Law 55/2024/QH15 on Fire Prevention, Firefighting, and Rescue

 

LAW

ON FIRE PREVENTION, FIREFIGHTING, AND RESCUE

 

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Fire Prevention, Firefighting, and Rescue.

 

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Law prescribes fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage; forces, vehicles, assurance of operational conditions, and rights, obligations, and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals related to fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

In this Law, the terms below are construed as follows:

1. Fire means a chemical reaction that releases heat, emits light or smoke, causes damage or has the potential to cause damage to people, property of agencies, organizations, or individuals, affecting the economy, environment, security, and order.

2. Fire prevention means a combination of activities, measures, and solutions to limit, eliminate the causes, conditions, and risks of fire to ensure safety and minimize damage caused by fire.

3. Firefighting means a combination of activities to prevent fire spread, extinguish fire, and other activities to minimize damage caused by fire.

4. Accident or incident means a situation specified at Point b, Clause 1, Article 32 of this Law that causes damage or has the potential to cause damage to people, property of agencies, organizations, or individuals that require rescue and salvage.

5. Rescue means an operation of saving people from life-threatening, health-threatening danger in fire, accidents, or incidents, and searching for victims.

6. Salvage means an operation of evacuating vehicles and property from danger in fire, accidents, or incidents.

7. Establishment under fire prevention and firefighting management (hereinafter referred to as "establishment") means houses, structures, or locations used for residential, production, business, commercial, office purposes or other purposes, built and operated in accordance with law, included in the list prescribed by the Government. An agency or organization may consist of one or multiple establishments; an establishment may consist of one or multiple agencies and/or organizations.

8. Fire and explosion-prone establishment means an establishment with a high risk of fire or explosion, included in the list prescribed by the Government.

9. Fire and explosion-prone goods mean goods containing substances or items with a risk of fire or explosion in gaseous, liquid, or solid form, which, when managed, transported, or used, may cause fire or explosion, harm human life and health, cause property damage, affect the environment, security, and order, included in the list prescribed by the Government.

10. Vehicle subject to fire prevention and firefighting safety requirements (hereinafter referred to as "vehicles") means a road motor vehicle, a railway vehicle, an inland waterway vessel, or a seagoing vessel manufactured, assembled, built, or modified to transport passengers or fire and explosion-prone goods; a road motor vehicle providing passenger transport must have more than 8 seats (excluding the driver's seat).

11. Head of establishment means the person responsible before the law for organizing the implementation and maintenance of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage conditions at his/her establishment, including the legal representative of the establishment or the person assigned to directly manage the establishment; the owner of the household directly using the house in the case where the house is an establishment as prescribed in Clause 7 of this Article.

12. Civil defense force means the force established by local administrations to perform fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage tasks in villages, hamlets, or neighborhoods (hereinafter referred to as "villages"), residential groups, quarters, blocks, or areas (hereinafter referred to as "residential groups").

13. Grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue force means a unit formed by the head of an establishment and operating on a part-time basis in order to perform fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage tasks at the establishment.

14. Specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue force means a unit formed by the head of an establishment and operating on a full-time or part-time basis in order to perform fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage tasks at several fire and explosion-prone establishments.

15. Firefighting area means a limited area where firefighting operations of functional forces are carried out in accordance with law.

16. Rescue and salvage area means a limited area where rescue and salvage operations of functional forces are carried out in accordance with law.

17. Fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal means the examination and evaluation of compliance with legal regulations, standards, and technical norms applicable to fire prevention and firefighting designs in construction investment projects, structures, or vehicles.

18. Fire prevention and firefighting acceptance means the inspection and comparison of the actual construction of investment projects, structures, or vehicles with appraised fire prevention and firefighting design dossiers.

19. Inspection of fire prevention and firefighting acceptance means the specialized management agency's inspection of the fire prevention and firefighting acceptance results for investment projects, structures, or vehicles.

20. Fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage database means a specialized database serving state management of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage and other purposes; connected and shared with the National Integrated Database and other related databases.

21. Specialized management agency means the agency performing state management functions in a specific field related to fire prevention and firefighting, including public security authority, construction specialized authority, and registration and inspection authority.

22. Fire prevention and firefighting infrastructure consists of the network of facilities, stations, structures, water supply systems, traffic systems, and communication systems serving fire prevention and firefighting purposes.

Article 3. Application of laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage

1. Fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations carried out in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shall comply with this Law and relevant law provisions.

2. Forest fire prevention and firefighting operations, and forest fire prevention responsibilities, shall comply with the law provisions on forestry.

3. In cases of accidents, disasters, natural disasters, or epidemics where a state of emergency or a level of civil defense has been declared, rescue and salvage operations shall comply with the provisions of the law on emergency situations, the law on civil defense, this Law, and other relevant laws.

Article 4. State policies on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage

1. To ensure state budget allocation, facilities, materials, modern equipment, human resources, regimes, policies, and operational conditions for the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police force; to build a regular, elite, and modern fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police force that meets the requirements of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage in all situations.

2. To mobilize and utilize various resources for fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations. To invest in and build a fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and salvage databases system and a fire reporting system that ensures data connection and sharing at locations where fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police units are stationed.

3. To provide training and foster human resources directly involved in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage tasks, as well as human resources responsible for design appraisal, acceptance inspection, and fire prevention and firefighting inspection.

4. To allocate fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces and vehicles in a manner appropriate to local conditions; to encourage agencies, organizations, and individuals to build, participate in, and maintain fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue safety models in local community.

5. To encourage and create conditions for agencies, organizations, and individuals to research, apply science, and transfer technology in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations; to invest in, build, and transfer systems, vehicles, and equipment serving fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations.

6. Agencies, organizations, and individuals that participate in, cooperate with, support, and assist state agencies in performing fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage tasks shall enjoy regimes and policies as prescribed by law, based on the nature and level of their contributions.

Article 5. Principles of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage

1. To comply with the Constitution, laws of Vietnam, and international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory. In cases where Vietnam and foreign countries have not yet signed international treaties, fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations shall be carried out on a reciprocal principle or diplomatic requirements, but not contrary to Vietnamese law, in accordance with international laws and customs.

2. To mobilize the entire people to participate in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage; to promote the core role of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces.

3. To proactively prevent fire hazard, with prevention as the primary focus; to promptly discover any errors and flaws pertaining to fire prevention and firefighting and take remedial measures accordingly; to determine fire prevention and accident prevention as regular tasks.

4. To prepare forces, vehicles, plans, and necessary conditions to promptly respond to fire, accidents, and incidents.

5. To perform the unified command and direction, and utilize local forces, vehicles, and logistics when fire, accidents, or incidents occur; to prioritize human rescue and property salvage; all water sources and fire extinguishing agents must be prioritized for firefighting.

6. To adopt advanced science and technology in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations.

7. All violations of laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage must be detected, prevented, and strictly handled in accordance with law.

8. To ensure humanity, fairness, and gender equality in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations.

Article 6. Reporting fire and rescue situations

1. Anyone who discovers a fire or a rescue situation must immediately report it to the nearest fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, public security authority, or commune-level People's Committee.

2. Fire and rescue situation report shall be delivered via command, telephone, or devices delivering fire report or directly to agencies and forces specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Fire and rescue situations nationwide can be reported via telephone by dialing 114.

3. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, public security authorities, or commune-level People's Committees shall, upon receiving the report, immediately inform the competent fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces to resolve such situations.

Article 7. State management responsibilities for fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage

1. The Government shall jointly perform state management of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage.

2. The Ministry of Public Security shall act as liaison to assist the Government in jointly performing state management of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage.

3. The Ministry of National Defence, other ministries, and ministerial agencies, within their assigned tasks and powers, shall coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in performing state management of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage.

4. People's Committees at all levels shall perform state management of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue in their localities. In respect of districts without commune-level administrative division, the district-level People’s Committees shall perform the tasks and powers assigned to commune-level People's Committees as prescribed in this Law.

