The LAW on the Red Cross operation _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1992 was revised, some additional articles by resolution No. 51/2001/QH10;
Congress enacted the law on the Red Cross activities, chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS article 1. Scope and objects 1. This law regulates the activity of the Red Cross; icons in Red Cross activities; mobilization, reception, management and use of resources for Red Cross activities, international cooperation on the activities of the Red Cross; Vietnam Red Cross (hereinafter referred to as the Red Cross); the responsibility of the State bodies, organizations, individuals active in the Red Cross.
2. This law applies to organizations and individuals in the country; organizations, foreign individuals, international organizations (hereafter referred to collectively as organizations, individuals) to participate in Red Cross activities in Vietnam.
Article 2. The Red Cross operation activities of the Red Cross is a humanitarian activity by community-based Red Cross Society carried or in collaboration with organizations, individuals perform on emergency relief and humanitarian assistance; Wellness; the initial first aid; blood donation, tissue donation, organs and donation correctly; News Search relatives missing due to war, natural disasters, the disaster; advocacy and humanitarian values; Join disaster prevention.
Article 3. The red cross operating principle 1. Voluntary service benefit 2. Publicity and transparency; for your purposes, objects; timely and effective.
3. Non-discrimination, in accordance with the traditional kindness of people.
4. Use the Red Cross emblem.
5. Compliance with the provisions of the law of Vietnam, international treaties on humanitarian activities which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.
Article 4. The State's policy with regard to Red Cross activities 1. The State has a policy to encourage, support and create favorable conditions for organizations and individuals to join the Red Cross activities.
2. When taking Red Cross activities, organizations, individuals suffering damage to property shall be compensated according to the provisions of the law; individuals compromised on health, life, then enjoy mode, the policy prescribed by the law.
Article 5. The responsibility of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the front's member organizations, other organizations and individuals active in the Red Cross 1. Vietnam Fatherland Front, the front's member organizations, other organizations within the scope of his duties, function is responsible for advocacy, lobbying the members of your organization and the people to join the Red Cross activities, monitor the implementation of the law on the activities of the Red Cross.
2. Delegation of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth in addition to the implementation of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article are responsible for coordinating with the Red Cross youth force organization, Youth Red Cross activities.
3. organizations and individuals within the scope of its powers, duties and create conditions conducive to the implementation of Red Cross activities.
Article 6. The prohibited acts 1. Hinder or force the Organization, individuals involved in Red Cross activities.
2. To use, providing products, goods, and services, does not guarantee the quality of harm to human life, health of Red Cross activities.
3. false statements, fraud, appropriation, unauthorized use of money, organization, funding, individual contributions to the Red Cross activities.
4. Using the Red Cross operation aims to infringe national security, order, social security.
5. Use the Red Cross operation to service.
6. Ask the person to be relief, help pay for the shipping, receiving, distributing money, artifacts in the Red Cross activities.
7. Use the Red Cross emblem is unlawful.
Chapter II the RED CROSS ACTIVITIES in article 7. The Red Cross works on emergency relief and humanitarian aid 1. The Red Cross works on emergency relief operations is timely, direct assistance for victims of war, natural disasters, epidemics, fire, traffic accidents and other disasters, accidents, include: a) monetary relief, artifacts and help overcome initial difficulties;
b) motivation, psychological support.
2. the Red Cross about humanitarian aid is assistance for the disabled, older people are not helpless, orphaned children, who are particularly difficult circumstances, including: a) the help of the media, money, and effort;
b) apprenticeship funding assistance, job creation;
c) consultation funding help, cure, rehabilitation;
d) help.
3. The emergency relief and humanitarian assistance ensure priority principle places the most difficult subjects, and are as follows: a) in the case of emergency relief money, artifacts is provided immediately, directly to the object as specified in paragraph 1 of this article;
b) in the case of humanitarian assistance, the object receiving the money, the current relief supplies is determined on the basis of the average public comment, Democrat of community and the confirmation of the people's Committee of communes, wards and towns (hereinafter referred to as the social level) or the basis of social protection where the object is being nurtured.
