| THE GOVERNMENT No. 25/2014/ND-CP | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness Hanoi, April 7, 2014 |
DECREE
Prescribing the prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology [1]
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the December 21, 1999 Penal Code and the June 19, 2009 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Penal Code;
Pursuant to the November 29, 2005 Law on the People’s Public Security Force;
Pursuant to the June 29, 2006 Law on Information Technology;
Pursuant to the November 13, 2008 Law on High Technology;
Pursuant to the November 23, 2009 Law on Telecommunications;
Pursuant to the June 20, 2012 Law on Handling of Administrative Violations;
At the proposal of the Minister of Public Security,
The Government promulgates the Decree prescribing the prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
1. This Decree prescribes activities of preventing, detecting and handling crimes and other law violations involving high technology; international cooperation on the prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology; and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, enterprises and individuals in the prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology.
2. In this Decree, high technology includes information technology and telecommunications technology.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Decree applies to officers and agencies specialized in the prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology; Vietnamese agencies, organizations and individuals; foreign agencies, organizations and individuals and international organizations currently operating or residing in the Vietnamese territory.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms and phrases below are construed as follows:
1. Crime involving high technology means a socially dangerous act prescribed in the Penal Code and involving the use of high technology.
2. Other law violations involving high technology means illegal acts that involve the use of high technology but are not serious enough for penal liability examination.