Article 8. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage

1. Fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage are the responsibilities of all agencies, organizations, households, and individuals working and living in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

2. Citizens of at least 18 years of age and adequate health shall be responsible for participating in the grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team, the specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team, or the civil defense team when requested.

3. The head of an establishment shall be responsible for:

a) Organizing the dissemination, popularization, and education of knowledge and laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage; organizing training and fostering of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue skills for subjects under their management;

b) Establishing and maintaining the operation of the grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team or specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team as prescribed in Article 37 of this Law, or assigning personnel to perform fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tasks under their management;

c) Promulgating or advising competent authorities to promulgate fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue regulations;

d) Organizing the implementation, inspection, urging, and supervision of agencies, organizations, and individuals under their management in implementing rules, regulations, measures, requirements, and maintaining conditions for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue safety;

dd) Develop and organize fire drill exercises and rescue plans in accordance with the law;

e) Deciding or proposing competent authorities to decide on the procurement and maintenance of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue equipment and vehicles; organizing firefighting and rescue; and remediating consequences caused by fires, accidents, and incidents;

g) Establishing and managing dossiers on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage under their management; declaring and updating data on fire prevention and firefighting;

h) Performing other tasks of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage as prescribed by law.

4. The owner of a vehicle shall be responsible for:

a) Organizing the dissemination, popularization, and education of knowledge and laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage; organizing training and fostering of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue skills for subjects under their management;

b) Promulgating fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage regulations;

c) Organizing the implementation, inspection, urging, and supervision of individuals under their management in implementing rules, regulations, measures, requirements, and maintaining conditions for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue safety;

d) Procuring and maintaining fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue equipment and vehicles; organizing firefighting and rescue; and remediating consequences caused by fires, accidents, and incidents;

dd) Developing and organizing fire drill exercises and rescue plans in accordance with the law;

e) Performing other tasks of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage as prescribed by law.

5. Investors, project owners, owners of structures, vehicle owners, agencies, organizations, and individuals involved in construction investment activities, production, assembly, manufacture, and modification of vehicles shall be responsible for implementing fire prevention and firefighting requirements in applying standards, technical regulations, appraisal, construction, supervision, and acceptance.

6. Owners of households that live in their own houses who are not heads of establishments shall be responsible for:

a) Complying with Articles 20 and 21 of this Law;

b) Disseminating, urging, and reminding other household members to implement laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage;

c) Frequently examining at their discretion, discovering, and promptly rectifying risk of fire and explosion, accidents, and incidents;

d) Performing other tasks of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage as prescribed by law.

7. Individuals shall be responsible for:

a) Complying with rules, regulations, measures, and requirements on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue of agencies, organizations, or competent authorities as prescribed by law;

b) Acquiring knowledge on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue and skills in evacuation, using common fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tools and equipment;

c) Ensuring safety in using fire sources, heat sources, devices, and tools that generate fire and heat, flammable and explosive materials;

d) Detecting and preventing direct fire and explosion hazards and acts that violate fire prevention and firefighting safety regulations within their capabilities;

dd) Participating in firefighting and rescue when mobilized by competent authorities; complying with requests and decisions of firefighting commanders and rescue commanders when participating in firefighting and rescue.

8. Responsibilities for fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage in cases of house leasing, rental, and lodging:

a) Landlords shall be responsible for disseminating, urging, and reminding tenants to implement laws on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

b) Tenants shall have the responsibility as prescribed in Clause 6 of this Article, unless otherwise agreed upon with landlords.

In cases of house leasing, rental, and lodging for production or business purposes, tenants also shall be responsible for ensuring fire safety conditions as prescribed in Article 21 of this Law.

9. Agencies, organizations, and individuals not mentioned under Clause 3, Article 50 of this Law shall be responsible for providing funding for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations within their management.

10. The Government shall detail Points c and g, Clause 3; Point b, Clause 4; and Clause 5 of this Article.

Article 9. Responsibilities for dissemination and education of knowledge and laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage

1. State management agencies for fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals in, implementing the dissemination and education of knowledge and laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage.

2. Communication and media agencies shall be responsible for organizing the dissemination and education of knowledge and laws on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage through mass media.

3. The Ministry of Transport shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in, integrating knowledge, laws, and skills on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage into driver training programs.

4. The Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs shall, within their assigned tasks and powers, assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security and relevant ministries and agencies in, developing and integrating knowledge and laws on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue into teaching programs and ensure conditions for implementation in preschools, general education institutions, vocational education institutions, and higher education institutions, suitable for each level and field of study.

5. Ministries, ministerial agencies, and People's Committees at all levels, within their assigned tasks and powers, shall be responsible for organizing the dissemination and education of knowledge and laws on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue, with forms of dissemination and education suitable for objects under their management.

6. People's armed forces, agencies, organizations, and education institutions shall be responsible for disseminating and educating knowledge, laws, and skills on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue for subjects under their management.

Article 10. Development and drill of firefighting and rescue plans

1. Heads of establishments and owners of vehicles specified in Clause 2, Article 22 of this Law shall be responsible for organizing the development and drill of firefighting and rescue plans using local forces and vehicles within their management.

2. Public security authorities shall be responsible for:

a) Organizing the development and drill of firefighting and rescue plans for fire and explosion-prone establishments;

b) Organizing the development and drill of rescue plans for accidents and incidents specified at Point b, Clause 1, Article 32 of this Law that require the mobilization of forces and vehicles from multiple agencies, organizations, and individuals.

3. Heads of fire and explosion-prone establishments shall be responsible for coordinating with public security authorities in the development and drill of firefighting and rescue plans specified at Point a, Clause 2 of this Article; chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees shall be responsible for coordinating with public security authorities in the development and drill of rescue plans specified at Point b, Clause 2 of this Article.

4. Agencies, organizations, and individuals included in firefighting and rescue plans or rescue plans developed by public security authorities shall be responsible for arranging forces, personnel, and vehicles to participate in drills.

5. Military and border guard authorities shall be responsible for assuming the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with public security authorities in, organizing the development and drill of firefighting and rescue plans for fire and explosion-prone establishments under their management.

6. The Government shall detail the contents and time for drills of fire prevention and firefighting plans, and rescue and salvage plans.

Article 11. Fire prevention and firefighting inspection

1. Subjects of fire prevention and firefighting inspection include:

a) Establishments specified in Clause 7, Article 2 of this Law;

b) Houses, houses combined with production and business activities;

c) Vehicles specified in Clause 10, Article 2 of this Law;

d) Structures under the construction process.

2. Fire prevention and firefighting inspection include:

a) Implementation of fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and salvage responsibilities by heads of establishments, household owners, and vehicle owner as prescribed by law;

b) Provision and maintenance of fire safety conditions in respect of structures under the construction process, houses, houses combined with production and business activities, vehicles, and establishments as prescribed in Articles 19 thru 23 of this Law; implementation and maintenance of technical solutions for fire prevention and firefighting in respect of establishments specified in Clause 6, Article 55 of this Law.

3. The competence to conduct fire prevention and firefighting inspection is specified as follows:

a) Heads of establishments, household owners, vehicle owners, and developers shall conduct fire prevention and firefighting inspection at their discretion;

b) People’s Committees of communes, public security authorities, specialized construction authorities, registration and inspection authorities shall, within their tasks and powers, conduct fire prevention and firefighting inspection as prescribed by law.

4. The Government shall detail Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article and prescribes the procedures for fire prevention and firefighting inspection.

Article 12. National fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue day

October 4 of every year is designated as “Ngày toàn dân phòng cháy, chữa cháy, cứu nạn, cứu hộ” (National Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue day).

