On July 10, 2024, the Ministry of Public Security issued Circular 32/2024/TT-BCA amending Circular 149/2020/TT-BCA guiding the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; the amended Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; and Decree 136/2020/ND-CP guiding the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting and the amended Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; and Circular 08/2018/TT-BCA guiding Decree 83/2017/ND-CP regulating rescue work of the fire prevention and fighting forces. The following are some new points of Circular 32 that may affect business operations:
(i) Amending and supplementing the components of the documents of managing and supervising fire prevention and fighting for the facilities mentioned in Annex III (List of facilities managed by the Police agencies [on fire prevention and fighting]) of Decree 50/2024/ND-CP;
(ii) Supplementing the components of the documents of managing and supervising fire prevention and fighting for the facilities mentioned in Annex IV (List of facilities managed by the communal People’s Committees [on fire prevention and fighting]) of Decree 50;
(iii) Amending the regulations on updating the online database on fire prevention and fighting and connecting the incident report transmission.



