- Strictly abide by the line of the Party, policies and laws of the State, regulations of the People’s Public Security Forces, and directives and orders of their superiors.

- Be honest, brave, vigilant and ready to fight and fulfill all assigned tasks.

- Respect and protect the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals; to maintain close contact with the People; to dedicatedly serve the People, to respect and be polite to the People.

- Regularly study to raise their political, legal, scientific-technical and professional levels; to temper their revolutionary quality, sense of organization and discipline and physical strength.

- Be answerable before law and their superiors for their own orders, the execution of their superiors’ orders and the performance by their subordinates.

Upon receipt of commanders’ orders, if having grounds to believe that such orders are unlawful, immediately report them to the persons who have issued the orders;

If still having to obey the orders, bear no responsibility for the consequences of the execution of such orders.

(Article 31 of the Law on People's Public Security Force in 2018)

3. Prohibited acts of officers of the People’s Public Security Force in Vietnam

According to Article 32 of the Law on People's Public Security Force in 2018, officers of the People’s Public Security Force are not allowed to do the following:

- Abusing positions and delegated powers to infringe upon the interests of the State, the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals.

- Acts in contravention of law and regulations of the People’s Public Security Force and prohibited acts of cadres, civil servants and public employees prescribed by laws.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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