| THE GOVERNMENT --------------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness -------------- |
| No. 140/2004/ND-CP | Hanoi, June 25, 2004 |
DECREE
DETAILING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE LAW ON NATIONAL BORDERS
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 17, 2003 Law on National Borders;
At the proposal of the Defense Minister,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Regulation scope
This Decree details a number of articles of the Law on National Borders regarding the building, management and protection of borders, border regions and the responsibility for the State management over the national borders of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Article 2.- Subjects of observance of border legislation
Vietnamese and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals, whose life or activities are related to national borders and border regions, have the responsibility to observe the provisions of the Law on National Borders, this Decree and other Vietnamese law provisions; where international agreements which Vietnam has signed or acceded to otherwise provide for, such international agreements shall apply.
