Chương II: Luật công an nhân dân 2005: Nhiệm vụ và quyền hạn của công an nhân dân

Chapter II

TASKS AND POWERS OF THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SECURITY FORCES

Article 14.- Tasks and powers of the People's Public Security Forces

1. To collect information, analyze, evaluate and predict situation and propose the Party and the State to promulgate and direct the implementation of guidelines, policies, laws and strategy on protection of national security, maintenance of social order and safety; to propose the combination of requirements of the strategy on protection of national security, maintenance of social order and safety with those of strategies and policies on socio-economic construction and development, national defense and the State's external relations.

2. To protect the democratic freedoms, life and property of the people; to protect high-ranking leading officials of the Party and the State and foreign guests; to safeguard important events, targets and key projects of national security, foreign representative offices, representatives of Vietnam-based international organizations, individuals holding or closely related to state secrets.

3. To receive and process reports and denunciations against crimes, initiate criminal lawsuits and investigate crimes, and perform other judicial tasks according to the provisions of law.

4. To sanction administrative violations and apply other administrative handling measures as provided for by law.

5. To guide, inspect and examine agencies, organizations and citizens in performing the task of protecting national security and maintaining social order and safety; to conduct the law propagation, dissemination and education and build up "the entire population protects the Fatherland's security" movement.

6. To apply mass mobilization, legal, diplomatic, economic, scientific-technical, professional and armed measures to protect national security and maintain social order and safety.

7. To use weapons, supporting tools and necessary technical and professional means in attacking crimes and making legitimate self-defense according to the provisions of law.

8. In case of necessity, to issue decisions on or propose the suspension or termination of operations of agencies, organizations or individuals which are detrimental to national security, social order and safety, and to requisition means of transport, communication equipment and other technical means of agencies, organizations, individuals and operators or users of such means according to the provisions of law.

9. To request agencies, organizations and/or individuals to coordinate in activities or supply information related to national security, social order and safety.

10. To closely coordinate with the People's Army, Self-Defense and Militia Forces and state agencies in protecting national security, maintaining social order and safety, and defending the national independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.

11. To research and apply modern scientific and technological achievements in protecting national security and maintaining social order and safety.

12. To build themselves into politically, ideologically, organizationally and professionally clean and strong forces.

13. To enter into international cooperation on protection of national security and social order and safety.

Article 15.- Tasks and powers of the People's Security Force

1. To comply with the provisions of Article 14 of this Law.

2. To conduct activities of preventing, detecting and combating to frustrate all plots and acts of infringing upon national security.

3. To conduct intelligence activities as provided for by law.

4. To guide and coordinate with agencies and organizations in performing tasks of protecting internal political security, economic security, cultural-ideological security and information security; to participate in the evaluation of socio-economic development planning, plans and projects related to the national security protection.

5. To manage exit and entry activities; to manage foreigners and overseas Vietnamese residing in Vietnam; to manage the protection of state secrets; to perform the task of protecting national security in border and border-gates areas according to the provisions of law.

6. To act as the core in building the people's security posture in all domains and geographical areas.

7. To perform and exercise other tasks and powers according to the provisions of law.

Article 16.- Tasks and powers of the People's Police Force

1. To comply with the provisions of Article 14 of this Law.

2. To take initiative in preventing, detecting and fighting crimes and violations of law on social order and safety and environmental protection; to discover causes and conditions for emergence of crimes and other law offenses, and recommend remedies thereto; to participate in community-based education of law offenders according to the provisions of law.

3. To manage residence registrations and grant identity cards; to manage seals; to conduct security and order management of conditional business lines and security services; to manage and secure traffic order and safety and public order; to manage weapons and explosive materials; to manage and conduct fire prevention and fighting; to participate in salvage and rescue according to the provisions of law.

4. To perform and exercise other tasks and powers according to the provisions of law.