Article 13. International cooperation on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue

1. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam shall engage in international cooperation on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue. International cooperation on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue must ensure the following principles:

a) Respecting independence, sovereignty, equality, and mutual benefit; complying with Vietnamese law, international treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory, and relevant international agreements on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

b) Creating conditions for organizations, individuals in Vietnam, overseas Vietnamese, foreign organizations, individuals, and international organizations to cooperate on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

c) Expanding and developing training, research, and application of science and technology; coordinating search and rescue operations; investing in and building infrastructure and facilities for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

d) Prioritizing international cooperation in the fields of training, research, and application of science and technology; sharing experiences and coordinating in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

2. International cooperation on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue includes:

a) Exchanging information, learning, and consulting experiences on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

b) Supporting firefighting and search and rescue operations;

c) Training, drilling, investing in, researching, and applying science and technology for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

d) Building infrastructure and facilities for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

dd) Equipping fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles and equipment.

3. The Ministry of Public Security shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies in, assisting the Government in negotiating, signing international treaties and agreements, or proposing competent authorities to sign international treaties and agreements on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue; and assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies in, implementing international cooperation on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

Article 14. Prohibited acts

1. To intentionally cause fire, explosion, accidents, or incidents, or inciting, instigating, or inducing others to cause fire, explosion, accidents, or incidents that cause harm or have the potential to cause harm to people, property of agencies, organizations, or individuals, affecting the economy, environment, security, and order.

2. Insulting, threatening, obstructing, or resisting forces performing fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tasks and individuals participating in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

3. Taking advantage of or abusing fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tasks to commit unlawful acts, harass, or infringe upon the interests of the State, rights, and legitimate interests of agencies, organizations, or individuals.

4. Taking advantage of participating in firefighting and rescue operations to commit unlawful acts, infringe upon the interests of the State, rights, and legitimate interests of agencies, organizations, or individuals.

5. Falsifying or altering the results of fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal, or fire prevention and firefighting acceptance.

6. Making false fire reports; reporting false rescue situations.

7. Illegally producing, storing, transporting, using, buying, or selling hazardous goods, substances, or articles that are prone to fire or explosion.

8. Repurposing or adding occupancies to structures or work items in a manner that does not guarantee fire safety as prescribed by law.

9. Trading fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles and equipment with quality that does not meet announced standards or relevant technical regulations.

10. Seizing, destroying, or intentionally damaging fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles and equipment; arbitrarily changing, moving, or hiding fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles and equipment, signs, or guiding signage that have been installed as prescribed; obstructing means of egress; otherwise negating the effectiveness of means of egress, exit paths, fire spread preventive measures.

11. Occupying or obstructing operation of firefighting and rescue vehicles.

 

Chapter II

FIRE PREVENTION

 

Article 15. Requirements for fire prevention and firefighting in development, adjustment, approval of urban and rural master plans

When developing, adjusting, and approving general master plans, zoning master plans, and detailed master plans for urban areas, residential areas, industrial clusters, and functional zones, as prescribed by law on urban and rural master plans, fire prevention and firefighting solutions and designs must be included, suitable for each level of master plans, as follows:

1. General master plans must incorporate development of fire prevention and firefighting infrastructure.

2. Zoning master plans for urban areas and functional zones that require zoning plans must have:

a) Water sources and solutions for water supply network for firefighting;

b) Traffic network serving firefighting and rescue operations;

c) Location and scale of fire prevention, firefighting and rescue units' headquarters in the planned areas.

3. Detailed master plans for urban areas, residential areas, industrial clusters, and functional zones must have:

a) Roads, parking lots, open areas accommodating operation of fire trucks and firefighting motor vehicles;

b) Sources of water for firefighting from tanks, ponds, natural lakes, artificial lakes, or outdoor water supply system for firefighting;

c) Power sources to serve fire prevention and firefighting operations;

d) Locations for fire prevention, firefighting and rescue units, ensuring construction areas and requirements identified in the master plans specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.

4. Competent authorities, as prescribed by law on urban and rural planning, shall only approve general master plans, zoning master plans, and detailed master plans when they ensure the fire prevention and firefighting requirements specified in Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Article.

5. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 16. Requirements for fire prevention and firefighting in development and adjustment of construction projects, design, renovation, repurposing of structures, manufacturing, assembly, construction, conversion of vehicles

1. When developing, adjusting, and approving construction projects, design, renovation, and repurposing of structures specified in Clause 7, Article 2 of this Law, and building temporary structures as prescribed by law on construction, fire prevention and firefighting solutions and designs must be included, suitable for the functions and characteristics of the structures, and ensure the following requirements:

a) Fire safety separation distance;

b) Roads, parking lots, open areas accommodating fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations;

c) Egress solutions;

d) Expected fire resistance category, fireproofing solutions, fire spread preventive measures;

dd) Smoke-proofing solutions;

e) Electrical systems for fire prevention and firefighting;

g) Fire prevention and firefighting vehicles and equipment.

2. When manufacturing, assembling, constructing, and converting vehicles, fire prevention and firefighting solutions and designs must be included, suitable for the characteristics of the vehicles, and ensure the following requirements:

a) Fireproofing solutions, fire spread preventive measures;

b) Fire safety measures for energy, fuel supply system and engines;

c) Hazardous gas, liquid leak detection system and equipment;

d) Fire prevention and firefighting vehicles and equipment.

Article 17. Appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design

1. The appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design in construction projects for structures, traffic structures and vehicles, other than temporary structures as prescribed by law on construction, is specified as follows:

a) Persons making investment decision shall appraise the contents specified at Points a, b, c, d, and dd, Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law for construction and investment technical-economic reports, and appraise the contents specified in Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law for construction and investment feasibility study reports that are not subject to appraisal by construction authorities but are subject to appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design;

b) Construction authorities shall appraise the contents specified at Points a, b, c, d, and dd, Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law for projects subject to appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design when appraising construction and investment feasibility study reports and construction designs following fundamental designs as prescribed by law on construction;

c) Registration and inspection authorities shall appraise the contents specified at Points a, b, and c, Clause 2, Article 16 of this Law upon carrying out design appraisal in accordance with registration laws in respect of vehicles subject to appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design;

d) Public security authorities shall appraise the contents specified at Points e and g, Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law for construction and investment technical-economic reports and construction designs following fundamental designs of structures subject to appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design; appraise the contents specified at Point d, Clause 2, Article 16 of this Law for vehicles subject to appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design;

dd) Project owners, structure owners, and vehicle owners shall appraise the contents specified at Points a, b, c, d, and dd, Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law for construction design following fundamental design of structures that are not required to undergo appraisal of construction design following fundamental design at construction authorities but are required to undergo appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design carried out by public security authorities; appraise the contents specified at Points e and g, Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law for construction design following fundamental design of structures that are not required to undergo fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal carried out by public security authorities.

2. Structures that are required to undergo appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design, when adjusting the design and changing one of the fire prevention and firefighting requirements specified in Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law, or during use, changing the function or renovating and changing the fire safety conditions, must adjust the design and appraise the fire prevention and firefighting design. The adjustment and appraisal of the fire prevention and firefighting design shall comply with Clause 1, Article 16 and Clause 1, Article 17 of this Law.

3. Project owners, structure owners, and vehicle owners shall only commence construction, renovation of structures and work items, manufacture, assemble, build, or renovate vehicles that are required to undergo fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal when there is a written appraisal on fire prevention and firefighting design issued by the specialized management agency.

4. The Government shall detail Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article; prescribe the list of structures and vehicles that must undergo fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal carried out by public security authorities, construction authorities, and registration and inspection authorities; prescribe the contents, procedures, and competence for appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design; prescribe responsibilities for cooperation in fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal.

Article 18. Fire prevention and firefighting acceptance and inspection

1. Project owners, structure owners, and vehicle owners shall be responsible for organizing the construction and acceptance of structures and vehicles in accordance with the appraised fire prevention and firefighting design; Project owners, structure owners, and vehicle owners, as well as construction units, shall be responsible for ensuring fire prevention and firefighting safety throughout the construction process of structures and vehicles under their management.