Article 8. Red Cross activities about health care about Red Cross activities in health care are contributing to activities to protect and improve the health of people completely naked, participating in prevention of diseases, including: 1. Advocacy, dissemination of knowledge about health care; mobilize, guide and support people make health care measure for yourself, family, and community;
2. The organization of forces, training, refresher training, membership, volunteers have the knowledge, skills, methods to make the health care activities;
3. Join the prevention of disease;
4. hold the base doctor, cure, medical forms, mobile healing according to the provisions of the law.
Article 9. The Red Cross works on initial first aid Red Cross activities about the initial first aid is operating aid for the victims of war, natural disasters, epidemics, fire, traffic accidents and other accidents, disasters, including: 1. first aid organization in place timely, bringing victims to the medical facility and notify families, agency, organization where victims or people's Committee granted the commune where the victim resides.
2. Organizing the force, conducting training, refresher training, membership, volunteers have skills, first aid methods;
3. the score organization, first aid stations in the regular place of accident, provide first aid tools.
Article 10. The Red Cross operation on blood donation, tissue donation, human body parts and a donation. The Red Cross operation on blood donation activity is contributing to the blood service needs healing, including: a) advocacy, mobilization of blood donation;
b) organize blood donation facility, force;
c) blood donation organization;
d) receiving blood, blood products from individual organizations;
DD) in collaboration with the medical profession in the tests, the technical process of preservation of blood and blood products.
2. the Red Cross about the donation of tissues, organs and donation is propaganda about the meaning, the purpose of the donation of tissues, organs and donation.
Article 11. Red Cross cure activity on the purple engine news lost relatives due to war, natural disasters, the disaster the Red Cross activities on finding lost relatives due to news of war, natural disasters, the disaster is the activity that provides information about the identity or support the meet, reunite for personal , the family lost due to war, natural disaster, catastrophe in the country and abroad, including: 1. Propagation of purpose, meaning, the scope of activity of the Red Cross about the news search relatives;
2. Income, handle, support the exchange of information relating to the individual's relatives, families need to search the news in case the normal communication channels is interrupted;
3. Advice, guidance, support, helping individuals, families and their relatives in the contact, proceed with the necessary procedures to soon meet, reunite families.
Article 12. Red Cross activities on humanitarian values and propaganda activities of the Red Cross about humanitarian values advocacy activity is aimed at raising awareness of the Organization, individuals on the following contents: 1. purpose, meaning, the content of Red Cross activities; the tradition of kindness, love love, the spirit of solidarity of the peoples of Vietnam;
2. Policy, the law of the State on the activities of the Red Cross;
3. international humanitarian law, the basic principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent International, other international treaties on humanitarian activities which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.
Article 13. The Red Cross works on preventing disaster, Red Cross activities about disaster prevention activity is contributing to reducing the risk of disaster, damage to people and property in the event of a disaster, including: 1. Propaganda, common knowledge, skill's Guide for members , Red Cross volunteers, people about prevention, disaster response;
2. Organization of the forces, the media, other physical conditions to participate in disaster prevention;
3. Participate in the evacuation, relocation, protect the people, help people in distress, the recovery operation with the community after the disaster.
Chapter III LOGO in COPPER RED CROSS ACTIVITIES article 14. The red cross symbol 1. The red cross symbol is the Red Cross on a white background. The Red Cross emblem is respected and protected by law.
2. the red cross symbol is the sign to know who is making the Red Cross activities and facilities, vehicles and artifacts used in activities of the Red Cross. During the armed conflict, the red cross symbol is the sign to identify and protect people, facilities and vehicles, artifacts bring this icon.
Article 15. Using the red cross symbol 1. The red cross symbol to be used when conducting the Red Cross operations and at the base, on the media, of the Red Cross.

2. When there is armed conflict, the red cross symbol was used according to the provisions of the Convention to jam-ne-Venice involved, the additional protocol that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.
Article 16. The Red Crescent emblem, the Red Crystal symbol symbol of the Red Crescent, Red Crystal symbol by international organizations, foreign organizations in the movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent international use in Vietnam are respected and protected by law.
Chapter IV campaign, DONATIONS, receive, ADMINISTER, USE RESOURCES for RED CROSS ACTIVITIES article 17. Resources for Red Cross activities 1. Resources for Red Cross activities include manpower, money, artifacts, other resources are campaigning, donations, received from organizations, individuals and supported from the State budget.
