On June 25, 2018, Ministry of Public Security – Supreme People’s Procuracy – People’s Court promulgated Inter-agency Circulars No. 05/2018/TTLT-BCA-VKSNDTC-TANDTC provides on cooperation to notify, send and supply information and documents related to offenders. This Inter-agency Circulars takes effect on August 08, 2018.

Accordingly, Inter-agency Circulars No. 05/2018/TTLT-BCA-VKSNDTC-TANDTC has specifically guilt on responsibility of agencies for notifying about offenders’ information and documents which was notified, sent to competent agencies solving cases as follows:

The People’s Courts shall have to notify and send the following information and documents to the professional dossier body of the Public Security Service:

• Decisions on detention, Decision to cancel detention measure, Decision to replace detention measure;
• A court’s first-instance judgment, appellate judgment
• Criminal decision of cassation or re-opening court hearings and meetings
• Decision on enforcement of imprisonment sentences, decisions on reduction of term of serving imprisonment sentences, exemption from imprisonment sentences;
• Decision on postponement of the serving of imprisonment sentence, suspension of serving the imprisonment penalty;
• The decision to release the prisoner before the expiration of the condition; The decision to cancel the release decision before the expiration of the conditional period;
• Decision on compulsory treatment; The decision to suspend the application of compulsory medical treatment;
• Decision on remission of criminal records, The State President’s decision on the application for death penalty reduction
• Decision to execute the death penalty; Death sentence execution.

Besides, this Inter-agencies Circular also specifically regulates about kinds of information, document which related to offenders provided by investigation authorities of People’s police force, Investigating body of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, Supreme People’s Procuracy take responsible to notify and send to The professional police office; The types of information and documents which the Public Security Service’s job-providing body has the responsibility to provide to the bodies with procedure-conducting competence.

By regulations with specific guidance Inter-agency Circulars No. 05/2018/TTLT-BCA-VKSNDTC-TANDTC has made clear the responsibilities of each agency in coordinating notification, To provide information and documents related to offenders, to ensure the lawful rights and interests of offenders and at the same time contribute to ensuring that the settlement of the cases is smooth and without problems in procedural matters.