text: Vietnam In Vietnam, the Military Provost Company of the 144th Brigade is under the command of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. The provosts are responsible for guarding, protecting and patrolling around the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence and army offices nearby. They are also responsible for supervising military laws on soldiers and officers. Even though the 144th Brigade is the highest level division in the Military Provost force of Vietnam, however, there seems to be no unified command for the Military Provost under the General Staff, the Ministry of Defense or another General Department within the Ministry. According to Vietnamese law, professional military provost forces are organized in the General Department, Military Regions, Corps and Military Command of provinces, cities and municipalities to operate regularly in the area responsible while non-professional military provost forces organized at the division level and above (including agencies, factories, enterprises, and economic military units) and only operate when there is a mission requirement. There are several known military provost units such as the 31st Military Provost Battalion of Ho Chi Minh City Military Command, the said 144th Brigade, and the 103rd Military Provost Battalion of the High Command of Capital Hanoi. Besides the provost units, there are also the military investigative agencies that function similarly to the provosts, such as the Military Criminal Investigation Agency and the Military Investigative Security Agency within the Defense Ministry.