![]() Since its creation in the late 1990s, the Vietnam Coast Guard plays an important role in maintaining sea security and protection of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf boundary. ![]() Since August 27, 2013, it has been transferred under the direct management of the Government of Vietnam, and has also changed its name from Vietnam Marine Police ( VMP) to the current Vietnam Coast Guard name. ![]() Until 2013, it was formally a branch of Vietnam's military, the Vietnam People's Army, and falls under the management of the Vietnam Ministry of National Defence. It is purposed to perform search and rescue duties, along with their duties of combating and preventing smuggling, piracy, and trade fraud in Vietnamese waters. Vietnam Coast Guard ( VCG Vietnamese: Cảnh sát biển Việt Nam, lit.'Maritime Police of Vietnam') is the coast guard and officially a uniformed people's armed force of Vietnam.
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