2. Project owners, structure owners, and vehicle owners shall organize fire prevention and firefighting acceptance for structures and vehicles in accordance with the following regulations:

a) Fire prevention and firefighting acceptance shall be carried out for each part, each stage, each item, and each system, and final acceptance shall be carried out upon the construction completion;

b) Fire prevention and firefighting acceptance for obstructed parts of structures or vehicles shall be carried out before subsequent construction steps;

c) Fire prevention and firefighting acceptance can be carried out for individual parts or work items of structures if such parts and work items can function independently and meet fire prevention and firefighting conditions.

3. Project owners, structure owners, and vehicle owners shall be responsible before the law for the results of fire prevention and firefighting acceptance for structures and vehicles.

4. Structures and vehicles that are required to undergo fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal, after organizing fire prevention and firefighting acceptance, must be inspected by the specialized management agency; structures, structure parts and work items, and vehicles shall only be put into operation and use after the specialized management agency has approved the results of fire prevention and firefighting acceptance.

5. The inspection of fire prevention and firefighting acceptance is specified as follows:

a) Construction authorities shall carry out fire prevention and firefighting acceptance before putting structures, structure parts, work items into operation, for those that have had their fire prevention and firefighting design appraised by construction authorities in accordance with Point b, Clause 1, Article 17 of this Law and those that must undergo construction quality acceptance in accordance with construction laws;

b) Registration and inspection authorities shall carry out fire prevention and firefighting acceptance for vehicles that have undergone fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal carried out by registration and inspection authorities in accordance with Point c, Clause 1, Article 17 of this Law for the purpose of inspection and issuance of certificate of technical safety and environmental protection;

c) Public security authorities shall inspect fire prevention and firefighting acceptance for structures, structure parts, work items, and vehicles that have undergone fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal carried out by public security authorities in accordance with Point d, Clause 1, Article 17 of this Law.

6. The Government shall detail Clause 1 of this Article; prescribe the contents, procedures, and competence for inspecting fire prevention and firefighting acceptance; prescribe responsibilities for cooperation in inspection of fire prevention and firefighting acceptance.

Article 19. Fire prevention for structures under construction

1. Structures under construction must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions:

a) To have internal regulations on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage suitable for the nature and characteristics of the structures;

b) To have prohibition signs, warning signs, and direction signs as prescribed;

c) To be equipped with fire prevention and firefighting vehicles or systems suitable for the nature and characteristics of the structures, as prescribed by regulations on construction safety;

d) To assign personnel to perform fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage tasks within their management.

2. Project owners, structure owners, and construction units shall be responsible for implementing and maintaining fire prevention safety conditions as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 20. Fire prevention for houses

1. Houses not specified in Clauses 3 and 4 of this Article must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions:

a) To install and use electrical equipment that ensures fire prevention safety as prescribed at Point c, Clause 1, Article 24 of this Law;

b) To arrange kitchens, worship areas, and incense burning areas safely; not to place flammable or explosive materials near fire sources or heat sources.

2. Houses not specified in Clauses 3 and 4 of this Article must ensure the following firefighting and emergency escape conditions:

a) To have fire prevention and firefighting equipment suitable to their capabilities and actual conditions for firefighting and emergency escape;

b) To arrange and maintain means of egress, emergency exit, or exit paths to ensure emergency escape.

3. Houses with technical standards and norms specified in legal documents or in technical standards on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue must comply with those standards and norms.

4. Houses listed in establishments under fire prevention and firefighting management must comply with the provisions of Article 23 of this Law.

5. For houses in centrally-run cities where the traffic infrastructure or water sources for firefighting do not meet the requirements prescribed by law and technical standards on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue, fire extinguishers and fire alarm transmission devices connected to the fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage database must be installed according to the roadmap specified by the Government.

For houses in other areas, fire alarm transmission devices connected to the fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage database are recommended.

People’s Committees of centrally-run cities shall define areas where the traffic infrastructure or water sources for firefighting do not meet the requirements.

6. The fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police force shall be responsible for guiding the connection of fire alarm transmission devices to the fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage database when requested.

Article 21. Fire prevention for houses used for production and business

1. Houses used for production and business must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions:

a) To ensure the fire prevention safety conditions as prescribed in Article 20 of this Law;

b) To have prohibition signs, warning signs, and direction signs as prescribed;

c) Areas for producing or trading fire and explosion-prone goods must have separation or fire prevention solutions with residential areas.

2. Houses used for producing or trading fire and explosion-prone goods must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions:

a) To ensure the fire prevention safety conditions as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Not to arrange sleeping areas in production or business areas;

c) To have fire alarm systems, ventilation solutions, and combustible gas detectors suitable to the functions and characteristics of the houses used for production and business of fire and explosion-prone goods;

d) Areas for producing or trading fire and explosion-prone goods must be separated from means of egress of residential areas.

Article 22. Fire prevention for vehicles

1. Motor vehicles transporting passengers or fire and explosion-prone goods must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions when participating in traffic:

a) To have prohibition signs, warning signs, and direction signs as prescribed;

b) To comply with the fire prevention and firefighting requirements as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 16 of this Law.

2. Railway vehicles, inland waterway vehicles, and seagoing vessels transporting passengers or fire and explosion-prone goods must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions:

a) To ensure the fire prevention safety conditions as prescribed by law on railways, law on inland waterway traffic, and law on maritime;

b) To ensure the conditions as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article;

c) Vehicles that are required to undergo fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal are required to be accompanied by written appraisal for fire prevention and firefighting design and written approval of fire prevention and firefighting acceptance results issued by the specialized management agency;

d) To have firefighting, rescue, and salvage plans.

3. Vehicles that are manufactured, assembled, built, or renovated and are required to undergo fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal shall only be issued with certificate of technical safety and environmental protection if written approval of fire prevention and firefighting acceptance results is issued as prescribed.

4. Inland waterway vehicles of international organizations or foreign organizations and individuals participating in Vietnam's inland waterway activities must meet the fire prevention and firefighting safety conditions as prescribed by Vietnamese law.

5. Owners, masters, captains, vehicle operators, within their management, shall be responsible for ensuring fire prevention and firefighting safety during vehicle operation.

Article 23. Fire prevention for establishments

1. Establishments must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions:

a) To have internal regulations on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage suitable for each type of establishment;

b) To be equipped with fire prevention and firefighting equipment and systems as prescribed by law;

c) To install fire transmission devices connected to the fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage database and to declare and update data on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage according to the roadmap specified by the Government;

d) To comply with the fire prevention and firefighting requirements prescribed at Points a, b, c, d, dd and e, Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law;

dd) To have firefighting, rescue, and salvage plans;

e) To establish grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces or specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces as prescribed in Article 37 of this Law, or to assign personnel to perform fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage tasks.

2. Agencies and organizations operating within an establishment must ensure the following fire prevention safety conditions:

a) To have internal regulations on fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage suitable for their activities;

b) To ensure safety in using fire sources, heat sources, and flammable or explosive materials within their management;

c) To assign personnel to participate in grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces or specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces as prescribed by law;

d) To ensure and maintain fire prevention and firefighting safety conditions within their management.

Article 24. Fire prevention in electrical installation and use in domestic, production purposes

1. In electrical installation and use for domestic purposes, the following fire prevention safety conditions must be ensured:

a) To comply with regulations on electrical safety for domestic purposes as prescribed by law on electricity;

b) Retail electricity units, for the purpose of establishing power connection for domestic purposes, must advise the installation and use of electrical systems and equipment to ensure fire prevention safety;

c) The installation and use of electrical wires and equipment indoors must meet electrical safety requirements as prescribed by law; to regularly inspect and promptly repair or replace electrical wires and equipment that do not meet fire prevention safety standards;

d) To only use electric vehicle charging devices that meet national technical standards; charging areas for electric vehicles indoors must have fire prevention solutions; centralized electric vehicle charging areas indoors must have fire separation solutions and be equipped with suitable firefighting equipment, ensuring standards.

