Chương IV Luật Phòng, chống khủng bố năm 2013: Chống khủng bố

Chapter 4

ANTI-TERRORISM

Article 28. Terrorism detection

1. Agencies, organizations and individuals shall, through their activities, take initiative in terrorism detection.

2. The anti-terrorism forces defined at Point a, Clause 1, Article 14 of this Law, shall carry out professional and technical measures to detect terrorism; guide and assist agencies, organizations and individuals in identifying terrorism and methods of terrorism detection, report and denouncement.

Article 29. Receipt and handling of the terrorism reports and denunciations

1. Agencies, organizations and individuals, upon detecting terrorist signs or acts, must timely report them to the anti-terrorism forces defined at Point a, Clause 1, Article 14 of this Law or the nearest Public Security agencies, army agencies or People’s Committees. The Public Security agencies, army agencies and People’s Committees shall fully receive the terrorism reports and denunciations.

2. The Public Security agencies, army agencies and People’s Committees, as soon as receiving terrorism reports and denunciations as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article or detecting, through their activities terrorist signs or acts, must timely report them to the anti-terrorism forces defined at Point a, Clause 1, Article 14 of this Law, keep secrets of providers’ information; in case of detecting that terrorism has happened, is happening or having grounds to assume that it will happen, they may immediately apply the urgent anti-terrorism measures as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 16 of this Law.

3. The anti-terrorism forces specified at Point a Clause 1 Article 14 of this Law, upon receiving the terrorism reports and denunciations, must timely process information and report them to competent authorities and competent Anti-Terrorism Steering Committees; in case of detecting that terrorism has happened, is happening or having grounds to assume that it will happen, they may apply the urgent anti-terrorism measures as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 16 of this Law.

4. When terrorism happens, the Anti- Terrorism Steering Committee must report it to the superior Anti-Terrorism Steering Committee; and anti-terrorism units must report it to the anti-terrorism units at their directly higher level.

Article 30. Anti-terrorism measures

1. Anti- terrorism is carried out with measures as prescribed in this Law and the law on protecting national security and keeping social order and safety.

2. Urgent anti-terrorism measures are those applied as soon as terrorism has happened or is happening or when there are grounds to assume that terrorism will happen, so as to timely prevent terrorism, and eliminate or limit harms caused by terrorism. Urgent anti-terrorism measures include:

a) Encircling and blockading the zone happening terrorism;

b) Rescuing hostages, giving first aid to victims, isolating people, removing vehicles and assets out of the dangerous terrorist zone;

c) Negotiating with terrorists;

d) Encircling, tracing, controlling and arresting terrorists; invalidating weapons, instruments and means used for terrorism;

dd) Attacking and annihilating terrorists, destroying weapons, instruments and means used for terrorism;

e) Temporarily stopping means of transport and means of information and communications which are misused for terrorism;

g) Dismantling houses and construction works, removing obstacles for anti-terrorism activities; placing obstacles to obstruct terrorist activities;

h) Protecting, moving, hiding and camouflaging the works and targets subject to terrorists’ attack;

i) Mobilizing forces and means for anti-terrorism;

k) Checking and blockading accounts or financial sources; stopping transactions in money and assets; temporarily seizing money and assets involving terrorism;

l) Opening, checking and seizing mails, telegraphs, postal matters, postal parcels and goods packages or bales involving terrorism;

m) Collecting documents and evidence involving terrorism.

3. The Government shall specify the competence, conditions, order of and procedures for application of the urgent anti-terrorism measures specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 31. Anti-terrorism at offices of foreign diplomatic missions and consulates, and representative offices of international organizations, and residences of members of these agencies

1. When there are grounds to assume that terrorism has happened or will happen at offices of foreign diplomatic missions or consulates, representative offices of international organizations and residences of members of these agencies in the Vietnamese territory, the relevant agencies, organizations and individuals or persons who know this incident must timely report it to the anti-terrorism forces specified at Point a Clause 1 Article 14 of this Law or the nearest Public Security agencies, army agencies or People’s Committees. The Public Security agencies, army agencies or People’s Committees that receive terrorism reports or denunciations shall receive and process them as prescribed in Article 29 of this Law.

2. When conducting anti-terrorism in the offices of foreign diplomatic missions or consulates, representative offices of international organizations as well as residences of members of these agencies, Vietnamese agencies, organizations and individuals must comply with this Law and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party.

Article 32. Anti-terrorism in respect to the overseas Vietnamese agencies, organizations and citizens

When there are grounds to assume that terrorism has happened or will happen against the overseas Vietnamese agencies, organizations or citizens, heads of overseas representative missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam must immediately apply necessary measures under their competence and in accordance with international law and laws of the host countries and timely report them to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Anti-Terrorism Steering Committee.