Is it permissible to send gifts to inmates by post in Vietnam?

Is it permissible to send presents to inmates by post in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 52 of the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments in 2019 stipulating regime for visits of relatives and receipt of presents in Vietnam as follows: 

4. Inmates may receive cash and articles from their relatives twice a month by post. Prisons, detention centers and criminal judgment execution agencies of district-level police offices shall receive cash and articles sent to inmates from their relatives and open, check and handle them under law and deal with articles under the ban list as per the law.

As regulations above, you are permissible to send cash and articles, which doesn't not belong to the ban list as per the law, to your son twice a month by post.

Is it necessary to bring visit books when visiting inmates in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 5, Article 52 of the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments in 2019 stipulating as follows: 

5. In order to meet inmates, relatives of inmates shall bring with them visit books or visit applications certified by the commune-level People's Committee or police office of the place in which they reside or by the agency or organization at which they work or study. Prisons, detention centers and criminal judgment execution agencies of district-level police offices shall inform relatives of inmates of regulations on visits to inmates. Relatives of inmates shall observe these regulations.

A relative of a foreign inmate shall file an application with the criminal judgment execution management agency. Such application must be written in or translated to Vietnamese and certified by the diplomatic mission or consular office of the country of which the applicant is a citizen or the Vietnam-based representative office of the international organization in which the applicant works. If the relative of a foreign inmate is Vietnamese, such application must be certified by the commune-level People's Committee of the place in which the relative resides. Within 15 days after receiving an application, the criminal judgment execution management agency shall issue a reply to the applicant; in special cases, this time limit may be prolonged to 30 days at most.

As regulations above, in order to meet inmates, relatives of inmates shall bring with them visit books or visit applications certified by the commune-level People's Committee or police office of the place in which they reside or by the agency or organization at which they work or study.

Best regards!