What are conditions to practice as tour guides in Vietnam? When shall a tour guide card in Vietnam be revoked?

What are conditions to practice as tour guides in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 58 of the Law on Tourism in 2017 stipulating tour guides and tour guide cards:

Tour guides and tour guide cards

1. Tour guides include international tour guides, domestic tour guides and on-site tour guides.

2. Tour guide’s scope of practice:

a) An international tour guide may guide domestic tourists, inbound tourists outbound tourists;

b) A domestic tour guide may guide domestic tourists who are Vietnamese citizens nationwide;

c) An on-site tour guide may guide tourists within a tourism area and tourist attraction;

3. To act as a tour guide, a person shall:

a) have a tour guide card;

b) for the international tour guide and domestic tour guide, sign an employment contract with the travel service provider, tour guiding service provider or member of the socio-professional organization for tourism.

c) sign a contract with a travel service provider or obtain an assignment order; for the on-site tour guide, the assignment given by an operator of the tourism area or tourist attraction is required.

4. The tour guide card includes international tour guide card, domestic tour guide card and on-site tour guide card.

An international tour guide card and domestic tour guide card is valid for 05 years.

5. The fees for assessment and issuance of tour guide cards shall comply with regulations of the law on fees and charges.

As regulated above, to act as a tour guide, a person shall:

- have a tour guide card;

- for the international tour guide and domestic tour guide, sign an employment contract with the travel service provider, tour guiding service provider or member of the socio-professional organization for tourism.

- sign a contract with a travel service provider or obtain an assignment order; for the on-site tour guide, the assignment given by an operator of the tourism area or tourist attraction is required.

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What are conditions for issuance of the tour guide card in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 59 of the Law on Tourism in 2017 stipulating conditions for issuance of the tour guide card in Vietnam:

1. To obtain the domestic tour guide card, a person shall:

- have Vietnamese nationality, reside in Vietnam;

- have full legal capacity;

- have no contagious diseases and do not use any narcotics;

- hold an associate degree or higher in tour guiding; in case of an associate degree or higher in another major, a certificate of training in domestic tour guiding is required.

2. To obtain the international tour guide card, a person shall:

- have Vietnamese nationality, reside in Vietnam;

- have full legal capacity;

- have no contagious diseases and do not use any narcotics;

- hold a college degree or higher in tour guiding; in case of a college degree or higher in another major, a certificate of training in domestic tour guiding is required;

- have a good command of the foreign language registered.

3. Conditions for issuance of on-site tour guide cards, a person shall:

- have Vietnamese nationality, reside in Vietnam;

- have full legal capacity;

- have no contagious diseases and do not use any narcotics;

- pass the on-site tour guiding examination hold by a tourism authority of the province.

When shall a tour guide card in Vietnam be revoked?

Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 64 of the Law on Tourism in 2017, the tour guide card shall be revoked if the tour guide commits one of the following acts:

- Cause harm to national sovereignty and interests, national defense and security;

- Allow another person to use the tour guide card to practice;

- Fail to meet the conditions for practice and issuance of tour guide cards as prescribed by this Law;

- Forge the application for issuance, replacement and reissuance of the tour guide card.

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