Decree 34: Vietnamese citizens who enter land border areas must have people’s identity cards

According to Decree No. 34/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, land border areas of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (below referred to as land border areas) include communes, wards and townships (below referred to as communes) which have part of their administrative boundaries overlapping the national land borderline.

Decree No. 34/2014/ND-CP stipulates that Vietnamese citizens who enter land border areas must have people’s identity cards or other personal identification papers provided by law.

Concurrently, foreigners who enter land border areas must comply with the following provisions:

- Foreigners who permanently or temporarily reside in Vietnam and enter land border areas must have permits of provincial-level Public Security Departments of localities where they permanently or temporarily reside or of the land border provinces which they enter;

- Vietnamese agencies or organizations taking foreigners into land border areas must have letters of introduction of managing agencies or organizations; persons traveling with these foreigners must have the papers specified in Clause 1 of this Article, and at the same time these agencies or organizations shall notify such to provincial-level Public Security Departments and Border-Guard Commands of the border provinces at least 24 hours in advance;

- For foreigners in representative or high-ranking delegations entering land border areas, Vietnamese agencies or organizations (inviting agencies or agencies working with these delegations) shall notify in writing provincial-level Public Security Departments and Border-Guard Commands of the border provinces of these foreigners, and concurrently send their persons to accompany with and guide these foreigners.

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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