05 activities of people and vehicles in land border areas of Vietnam

According to Decree No. 34/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, activities in land border areas include inhabiting, entering, traveling, producing, doing business; exploring and exploiting natural resources; constructing works, implementing projects and other activities related to the construction, management and protection of the national border, maintenance of social security, order and safety in land border areas.

Activities of people and vehicles in land border areas are specified as follows:

- Vietnamese citizens (except border inhabitants) and foreigners entering land border areas and staying overnight shall register their stay with local commune-level public security offices in accordance with law. Overnight stay in the border belt must be notified in writing to local border-guard posts.

- People and vehicles operating in land border areas must have sufficient papers prescribed by law and follow instructions and submit to the inspection and control by local border-guard posts, commune-level public security offices and specialized forces in accordance with law.

- Activities of Vietnamese and foreign people and vehicles in tourist, service and trade centers, border-gate economic zones, border-gate areas and other economic zones opened in land border areas must comply with regulations applicable to such zones and areas and other relevant laws.

- Other activities in land border areas must comply with the relevant laws and this Decree.

- Border inhabitants of a bordering country who conduct activities in Vietnamese land border areas shall comply with agreements on border regulations concluded between the two countries and with Vietnamese law.

View more details at Decree No. 34/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from June 15, 2014.

Le Hai

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