THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 14/2001/ND-CP
Hanoi, April 25, 2001
 
DECREE
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SECURITY SERVICE BUSINESS
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
In order to unify the State management over the security service business and to meet the requirement of ensuring security, order and socio-economic development;
At the proposal of the Minister of Public Security,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.-
1. This Decree stipulates the State management over the security service business in the following domains:
a/ Human protection;
b/ Property and goods protection;
c/ Manufacture and repair of special technical means and equipment used exclusively for security services.
2. The targets and objects on the State-prescribed list to be safeguarded and protected by the peoples army and the peoples police forces and the objects prescribed by law to be protected by the security forces of agencies and enterprises shall not fall under the scope of regulation of this Decree.
Article 2.-
1. Only enterprises that are established and have registered for business activities according to the provisions of this Decree and other relevant law provisions may conduct the security service business.
2. The following organizations and individuals shall not be allowed to establish and manage the security service business enterprises:
a/ Organizations and individuals that are banned from establishing and managing enterprises under the Enterprise Law and other legal documents;
b/ Those who are being subject to other administrative handling measures, are serving non-custodial reform, are being subject to residence ban or probation, or are banned by the court from conducting the security service business;
c/ Those who possess previous criminal records of intentional crimes or had been subject to other administrative handling measures but have not yet been, according to law provisions, regarded as not yet having been handled for administrative violations;
d/ Foreign organizations and individuals, overseas Vietnamese, foreign-invested enterprises or enterprises owned by overseas Vietnamese.
3. The following organizations and individuals shall not be allowed to directly provide security services:
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