Tasks and power of forest rangers in Vietnam

Tasks and power of forest rangers in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Tasks and power of forest rangers in Vietnam

Tasks and power of forest rangers according to Article 7 of Decree 01/2019/ND-CP are as follows:

- Forest rangers on duty shall perform the assigned tasks and take responsible for their performance in accordance with provisions of this Decree and law; wear uniforms, badges, stripes and name tags as prescribed.

- Requesting concerning agencies, organizations, individuals to provide necessary information, documents or evidence; examining illegal storage of forest products, seizure, temporary seizure evidence , check means of transport for illegal carry of forest products in accordance with provided competence and law.

- Handling administrative violations and applying measures to prevent such violations. Heads of the central forest ranger organizations, provincial forest ranger organizations, forest ranger organizations of districts and units of specialized, protection forests has the competence of initiate prosecution and investigation into violations related to forestry in accordance with law.

- Using issued weapons, combat gear, uniforms, facilities and professional equipment in according with law.

- Performing other assigned tasks in accordance with law.

2. Tasks and power of forest ranger organizations of districts in Vietnam

Tasks and power of forest ranger organizations of districts according to Article 5 of Decree 01/2019/ND-CP are as follows:

- Advising the head of provincial forest ranger organizations and the Chairman of district People’s Committee to perform the following tasks:

+ Formulating programs, plans for forest protection and management, forest fire safety, ensuring the compliance with law on forestry in managing areas.

+ Cooperating with other local agencies, organizations to protect vacant public forests ;

+ Allocating, leasing, withdrawing forest to households, individuals and communities.

- Performing tasks of forest management, protection and forest fire safety, prevention and control of violations and ensuring the implementation of law on forestry on managing area as follows:

+ Implementing legislative documents, programs, plans for forest management, protection, forest fire safety and ensuring the compliance with law on forestry.

+ Instructing, examining the formulation of forest owners’ plans for managing and protecting forests, preventive measures and methods of firefighting; cooperating with forest owners to implement methods of forest management, protection and forest fire safety and ensuring the compliance with law on forestry in managing areas;

+ Inspecting the forest development and forest stocktaking;

+ Training, providing guidance on skills of forest fire safety to grassroots civilian groups of forest protection; forming civilian groups of forest fire safety and forest protection;

+ Timely forecasting and warning of fire; applying preventive measures of fire; advising the competent authorities to mobilize local forces and facilities for firefighting;

+ Examining and verifying origins of forest products; inspecting the transportation, processing, trading, planting and raising of forest plants and animals in accordance with law;

+ Taking preventing measures and ensuring the compliance with law on forestry; handling administrative violations and applying measures to prevent such violations; initiating prosecution and investigation into violations related to forestry in accordance with law.

+ Disseminating law and educating people to raise awareness of forest management, protection and development;

+ Managing and using issued weapons, combat gear, uniforms, facilities and professional equipment in according with law.

+ Periodically and on-demand reporting to competent authorities.

- Directing and managing local forest rangers stations and officers to advice and assist the Chairman of Commune People's Committee in the implementation of legislative documents, programs, plans for forest management, protection, and forest fire safety and ensuring the compliance with law on forestry.

- Perform other tasks as assigned by law and competent authorities.

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