Subjects inspected and supervised by port border guards of Vietnam

1. Vietnamese vessels entering or leaving; foreign vessels entering, leaving, transiting or port-transferring; Vietnamese vessels operating inland within the port checkpoint; other Vietnamese and foreign vehicles entering, leaving or operating in the port checkpoint.

2. Foreign vessels enter the checkpoint to anchor, need repairing at a shipyard, reforming or repairing beyond the port checkpoint.

3. Vietnamese people and foreigners entering, leaving or operating at the port checkpoint.

4. Documents belonging to each person and the vessel that enters, leaves or operates at the port checkpoint, including:

- An electronic or physical declaration made and submitted by the applicant when he/she follows border guard procedures, entry or exit procedures at the port checkpoint for Vietnamese vessels operating inland and inland waterway vehicles;

- The passport or international travel document if the person is a foreigner; passport or a document equivalent to the passport, or identification card if the person is a Vietnamese citizen;

- Practice certificates or cards corresponding to the purposes at the port checkpoint of the Vietnamese and foreigner;

- The permit that a Vietnamese competent authority grants to the vessel and other vehicles entering or operating at the port checkpoint in the field in which permit granting is required according to regulations of law.

View more details at the Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from August 20, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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