2. In electrical installation and use for production purposes, the following fire prevention safety conditions must be ensured:

a) To comply with regulations on electrical safety for production purposes as prescribed by law on electricity and Points b and c, Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Electrical equipment used in hazardous environments must be specialized equipment as prescribed by law.

3. Organizations and individuals trading electrical products and equipment shall be responsible for advising and providing information on the quality and technical specifications of electrical products and equipment suitable for their intended use.

4. Electricity retailers shall be responsible for communicating and guiding safe electricity use in domestic and production operations and perform other tasks related to electrical safety as prescribed by law on electricity.

 

Chapter III

FIREFIGHTING

 

Article 25. Responsibility for firefighting

1. Individuals detecting fire, agencies, organizations, households, and individuals close to locations of the fire shall be responsible for participating in firefighting within their conditions and capabilities.

2. Heads of agencies, organizations, heads of villages or residential areas, and chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees or higher shall be responsible for organizing firefighting within their management; mobilizing forces, people, vehicles, and property according to their competence to participate in firefighting at the request of the firefighting commander.

3. Healthcare, electricity, water supply, urban environment, traffic authorities, and other relevant agencies, organizations, entities shall be responsible for cooperating in firefighting at the request of the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police force or the firefighting commander; mobilizing personnel and vehicles under their management to arrive the scene to provide assistance.

4. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, upon receiving fire reports within their management or receiving mobilization orders or decisions, shall promptly arrive at the scene to carry out firefighting operations.

5. People’s public security forces shall be responsible for ensuring security, order, and safety in the firefighting area; participating in firefighting; maintaining traffic order and security and allowing firefighting forces to arrive at the scene as fast as possible.

6. People’s Committees of administrative divisions adjacent to location of the fire shall be responsible for mobilizing forces, personnel, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals under their management to participate in firefighting at the request of firefighting commander.

7. The Minister of Public Security shall promulgate regulations on standby regimes of the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police force and other forces in the people’s public security force.

8. The Minister of National Defense shall promulgate regulations on responsibilities for firefighting in respect of structures, establishments, vehicles under their management serving national defense and security purposes; and cooperate with the Ministry of Public Security in firefighting efforts in respect of dual-use structures as prescribed by the Government.

Article 26. Mobilization of forces, people, vehicles, and property to participate in firefighting

1. In case of fire, forces, people, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals may be mobilized to participate in firefighting; when necessary, firefighting commanders may request diplomacy representative missions, consular representative missions, representative missions of international organizations in Vietnam to assign forces, people, and vehicles to support and assist in firefighting.

2. Agencies, organizations, households, and individuals, when mobilized to participate in firefighting, shall be responsible for immediately assign forces, people, vehicles, and property to participate in firefighting.

3. Vehicles and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals mobilized to participate in firefighting must be returned immediately after the end of firefighting; in case of loss, damage, or destruction directly caused by the mobilization, compensation shall be provided.

The persons competent to decide on mobilization shall be responsible for carrying out the compensation. The compensation level and payment shall be implemented as for persons whose property are requisitioned in accordance with the law on asset requisition.

4. Forces and people mobilized to perform firefighting tasks shall be given priority upon public transport.

5. The competence to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property to participate in firefighting is specified as follows:

a) Chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels and heads of agencies and organizations shall have the right to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals under their management;

b) Heads of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police divisions of provincial-level public security departments shall have the right to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police force under their management; the Director of the Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue Police Department shall have the right to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces nationwide;

c) Directors of provincial-level public security departments and heads of district-level public security stations shall have the right to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of people’s public security forces under their management; the Minister of Public Security shall have the right to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals nationwide.

6. The Government shall prescribe the procedures for mobilizing forces, people, vehicles, and property for firefighting and the mobilization of military forces to participate in firefighting.

Article 27. Water sources for firefighting

1. Water sources for firefighting delivered via fire hydrants shall be provided by centralized water supply systems, water supply systems for firefighting, tanks, ponds, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, streams, or other readily available water sources.

2. On centralized water supply systems, fire hydrants are arranged according to technical standards and norms to ensure water supply for firefighting purposes. The cost of using water from centralized water supply systems for firefighting and practicing firefighting and rescue plans by the police forces shall be covered by the state budget.

3. Drafting areas for fire trucks and fire pumps shall be located within vicinity of ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, canals of urban areas and residential areas.

4. The Government shall prescribe responsibilities for investment, management, and maintenance of fire hydrants; investment and management of drafting areas for fire trucks and fire pumps.

Article 28. Firefighting commanders

1. Highest-ranking officers of people's public security forces assigned to command firefighting operations and present at the scene shall be firefighting commanders.

2. In cases where people's public security forces have not yet arrived at the scene, firefighting commanders are specified as follows:

a) If the fire occurs at an establishment, the head of the establishment shall be the firefighting commander; if the head of the establishment is absent, the leader of the grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team or the leader of the specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team or the authorized person shall be the firefighting commander;

b) If the fire occurs on a vehicle in traffic, the vehicle operator or owner shall be the firefighting commander; if the vehicle operator or owner is absent, the vehicle driver shall be the firefighting commander;

c) If the fire occurs in a village or residential area and does not fall under the cases specified at Points a and b of this Clause, the head of the village or residential area shall be the firefighting commander; if the head of the village or residential area is absent, the civil defense team leader or the authorized person shall be the firefighting commander.

3. Firefighting commanders of people's public security forces shall command via orders, be accountable for their decisions, and have the right to:

a) Use forces and vehicles of people's public security forces under their management to participate in firefighting;

b) Mobilize, according to their competence, or request persons with competence to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals to participate in firefighting as prescribed by law;

c) Determine and decide on firefighting areas, firefighting measures, use of adjacent topography, and landmarks for firefighting purposes;

d) Prohibit unauthorized individuals and vehicles from entering firefighting areas;

dd) Make decisions on relocating, dismantling obstacles, property to rescue, salvage, and prevent fire spread as prescribed by law.

4. Firefighting commanders specified in Clause 2 of this Article shall be responsible for their decisions and have the rights to:

a) Use forces and vehicles under their management to participate in firefighting;

b) Request persons with competence to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals to participate in firefighting as prescribed by law;

c) Make decisions on relocating, dismantling obstacles, property to rescue, salvage, and prevent fire spread as prescribed by law.

Article 29. Remediation of fire consequences

1. Remediation of fire consequences includes the following activities:

a) To organize immediate rescue of victims; to provide relief and assistance to persons suffering damage to stabilize their lives;

b) To implement measures to ensure environmental hygiene, social order, and safety;

c) To promptly restore production, business, and service activities and other activities.

2. Heads of establishments, heads of agencies, organizations in establishments involved in a fire, Chairpersons of People’s Committees, owners of vehicles involved in a fire, household heads whose houses are involved in a fire shall be responsible for organizing the implementation of Clause 1 of this Article within their conditions and capabilities.

Article 30. Scene protection and fire investigation

1. Public security authorities shall be responsible for protecting the scene, examining the scene, and investigating the fire in accordance with law.

2. Agencies, organizations, households, and individuals where a fire occurs shall be responsible for participating in protecting the scene and providing accurate information on the fire for public security authorities.

Article 31. Firefighting at diplomacy representative missions, consular representative missions, representative missions of international organizations, and residences of members of these missions

1. When permitted to enter the premises of diplomacy representative missions, consular representative missions, representative missions of international organizations, and residences of members of these missions to carry out firefighting operations, the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces of Vietnam must comply with international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory and Vietnamese law.

2. The fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces of Vietnam shall be responsible for prevent fire spread outside the premises of diplomacy representative missions, consular representative missions, representative missions of international organizations, and residences of members of these missions.

