What is the Vietnam Embassy? What tasks does the Vietnam Embassy perform abroad?
What is the Vietnam Embassy?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 2 of the 2009 Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, representative missions include:
+ Diplomatic representative missions
+ Consular representative missions
+ Representative missions at international organizations.
In which, according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 4 of the 2009 Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the diplomatic representative missions are embassies.
What is the Vietnam Embassy? What tasks does the Vietnam Embassy perform abroad?
What tasks does the Vietnam Embassy perform abroad?
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter II of the 2009 Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the tasks and powers of the Vietnam Embassy abroad are as follows:
Promoting socio-political and defense-security relations
- To sum up, evaluate and provide competent agencies with information on the socio-political and defense-security situation in receiving countries and international organizations.
- To propose to competent agencies necessary measures to promote the development of socio¬political and defense-security relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries and international organization.
- To establish, maintain and develop their relations with agencies, organizations and individuals in receiving countries and international organizations; to facilitate the implementation of foreign policies in the relations with receiving countries and international organizations.
Serving national economic development
- To study receiving countries' or international organizations' strategies, policies, laws and trends on economic development, trade, investment, development assistance, science and technology, environmental protection, education and training, tourism, cooperation on the use of human resources and other related issues;
To report to competent agencies on policies and decisions of strategic significance adopted by receiving countries and international organiza-tions, which may affect the Vietnamese economy.
- To provide information on and introduce the situation of and possibility and demands for cooperation between enterprises of Vietnam and receiving countries.
- To propose to competent agencies appropriate policies and measures and organize their implementation in order to develop economic relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries and international organizations.
- To participate in trade and investment promotion; to mobilize and seek assistance for and disseminate information on Vietnam tourism in receiving countries and international organiza¬tions: to step up scientific and technological cooperation between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries; to promote the development of overseas labor markets; to assist with the verification of information on economic activities and the legal entity status of enterprises in receiving countries when requested.
Promoting cultural relations
- To sum up, evaluate and inform competent agencies of cultural creation and development experiences of receiving countries and international organizations.
- To propose measures for promoting cultural cooperation between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries and international organizations.
- To propagate and disseminate information on the Vietnamese history, culture, image and people in receiving countries and international organizations.
- To introduce the history, culture, national image and people of receiving countries and activities related to the culture of receiving international organizations to Vietnamese agencies, organizations and people.
- To support and facilitate the exchange of delegations and cultural exchange between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries and international organizations.
- To organize or jointly organize Vietnamese cultural activities and events in receiving countries and international organizations.
Performing consular tasks
- To provide consular protection of the State's interests and lawful rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities and perform consular tasks prescribed in Article 8 of the 2009 Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (amended in 2017) on the basis of:
+ Compliance with Vietnam's laws, laws of receiving countries and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties;
+ Conformity with international law and practices.
- To grant, extend, modify, or cancel passports, laisser-passers and other papers valid for entry into and exit out of Vietnam in accordance with law.
- To grant, modify, or cancel visas; to grant, revoke, and cancel certificates of Vietnamese visa exemption in accordance with law.
- To perform tasks related to civil status and child adoption in conformity with Vietnam's laws, laws of receiving countries or treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties.
- To perform tasks regarding notarization and certification in accordance with Vietnam's laws and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties.
Supporting and protecting overseas Vietnamese communities
- To propagate and introduce Vietnam's policies and laws related to overseas Vietnamese.
- To review and report to competent agencies on the situation of overseas Vietnamese communities as well as mobilization of and support for overseas Vietnamese communities.
- To propose to competent agencies appropriate policies and measures to maintain the close attachment of overseas Vietnamese communities to the country;
To encourage overseas Vietnamese to preserve national identities and participate in all areas of social life in Vietnam.
- To create conditions for and support overseas Vietnamese to stabilize their lives and integrate themselves into the society in receiving countries;
To propose necessary measures to protect lawful rights and interests of overseas Vietnamese and prevent discrimination against overseas Vietnamese communities in receiving countries.
Who is the head of the Vietnam Embassy abroad?
According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 19 of the 2009 Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the head of the Vietnam Embassy abroad is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary or the charge d’affaires, in case the post of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary has not yet been appointed.
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