Can medical examiners access or exit to the border gate area in Vietnam?

Can medical examiners access or exit to the border gate area in Vietnam?

Clause 1, Article 13 of Decree 112/2014/ND-CP provides for persons who are allowed to enter and exit the border gate area:

1. Persons eligible to enter and exit a border gate area: a/ Passengers on exit or entry;

b/ Cadres, combatants, employees and civil servants of specialized state management agencies or related state agencies with working offices in the border gate area;

c/ Employees of agencies and organizations and individuals conducting service and commercial activities in the border gate area;

d/ Persons operating or working onboard vehicles carrying imports or exports, or passengers on entry or exit;

dd/ Goods owners, persons dealing in exports and imports who enter and exit the border gate area for carrying out goods import and export procedures;

e/ Persons coming to work with specialized state management agencies or related agencies with working offices in the border gate area;

g/ Persons coming for medical examination and treatment (if there exist in the border gate area a healthcare zone for medical examination and treatment);

h/ In addition to the cases specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, e and g of this Clause, persons entering or exiting the border gate area for visit, guest reception or seeing off or other purposes shall obtain permits and are subject to the inspection, control, supervision and instruction of border-gate border guard posts.

Pursuant to the current regulations, those who come for medical examination and treatment in the border-gate area with a medical area reserved for medical examination and treatment shall be allowed to access and exit the border-gate area in Vietnam.

Are service and commercial employees allowed to temporarily reside in the border-gate area in Vietnam?

Clause 2 Article 13 of Decree 112/2014/ND-CP provides for persons temporarily residing in the border-gate area as follows:

2. Persons eligible to temporary residence in a border gate area:

a/ Cadres, combatants, employees and civil servants of specialized state management agencies or related agencies with working offices in the border gate area;

b/ Employees of agencies or organizations, and individuals conducting service and commercial activities in the border gate area;

c/ Vietnamese and foreigners staying in the border gate area for the reason of non-completion of entry or exit procedures for people, vehicles and goods or persons staying in the border gate area for other plausible reasons shall register their temporary residence and are subject to the management, inspection and supervision by border-gate border guard stations.

Thus, based on current regulations, service and commercial employees may temporarily reside in the border-gate area in Vietnam.

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