 

Chapter IV

RESCUE AND SALVAGE

 

Article 32. Rescue and salvage situations

1. Rescue and salvage situations include:

a) Rescue and salvage in a fire;

b) Rescue and salvage in accident or incident situations, including: drowning cases; collapse or falling of houses, structures, or trees; accidents or incidents caused by vehicles or equipment; landslides or rockfalls; road traffic accidents on land, railways, or inland waterways; and other accidents or incidents when requested;

c) Victim search.

2. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces shall assume the prime responsibility for implementing rescue and salvage activities in the situations specified in Clause 1 of this Article; coordinate with other forces to implement rescue and salvage activities, prevent, and remediate consequences of other emergencies, disasters, natural disasters, and epidemics as prescribed by law.

Article 33. Responsibility for rescue and salvage

1. Individuals detecting rescue and salvage situations, agencies, organizations, households, and individuals close to the scene of fire or accidents or incidents shall be responsible for participating in rescue and salvage activities within their conditions and capabilities.

2. Healthcare, electricity, water supply, urban environment, traffic authorities, and other relevant agencies, organizations, entities shall be responsible for coordinating and participating in rescue and salvage activities immediately upon request by the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces or the rescue and salvage commander; dispatch personnel and vehicles under their management to the scene to participate in and support rescue and salvage activities when mobilized.

3. The fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, upon receiving reports of accidents or incidents requiring rescue and salvage within their management or receiving mobilization orders or decisions, must promptly arrive at the scene to conduct rescue and salvage activities.

4. The people's public security force shall be responsible for ensuring security, order, and safety in the rescue and salvage area; participating in rescue and salvage activities; and maintaining traffic order and security and allowing rescue and salvage forces to arrive at the scene as fast as possible.

5. Heads of agencies, organizations, and chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels shall be responsible for participating in rescue and salvage activities within their management.

6. The Minister of Public Security shall prescribe standby regime for rescue and salvage, and organization of rescue and salvage activities by the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces, and other forces in people’s public security.

Article 34. Rescue and salvage commanders

1. When a fire requires rescue and salvage, the firefighting commander of the public security force shall be the rescue and salvage commander.

2. When an accident or incident requires rescue and salvage, the highest-ranking officer of the public security force assigned to command rescue and salvage and present at the scene shall be the rescue and salvage commander for the accident or incident specified at Point b, Clause 1, Article 32 of this Law.

3. The rescue and salvage commander specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article shall command through orders, be accountable for their decisions, and have the right to:

a) Use forces and vehicles of the public security forces under their management to participate in rescue and salvage activities;

b) Mobilize, according to their competence, or request persons with competence to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals to participate in rescue and salvage activities as prescribed by law;

c) Determine and decide on rescue and salvage areas, rescue and salvage measures, and the use of natural topography and landmarks for rescue and salvage purposes;

d) Prevent unauthorized persons and vehicles from entering rescue and salvage areas;

dd) Make decisions on relocating, dismantling obstacles, property within the rescue and salvage areas to rescue people and property as prescribed by law.

4. If rescue and salvage commanders of people’s public security forces have not yet arrived at the scene, heads of establishments, heads of villages or residential areas where the accidents or incidents occur shall use forces, people, and vehicles under their management to conduct rescue and salvage activities and participate in supporting and remediating accidents or incidents.

Article 35. Mobilization of forces, people, vehicles, and property to participate in rescue and salvage

1. In cases of rescue and salvage situations, forces, people, vehicles, and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals may be mobilized to participate in rescue and salvage activities; when necessary, rescue and salvage commanders may request diplomacy representative missions, consular representative missions, representative missions of international organizations in Vietnam to arrange forces, people, and vehicles to support and assist in rescue and salvage activities.

2. Agencies, organizations, households, and individuals, when mobilized to participate in rescue and salvage activities, shall be responsible for immediately arranging forces, people, vehicles, and property to participate in rescue and salvage activities.

3. Vehicles and property of agencies, organizations, households, and individuals mobilized to participate in rescue and salvage activities must be returned immediately after the end of rescue and salvage activities; in case of loss, damage, or destruction directly caused by the mobilization, compensation shall be provided.

The person with competence to decide on mobilization shall be responsible for carrying out the compensation. The compensation level and payment shall be implemented as for persons whose property are requisitioned in accordance with the law on asset requisition.

4. Forces and people mobilized to perform rescue and salvage tasks shall be given priority upon public transport.

5. The competence to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property to participate in rescue and salvage activities is specified as follows:

a) Heads of agencies and organizations shall have the right to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property under their management;

b) The Director of the Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue Police Department and heads of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police divisions of provincial-level public security departments shall have the right to mobilize forces and vehicles of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces under their management;

c) The Minister of Public Security, directors of provincial-level public security departments, and heads of district-level public security stations shall have the right to mobilize forces, people, vehicles, and property of people's public security forces under their management.

6. The Government shall prescribe the procedures for mobilizing forces, people, vehicles, and property for rescue and salvage activities.

 

Chapter V

BUILDING, ARRANGEMENT, AND DUTIES OF FIRE PREVENTION, FIREFIGHTING, AND RESCUE FORCES

 

Article 36. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces

1. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces.

2. Grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces.

3. Specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces.

4. Civil defense forces.

Article 37. Establishment and management of grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, and civil defense forces

1. Grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces and specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces shall be established, managed, and arranged into teams.

2. Establishments that have established a specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team are not required to establish a grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue team.

3. Civil defense forces shall be established in one or several villages or residential areas in a commune-level administrative unit or in a district where no commune-level administrative unit is established, as follows:

a) Civil defense forces shall be arranged into teams;

b) Based on the situation, requirements for ensuring fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue safety, socio-economic conditions, population, and natural area of localities, provincial-level People's Councils shall specify criteria for establishing civil defense teams and criteria for the number of team members in areas under their management;

c) Provincial-level People's Committees shall decide on the number of civil defense teams to be established and the number of team members in each village or residential area under their management;

d) Based on decision of provincial-level People's Committees defined at Point c of this Clause, chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees shall decide to establish civil defense teams and members of civil defense teams;

dd) Priority shall be given to members of security and order protection teams in accordance with the Law on grassroots security and order protection forces for participating in civil defense teams;

e) In villages or residential areas where heads of security and order protection teams have been recognized in accordance with the law on grassroots security and order protection forces, chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees shall appoint the heads of the security and order protection teams as the heads of the civil defense teams.

4. The Government shall prescribe establishments where grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue teams and specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue teams must be established; organization and operation of, and assurance of conditions for, grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, and civil defense forces.

Article 38. Duties of grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, and civil defense forces

1. Grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, and civil defense forces shall perform the following duties:

a) To propose competent persons issue fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue regulations, build, and practice firefighting and rescue plans within their management;

b) To perform fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations within their assigned scope and duties and participate in firefighting and rescue activities when mobilized.

2. Grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces, and civil defense forces participate in performing the following duties:

a) To disseminate and popularize knowledge, laws, and skills on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue for subjects under their management; to build a mass movement to participate in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue;

b) To build firefighting and rescue plans and rescue plans of public security authorities, prepare forces, people, and vehicles to participate in practicing plans;

c) To perform other tasks as prescribed by law.

Article 39. Voluntary fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue

1. Voluntary fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue refer to the operations where individuals voluntarily register with local public security forces to participate regularly in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

2. Individuals participating in voluntary fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations shall receive training and professional development in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

3. When necessary, fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces may request local public security forces to mobilize registered individuals to participate in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

4. The State shall have policies to encourage people to register for voluntary fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

5. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 40. Organization and arrangement of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces

1. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces under the people’s public security forces shall be organized, arranged, and managed uniformly from the central to local levels as prescribed by the Minister of Public Security.