2. The Government specifies the support from the State budget for the activities of the Red Cross.
Article 18. Advocacy, raise money, artifacts and other resources for Red Cross activities 1. The Red Cross organized the campaign, donating money, effort, and wisdom of individual organizations to make the Red Cross activities.
Event of a natural disaster, catastrophe, dangerous disease causing serious consequences on people and property, the Red Cross statement the Red Cross organizations in the country and abroad.
Government Guide, directing the relevant State agencies create favorable conditions, make quick exit and entry procedures, customs men, money and material to serve the Red Cross operations in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophe, dangerous disease.
2. The organization of the campaign, donating money, effort, intelligence should ensure the voluntary principles and must follow the rule of law.
3. The campaign, donating money, effort, wisdom for Red Cross activities must be public, transparent as specified in article 21 of this law.
4. The difficult subjects that need relief, help people to know information and join relief, help.
Article 19. To receive, administer, use of money, artifacts from organizations, individuals and supported from the State budget for Red Cross activities 1. The Red Cross is responsible for receiving, managing, using money, artifacts from organizations, individuals and supported from the State budget to serve the Red Cross activities.
2. The Red Cross in cooperation with the people's Committee of timely supply list and held money for audience, artifacts need relief, help.
3. The management and use of money, artifacts due to the campaign, donating, receiving must ensure the right purpose, object according to the rules of law and must be public, transparent as specified in article 21 of this law.
Article 20. Tax exemption for goods, services the Red Cross activities in commodities, services that are free of Red Cross activities, tax relief under the provisions of tax legislation.
Article 21. Publicity and transparency in lobbying, fundraising, reception, management and use of money, currently wrestling for Red Cross activities 1. The donation, receive, administer, use of money, artifacts from organizations and individuals for Red Cross activities must be public, transparent and subjected to the inspection, testing, monitoring under the provisions of the law.
2. The content must include transparency, public purpose maneuvering, donate, donation, advocacy results, the use, results of use and settlement reports.
3. Publicity includes: a) listed in the place of receiving the money, and where artifacts get relief, help;
b) reported on the mass media;
c) provide the information on request by the Agency, organization, individual provisions of the law.
4. organizations and individuals implement the Red Cross operation is responsible for implementing the public form specified in point a and point c of paragraph 3 of this article, may choose the form publicly specified in point b of paragraph 3 of this article.
5. Time of publicity is specified as follows: a) the purpose maneuvering, the donation must be public before conducting advocacy, fundraising;
b) results advocacy, the donation must be public within a period of thirty days from the date of the end of the campaign, donating;
c) the use, results using money, artifacts and the report must be made public within a period of thirty days from the date of the approved settlement reports;
d) within ten days from the date of the request as specified in point c paragraph 3 of this article, the Red Cross, the Organization, individuals carrying the Red Cross is responsible for providing the information, unless the content of the information has been publicized on mass media or public listing; the case does not provide or not to provide the information required to answer in writing by the Agency, organization, personal requirements and clearly state the reason.
Article 22. The Red Cross operational funds 1. The Red Cross operation Foundation is the charitable social fund by the Red Cross Society management, are used to implement the activities of the Red Cross.
2. the activities of the Red Cross Fund formed from the following sources: a) the voluntary contributions, the funding of the Organization, the individual; humanitarian aid of international organizations, foreign Government;
b) support from the State budget in case of need;
c) other legal revenues.
3. operation the Red Cross Funds include the emergency relief fund and other funds established by the rule of law.
4. The establishment, organization, functioning and management of the Fund the Red Cross operation is performed according to the regulations of the Government.
Chapter v. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ABOUT RED CROSS ACTIVITIES Article 23. The principle of international cooperation activities International Red Cross in red cross operations to be performed on the basis of respect for independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, equality, in accordance with the provisions of the law of Vietnam and international law on the activities of the Red Cross.
Article 24. International cooperation content of Red Cross activities 1. Build and execute the program, projects on the Red Cross activities 2. The task of the international movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent International.
3. The exchange of information, experience of Red Cross activities.
4. Training, fostering the implementation of Red Cross activities.
5. Signing, joining and implementing international treaties, international agreements on the activities of the Red Cross.
