PROHIBITED TO DECLARE THE FALSE TERRORISM INFORMATION
On June 12, 2013, the National Assembly approves the Law No. 28/2013/QH13 on Counter-Terrorism provides for the counter-terrorism principles, policies, measures and forces; international cooperation and responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals in preventing and combating terrorism.
The Law explains clearly that terrorism means one, several or all of the following acts of organizations or individuals aiming to oppose the people’s administration, coerce the people’s administration, foreign organizations and international organizations, cause difficulties to the international relations of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or cause public panic such as infringing upon the lives, health, body freedom or threatening to infringe upon the lives or intimidating the spirit of other persons; appropriating, damaging, destroying or threatening to destroy property; attacking, infringing upon, obstructing or causing disorder to, the operation of computer networks, telecommunications networks, Internet and digital equipment of agencies, organizations or individuals; guiding the manufacture, production and use of, or manufacturing, producing, storing, transporting, trading in, weapons, explosives, radioactive, toxins, inflammables and other instruments and means for committing the acts and so on.
Accordingly, the State condemns and severely punishes all acts of terrorism and terrorist financing; resorts to synchronous measures to organize terrorism prevention and combat; propagates and mobilizes organizations and individuals to participate in terrorism prevention and combat and adopts policies to mobilize scientific and technological achievements to serve terrorism prevention and combat Besides, the State prioritizes investment of technical and professional equipment and means for and assures the regimes and policies toward forces fighting terrorism and terrorist financing and applies policies and measures to protect organizations and individuals participating in terrorism prevention and combat. Additionally, organizations and individuals that record achievements in terrorism prevention and combat are commended according to the law on emulation and commendation.
Besides, the State shall apply leniency policy toward organizations and individuals that take the initiative in abandoning their intentions to commit terrorism or finance terrorists; that terminate midway at their own will their acts of terrorism or terrorist financing or attempt, or before their acts of terrorism or terrorism financing are detected, stop, reduce the damage or redress the consequences and surrender themselves and sincerely report on their acts, actively assisting responsible agencies in detecting, stopping, investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating terrorists and terrorist financers.
In accordance with this Law, the Government shall set up the National Counter-Terrorism Steering Committee. Its members shall work on a part-time basis and the standing body is the Ministry of Public Security.
This Law takes effect on October 01, 2013.