2. The State shall build professional, elite, and modern fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces; prioritize resource allocation for the development of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces; and provide training and professional development for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces to meet the requirements of socio-economic development.

3. Agencies, organizations, and citizens shall participate in building the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces.

Article 41. Duties of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces

1. To advise and propose to the Minister of Public Security on promulgation, proposal, and implementation of strategies, policies, projects, plans, and regulations on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

2. To organize dissemination, and education on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue knowledge and laws; to provide guidelines on development of movement towards public participation in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue; and to provide training and professional development on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

3. To develop and practice firefighting and rescue plans.

4. To conduct firefighting and rescue operations.

5. To appraise fire prevention and fighting designs and inspect acceptance of fire prevention and fighting works under their competence.

6. To provide guidelines on development of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces; to guide the implementation of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue duties; and guide the equipment, management, and use of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles.

7. To organize research and application of science and technology in the field of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

8. To collect, synthesize, and analyze data on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue; to develop, manage, exploit, and operate fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and salvage databases and fire alarm transmission systems.

9. To inspect, investigate, and handle violations of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue laws in accordance with the law.

10. To manage the certification of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles and equipment in accordance with the law on product and goods quality and the law on standards and technical regulations.

11. To conduct certain investigative activities in accordance with the law on criminal proceedings and the law on investigative activities.

12. To participate in international cooperation on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

13. To perform other tasks as prescribed by law.

14. The Minister of Public Security shall detail this Article.

 

Chapter VI

FIRE PREVENTION, FIREFIGHTING, AND RESCUE VEHICLES

 

Article 42. Provision of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles

1. The State shall provide fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles and other necessary vehicles for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces and other forces within the public security force to ensure firefighting and rescue operations in all situations.

2. Heads of establishments shall decide or propose competent persons to decide on the provision of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles for grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces and specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces under their management.

3. Commune-level People's Committees shall provide fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles for civil defense forces.

4. The Minister of Public Security shall prescribe the provision of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles as prescribed in Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article.

Article 43. Management, use and maintenance of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles

1. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces shall be responsible for managing, using and maintaining equipped fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles.

2. Agencies, organizations, households, and individuals shall be responsible for managing, using and maintaining equipped fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles to ensure readiness for firefighting and rescue operations.

3. The Minister of Public Security shall prescribe the management and maintenance of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles.

Article 44. Production, assembly, import, circulation of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles, and fire-resistant materials and components

1. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles, and fire-resistant materials and components produced and assembled domestically must ensure quality and meet the declared standards and technical regulations before being circulated on the market, in accordance with the law on product and goods quality and the law on standards and technical regulations.

2. Imported fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles, and fire-resistant materials and components must meet international, regional, or national standards. In cases where Vietnam and other countries or territories recognize each other's conformity assessment results, it shall be implemented according to international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory.

3. The Government shall prescribe the issuance of permits for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles, and fire-resistant materials and components before they are circulated on the market; and the list of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles, and fire-resistant materials and components.

 

Chapter VII

ENSURING CONDITIONS FOR FIRE PREVENTION, FIREFIGHTING, AND RESCUE OPERATIONS

 

Article 45. Training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue

1. Entities of training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue include:

a) Chairpersons and vice-persons of commune-level People's Committees;

b) Heads of villages and residential areas;

c) Heads of establishments;

d) Members of grassroots fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces; members of specialized fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces; and members of civil defense forces;

dd) Individuals assigned to perform fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tasks at establishments; individuals assigned to inspect fire prevention and fighting at establishments;

e) Individuals working in environments hazardous to fire and explosion or frequently coming into contact with fire and explosion-prone goods;

g) Drivers and individuals working on vehicles defined in Clause 10 Article 2 of this Law;

h) Individuals who have registered to participate in voluntary fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations;

i) Other entities that wish to undergo training and fostering.

2. Training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue include the following contents:

a) Law provisions on fire prevention, fighting, rescue and salvage;

b) Knowledge and skills on fire prevention;

c) Knowledge and skills on firefighting;

d) Knowledge and skills on evacuation and rescue;

dd) Other contents suitable for each entity as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.

3. Fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces and fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue training institutions shall conduct training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

4. The Minister of Public Security shall prescribe training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces and other forces within the People's Public Security.

5. The Government shall detail Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article; prescribe the duration of training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue; and prescribe the regime and policies for individuals participating in training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

Article 46. Regime and policies for individuals mobilized or participating in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue

1. Individuals mobilized or participating in firefighting and rescue operations who are not part of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue forces shall receive allowances and support when participating in firefighting and rescue operations.

2. Agencies, organizations, and individuals participating, coordinating, or assisting state agencies in performing fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tasks with achievements shall be rewarded; if they suffer property damage, they shall be compensated in accordance with law.

3. Individuals mobilized or participating in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue who suffer accidents, injuries, or death shall receive regimes and policies as follows:

a) Individuals who have participated in social insurance, health insurance, and meet the conditions for insurance benefits shall receive benefits from the insurance fund in accordance with law;

b) Individuals who have not participated in health insurance and suffer accidents or injuries shall receive support for medical examination and treatment expenses; if they have not participated in social insurance and suffer accidents that reduce their working capacity as concluded by the medical assessment council, they shall be considered for allowances based on the level of reduced working capacity; if they die, their families shall receive funeral allowances;

c) Individuals who suffer injuries or death while performing tasks shall be considered for regimes and policies like those for wounded soldiers or considered for recognition as martyrs and enjoyment of corresponding rights in accordance with the law on preferential treatment for people with meritorious services to the revolution.

4. The Government shall detail Clauses 1 and 3 of this Article.

Article 47. Uniforms, badge, shoulder insignia and regime and policies for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces

1. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces shall be equipped with uniforms, badge, shoulder insignia in accordance with the law on people’s public security and shall be equipped with specialized uniforms to perform fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tasks.

2. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces shall receive the following regimes and policies:

a) Regimes and policies in accordance with the law on people’s public security;

b) Allowances for participating in training and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue; practicing firefighting and rescue plans; and participating in firefighting and rescue operations;

c) Special nutritional regimes when participating in training, practicing firefighting and rescue plans, and directly participating in firefighting and rescue operations;

d) Regimes and policies for occupations and jobs with particularly heavy, hazardous, or dangerous working conditions in accordance with the law;

dd) Officers and non-commissioned officers driving and operating firefighting and rescue vehicles shall receive regimes and policies like those for professional officers in accordance with the law on people’s public security.

3. The Minister of Public Security shall detail Points b and c Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 48. Compulsory fire and explosion insurance

1. Agencies, organizations, and individuals must participate in compulsory fire and explosion insurance for property of establishments on the list of establishments required to purchase compulsory fire and explosion insurance and implement it in accordance with the law on insurance.

2. Agencies, organizations, and individuals are encouraged to participate in compulsory fire and explosion insurance for property of establishments not on the list of establishments required to purchase compulsory fire and explosion insurance.

3. The Government shall prescribe the list of establishments required to purchase compulsory fire and explosion insurance; the rate of contribution, management, and use of revenues from compulsory fire and explosion insurance for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

Article 49. Financial sources for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations

1. Financial sources for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations include:

a) State budget;

b) Revenues from compulsory fire and explosion insurance allocated for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations;

c) Voluntary contributions, donations in cash or kind from agencies, organizations, and individuals in the country, organizations and individuals abroad;

d) Funding from the National Fund for Disaster Prevention and Control as prescribed by the law on disaster prevention and control and other legitimate funds;

dd) Other financial sources mobilized in accordance with the law.

2. The management and use of financial sources for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall comply with the law on the state budget, the law on management and use of state property, and other relevant laws.

