On the morning of July 22, at a press conference announcing the President's decree on the law, Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung, Deputy Minister of Public Security , briefly introduced the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Guards.

Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung emphasized that the construction and promulgation of the Law aims to supplement the protection subjects in accordance with the Party's regulations and practical requirements; separate the protection regime and protection measures for convenient application in practice.

The law adds the following subjects to the security guard: Standing member of the Secretariat, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, and Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy.

The Law also clearly stipulates the security regime for people holding key leadership positions and titles, and senior leaders of the Party, State, and Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

Security forces practice protection plan. Photo: Pham Hai

Accordingly, the General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, and Chairman of the National Assembly are protected in their residence, workplace, and place of operation; their belongings, food, drinks, and means of transportation are guaranteed security and safety; they are arranged to have a traffic police car escort them when traveling by car, are arranged a separate compartment when traveling by train, and are allowed to use a cabin or private plane when traveling by plane...

For those holding the position of Standing Secretary of the Secretariat and Politburo members, access to and protection of their workplace and residence are protected, and traffic police vehicles are arranged to guide them when traveling domestically by car if necessary.

The Law on Security has added the authority of the Minister of Public Security to decide on applying appropriate security measures when necessary to ensure national security, ensure social order and safety, and ensure foreign affairs.

New regulations on high-impact knives

Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung also introduced the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools, which will take effect from January 1, 2025.

The Law has added regulations that knives with high lethality when used for the purpose of committing crimes, causing disturbances, disturbing public order or opposing agencies, organizations performing tasks, or people on duty are rudimentary weapons; when used by subjects for the purpose of illegally infringing on human life and health, they are military weapons; knives with high lethality used for labor, production, and daily life are not defined as weapons.

However, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung also stated that to ensure strict management of this dual-use vehicle, the Law assigned the Government to prescribe measures to ensure safety in the production, business, export, import, transportation and use of highly lethal knives.

Mr. Hung affirmed that safety measures must be appropriate to reality and not hinder the normal operations of organizations and individuals. Organizations and individuals that manufacture, trade, export, and import highly lethal knives are responsible for providing information on the quantity, type of product, brand, and name of the manufacturing facility when requested by the police.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/che-do-canh-ve-voi-tong-bi-thu-chu-tich-nuoc-thu-tuong-chu-tich-quoc-hoi-2304400.html