THE
GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
76-CP
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Hanoi,
November 06, 1995
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DECREE
ON
THE AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF DECREE No.24-CP OF MARCH
24, 1995, ON THE PROCEDURES ON ENTRY AND EXIT
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on
Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
In order to create favorable conditions for international interflow in the new
situation;
At the proposals of the Minister-Chairman of the Office of the Government, the
Minister of the Interior, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
DECREES:
Article 1.-
To amend and supplement a number of Articles of Decree No.24-CP of March 24,
1995, of the Government on the procedures on entry and exit:
1. Item 3, Article 1, is amended
as follows: "The jurisdiction over the consideration and decision on
granting exit visas to public officials, workers and employees under the
management of the offices of the Party and the central agencies of people's
organizations (formerly referred to as mass organizations) is applied in
accordance with the provision of the Secretariat of the Party Central
Committee."
2. The second hyphenated
paragraph of Item 4, Article 1, is amended as follows: "The members of the
social and professional organizations (except the public officials and workers
under the management of the central agencies of people's organizations) who are
assigned to make overseas business trips by their own organizations."
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- 10 days from the reception of
the full and valid dossier for an exit trip to study and explore markets and to
carry out an economic or trade, tourist, training, labor expert... contract.
- 15 days from the reception of
the full and valid dossier for an exit trip for other personal purposes."
4. Item 3, Article 4, is amended
as follows: "The invitation of foreign guests to come and work with the
offices of the Party and the central agencies of people's organizations is done
in accordance with the provision of the Secretariat of the Party Central
Committee."
5. Article 5 is amended as
follows: "For visitors who belong to the categories exempted from visas as
stipulated below:
a) Visitors who are exempted
from entry visas as provided for by the Treaty or Agreement on Visa Exemption
signed between the Vietnamese Government and the foreign Government;
b) Officials and officers of the
Secretariat of ASEAN (regardless of what kind of passport they bear, provided
that their names are included in the list notified in advance by the
Secretariat), and officials and officers of the member countries of ASEAN who
bear diplomatic and service passports and who will be in Vietnam for not more
than 15 days from the date of entry;
c) Citizens of ASEAN member
countries who bear popular passports and who are invited by the ASEAN
Secretariat or a Vietnamese agency or organization to attend ASEAN-organized
activities in Vietnam for not more than 15 days from the date of entry.
The detailed procedure on entry
is defined as follows:
- The host office or
organization is responsible for notifying the Ministry of the Interior at least
three days prior to the visitor's entry, of the visitor's personality, his/her
purpose and schedule of the visit and the duration of his/her temporary stay in
Vietnam.
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- The Security Station at the
international port is responsible for checking and writing down the length of
the visitor's temporary stay in Vietnam on his/her passport or visa, which
shall not exceed the maximum time stipulated in the bilateral treaty or
agreement, or the time provided for in Points (b) and (c) of this
Article."
6. Article 8 is amended as
follows: "The overseas representation of Vietnam is authorized to shortcut
the processing of visa (within 1 to 2 days) in the following cases:
a) Citizens of the member
countries of ASEAN who bear popular passports (outside the categories which are
exempted from entry visas as stipulated in Point (c) of Article 5) and who
enter Vietnam for not more than 15 days for visits, participation in
conferences and seminars, surveys of the investment and trade markets,
deployment of projects or contracts on investment, aid and tourism (in groups
of five or more persons) as part of tours organized by Vietnamese tourist
companies for international travel;
b) Foreign nationals and
overseas Vietnamese settlers who are invited by authorized Vietnamese agencies
to come to work with their partners in Vietnam for a period of less than 15
days to accelerate the implementation of economic or investment, trade,
technology transfer or tourist contracts (in groups of five or more persons
organized by Vietnamese tourist companies for international travel), if the
visitors produce one of the following valid documents:
- A letter or cable of
invitation extended by the authorized Vietnamese agency;
- The investment or joint
venture license or the economic, trade, technology transfer, tourist... contract;
- Document which proves that the
visitor's latest entry into Vietnam took place less than 12 months earlier.
c) Overseas Vietnamese settlers
(including those who bear passports issued by a foreign Government) who request
entries for the purpose of visiting relatives for not more than 90 days, and
who can produce documents which testify that their latest entry took place less
than 36 months earlier.
d) A number of applicants whose
entries are requested urgently in Notes by the foreign Government or its
representation.
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The Ministry of the Interior can
deny an entry, or force the exit, of a visitor, if it discovers that the visitor
belongs to the categories that are banned from entry for security reasons or
for having violated Vietnamese law in the last entry."
7. Item 1 of Article 9 is
amended as follows: "The Vietnamese entry visa is issued directly into the
visitor's passport. The issue of separate visas should be restricted, except
for special cases which are required for foreign relations or security or
technical reasons under unified management of the Ministry of the Interior and
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs."
Article 2.-
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for officially notifying the
ASEAN Secretariat and the Governments of the ASEAN member countries of the
decision of the Vietnamese Government to exempt entry visas for visitors
stipulated in Points (5b), (5c), and to apply simplified visa procedure to
visitors stipulated in Item (6), Article 1, of this Decree and, at the same
time, propose the Governments of the ASEAN member countries to apply visa
exemption or simplified visa procedure for similar Vietnamese applicants.
In case the Government of an
ASEAN member country does not agree to apply visa exemption and simplified visa
procedure for similar Vietnamese applicants, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
shall report to the Government to guide the negotiation for a bilateral treaty
or agreement to apply to this matter.
Article 3.-
This Decree takes effect from the date of its signing. The earlier provisions
which are contrary to this Decree are now annulled.
The Ministry of the Interior and
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are responsible for guiding the implementation
of the provisions of Decree 24-CP, and the amendments and supplements provided
for in this Decree.
Article 4.-
The Ministers, the Heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the Heads of the
agencies attached to the Government, and the Presidents of the People's
Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government,
are responsible for the implementation of this Decree.
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