According to Resolution No. 129/2024/QH15 of the 15th National Assembly on the Law and Ordinance Building Program for 2025, adjusting the Law and Ordinance Building Program for 2024, at the 9th Session (May 2025), the National Assembly The Assembly will consider and comment on the draft Law on Participation in United Nations peacekeeping forces.
As assigned by the Prime Minister, the Ministry of National Defense is the agency in charge and coordinates with relevant Departments, Ministries and branches to complete the Dossier to develop the Law on Participation in United Nations peacekeeping forces.
According to research on August 20 by Lao Dong reporter, the Ministry of National Defense is drafting a Proposal for the Law on Participation in United Nations peacekeeping forces.
The Draft Law Project Report said that in Chapter I (general provisions), regulations on prohibited acts when participating in United Nations peacekeeping forces have been added in Article 8.
Article 8 of the Draft Law stipulates prohibited acts in participating in United Nations peacekeeping forces:
Taking advantage of and abusing participation in the United Nations peacekeeping force to violate the law, infringe upon the interests of the State, and infringe upon national sovereignty and territory; sabotaging and destabilizing security, social order and safety;
Bribing, bribing, seducing, enticing or forcing participants in United Nations peacekeeping forces to violate the provisions of law;
Gender discrimination, division, discrimination against ethnicity, race, nationality, belief, religion, and cultural level in the implementation of UN peacekeeping missions.
Producing, using, buying, selling, exchanging, transporting, and spreading false information and images about sovereignty, territory, and national borders.
Other prohibited acts according to United Nations regulations while participating in United Nations peacekeeping forces.