Article 25. Red Cross activities of international organizations, institutions and individuals in Vietnam held in movement and the International Red Crescent, other international organizations, institutions and individuals to foreign countries when joining the Red Cross activities in Vietnam have to comply with the law of Vietnam and Vietnam State created favorable conditions.
Article 26. International relief 1. The Red Cross joins international relief operations on the basis of compliance with the basic principles of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, the provisions of the law of Vietnam, international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member, the law of the country , law and international practices.
2. The red cross out the call to the people of Vietnam supported the people of the country were serious disaster after the consent of the Prime Minister.
3. the State creates conditions for the Red Cross joins international relief operations.
Chapter VI article 27 RED CROSS. The Red Cross 1. The Red Cross is active social organization of humanitarian law, international law, Vietnam, fundamental principles of the Red Cross movement and the International Red Crescent, other international treaties on humanitarian activities which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member, and by the rules.
2. The Red Cross is a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, members of the movement of the Red Cross and the International Red Crescent, have the task of organizing or coordinating the implementation of activities of the Red Cross and other tasks performed by the competent State bodies.
Article 28. The funding of operations and assets of the Red Cross 1. The funding activities of the Red Cross is formed from the following sources: a) the Member's dues;
b) supporters of the Organization, the individual;
c) support from the State budget to implement the campaign, receiving, shipping, distribution of relief items, money and other tasks assigned by the State;
d) other legal revenues.
2. The Red Cross reception, management and use in accordance with the law for which the State property and assets donated by individual organizations.
Chapter VII RESPONSIBILITIES of STATE AUTHORITIES, MASS INFORMATION BODIES in RED CROSS ACTIVITIES in Article 29. State management content about Red Cross activities 1. Enact and implement the legal text, the policy of Red Cross activities.
2. Advocacy, policy, common law about Red Cross activities.
3. Inspect, examine the implementation of the law on the activities of the Red Cross; complaints, accusations and handle breach of the law on the activities of the Red Cross.
4. Perform statistics, information, propaganda, reports of Red Cross activities 5. International cooperation on article 30 Red Cross activities. State management bodies of Red Cross activities 1. The unified Government to manage state on the Red Cross activities 2. The Interior Ministry is responsible before the Government implement state management on the activities of the Red Cross.
3. The ministerial-level agencies, within the scope of the mission, his powers have a responsibility to coordinate with the Interior Ministry make governance about Red Cross activities.
4. the people's committees of all levels within the Mission of his powers, Operations Manager at local Red Cross.
Article 31. The responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior 1. Building and the competent State agencies issued or issued by the authority the legal text about Red Cross activities.
2. Inspect, examine the implementation of the law on the activities of the Red Cross; to perform statistics, reports on the activities of the Red Cross.
Article 32. The responsibilities of the Ministry 1. Ministry of labor, invalids and Social Affairs guide Red Cross activities on emergency relief, humanitarian assistance, search for lost relatives due to news of war, natural disaster, catastrophe.

2. The Ministry of health of Red Cross activities guide on health care, initial first aid, blood donation, tissue donation, organs and donation.
3. The Ministry of finance instructed the reception, management and use of resources, support from the State budget for the activities of the Red Cross.
4. The Ministry of agriculture and rural development, the Ministry of public security, the Ministry of Defense, Red Cross operations guide on preventing, responding to the disaster.
5. The State Department guidelines, international cooperation in support of Red Cross activities.
6. The Ministry of education and training to guide the work of the Organization and development of activities of Red Cross youth, teens in the case.
7. The Ministry of information and communication guide the work info, propaganda about Red Cross activities.
Article 33. The responsibility of our agency news agency are responsible for the information, advocacy and coordinated mobilization of the people participate in Red Cross activities, stated fine, criticized negative expression in the implementation of the law on the activities of the Red Cross.
The implementation of information, propaganda about Red Cross activities at no additional charge, except where done under contract with the program, project organization, personal finance.
Chapter VIII TERMS of ENFORCEMENT of Article 39. Effect of this Law has effect from January 1, 2009.
This law was the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam XII, third session through March 6, 2008./.