3. The Government shall detail Points c and d Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 50. State budget for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations

1. The State shall ensure the budget to invest in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations; prioritize the allocation of resources in the 5-year financial plan, the 3-year financial-budget plan, and the annual state budget plan for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations; and include the content of ensuring fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue in the annual national defense and security expenditure tasks of the People's Committees at all levels.

2. In urgent cases, the reserve state budget may be used in accordance with the law on the state budget to serve fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

3. The State shall allocate the budget to the people’s public security forces, state agencies, public non-business units, armed forces, and other units that receive state budget allocations to serve fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations as prescribed by the law on the state budget.

4. The state budget for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations shall be used for:

a) Investment, procurement, construction, repair and maintenance of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue systems and equipment;

b) Operations of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police forces and civil defense forces;

c) Training, retraining, and fostering on fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue as prescribed by the law;

d) Other fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations as prescribed by the law.

5. The formulation, allocation, management, and use of the state budget for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations shall comply with the law on the state budget.

6. Provincial-level People's Committees shall develop and submit to People's Councils of the same level for promulgating policies of prioritizing investment and mobilizing resources to invest in building the technical infrastructure system for residential zones under their management that do not meet the conditions for traffic infrastructure and water sources serving firefighting; invest in, procure, repair and maintain systems and equipment for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

7. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 51. Incentives for investment in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations

1. The State shall encourage domestic agencies, organizations, and individuals, overseas Vietnamese, foreign organizations and individuals, and international organizations to invest, contribute, and sponsor fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue operations.

2. Organizations and individuals producing and assembling fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue vehicles and equipment domestically shall enjoy incentives on credit, land, science and technology, and human resources as prescribed by the law.

Article 52. Scientific and technological activities, fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and salvage databases, and fire alarm system

1. Scientific and technological activities in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue include basic research, applied research, technological development, application of digital technology, experimentation, pilot production, technology transfer, and other scientific and technological services to improve the quality of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue work as prescribed by the law.

2. The State shall encourage domestic agencies, organizations, and individuals, overseas Vietnamese, foreign organizations and individuals, and international organizations to invest, sponsor, and participate in scientific and technological activities in fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue.

3. Priority shall be given to combining and applying the results of domestic research topics in the field of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue into production investment, technological development, and production of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue equipment and vehicles.

4. The fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and salvage databases and fire alarm system shall be managed, operated, and exploited by the fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue police force as prescribed by the law.

5. The Government shall detail Clause 4 of this Article; prescribe the updating, declaration, and exploitation of fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue data.

 

Chapter VIII

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

 

Article 53. Amending and supplementing a number of articles of relevant laws

1. To add Point d after Point c, Clause 3, Article 10 of the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control No. 33/2013/QH13, which was amended and supplemented by the Law No. 60/2020/QH14 and Law No. 18/2023/QH15, as follows:

"d) Fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations."

2. To replace the phrase “thẩm duyệt” (appraisal and approval) with the phrase “thẩm định” (appraisal) at Point c, Clause 3, Article 56, and Clause 4, Article 82 of the Law on Construction No. 50/2014/QH13, which was amended and supplemented by the Law No. 03/2016/QH14, Law No. 35/2018/QH14, Law No. 40/2019/QH14, and Law No. 62/2020/QH14.

3. To amend and supplement Points c, d, and dd, Clause 2, Article 33 of the Law on the Capital No. 39/2024/QH15 as follows:

"c) Structures that must undergo fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal and approval or appraisal and are built without certificate or written appraisal and approval or written appraisal of fire prevention and firefighting design issued by the specialized management agency;

d) Structures that have not been built in a manner that adheres to appraised and approved or appraised fire prevention and firefighting design;

dd) Structures, parts of structures, work items of structures, production, business, and service establishments to which written approval for fire prevention and firefighting acceptance results has not been issued by the specialized management agency and which have been brought into operation."

Article 54. Effect

1. This Law takes effect on July 1, 2025, except for the cases specified in Clause 4 of this Article.

2. The Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting No. 27/2001/QH10, which was amended and supplemented by Law No. 40/2013/QH13 and Law No. 30/2023/QH15, shall cease to be effective on the date this Law takes effect, except for the cases specified in Article 55 of this Law.

3. The National Assembly’s Resolution No. 99/2019/QH14 dated November 27, 2019, on further improving and enhancing the effect and efficiency of the implementation of policies and laws on fire prevention and fighting shall cease to be effective on the date this Law takes effect.

4. The installation of fire alarm transmission devices connected to the fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage database and fire alarm transmission according to the roadmap specified in Clause 5, Article 20, and Point c, Clause 1, Article 23 of this Law shall be implemented no later than July 1, 2027.

Article 55. Transitional provisions

1. Dossiers for settling procedures related to fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage that have been received by competent agencies before the effective date of this Law but have not been settled by the effective date of this Law shall continue to be settled in accordance with the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting No. 27/2001/QH10, which was amended and supplemented by Law No. 40/2013/QH13 and Law No. 30/2023/QH15.

2. Investment projects for construction of structures, traffic structures and vehicles that have been granted fire prevention and firefighting design appraisal certificates by public security authorities but have not been accepted for fire prevention and firefighting acceptance results by the effective date of this Law shall continue to be implemented in accordance with the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting No. 27/2001/QH10, which was amended and supplemented by Law No. 40/2013/QH13 and Law No. 30/2023/QH15.

3. Certificates of training in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage that have been granted before the effective date of this Law shall remain valid until the end of the term specified in the certificates.

4. Agencies and organizations with the function of inspecting fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage equipment before the effective date of this Law shall continue to inspect fire prevention, firefighting, rescue, and salvage equipment until the end of the roadmap specified by the Government.

5. Establishments that do not meet fire prevention and firefighting requirements, are brought into use before the effective date of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting No. 27/2001/QH10, and have been subject to handling solutions of provincial-level People’s Councils shall conform to the Resolution of provincial-level People’s Councils while fire prevention and firefighting safety requirements must be rectified.

6. Establishments that do not ensure fire prevention and firefighting safety requirements and are unable to rectify them under the standards and technical regulations at the time of operation before the effective date of this Law, except for the cases specified in Clause 5 of this Article, shall be implemented as follows:

a) Provincial-level People's Committees shall classify, establish, and announce the list of establishments that do not ensure fire prevention and firefighting safety requirements and are unable to rectify them under the standards and technical regulations at the time of operation before the effective date of this Law in the localities under their management; prescribe the renovation and embellishment of urban areas that do not ensure the infrastructure for transportation or water sources serving firefighting according to the law and technical standards in fire prevention and fighting activities;

b) Ministries governing field-specific construction shall, in coordination with the Ministry of Public Security, prescribe the equipment and technical solutions to enhance fire prevention and fighting safety for structures that do not ensure fire prevention and fighting safety requirements under its management;

c) Heads of establishments, based on the current architectural, structural, functional, equipment, and production line status, shall equip suitable fire prevention and fighting equipment and choose corresponding technical solutions as prescribed at Point b of this Clause to enhance technical solutions to ensure fire prevention and fighting safety; rectify according to the chosen technical solutions, take responsibility for the results, and report in writing to direct fire prevention, fighting, rescue, and salvage management authorities after rectifying and must maintain the applied technical solutions throughout the operation;

d) Establishments that cannot apply the technical solutions as prescribed at Point b of this Clause must change their functions to suit the scale and nature of their activities;

dd) The Government shall prescribe the roadmap for implementing the provisions of this Clause.

7. Establishments, vehicles, households, and individuals that do not ensure fire prevention and fighting safety and are temporarily suspended or suspended from operation before the effective date of this Law shall continue to be settled in accordance with the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting No. 27/2001/QH10, which was amended and supplemented by Law No. 40/2013/QH13 and Law No. 30/2023/QH15.

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This Law was passed on November 29, 2024, by the XV^th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at its 8^th session.

 

Chairperson of the National Assembly

TRAN THANH MAN