Vietnam: Persons eligible to enter and exit a border gate area

According to Decree No. 112/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, persons eligible to enter and exit a border gate area include:

- Passengers on exit or entry;

- Cadres, combatants, employees and civil servants of specialized state management agencies or related state agencies with working offices in the border gate area;

- Employees of agencies and organizations and individuals conducting service and commercial activities in the border gate area;

- Persons operating or working onboard vehicles carrying imports or exports, or passengers on entry or exit;

- Goods owners, persons dealing in exports and imports who enter and exit the border gate area for carrying out goods import and export procedures;

- Persons coming to work with specialized state management agencies or related agencies with working offices in the border gate area;

- Persons coming for medical examination and treatment (if there exist in the border gate area a healthcare zone for medical examination and treatment);

- In addition to the cases specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, e and g of this Clause, persons entering or exiting the border gate area for visit, guest reception or seeing off or other purposes shall obtain permits and are subject to the inspection, control, supervision and instruction of border-gate border guard posts.

Besides, Decree No. 112/2014/NĐ-CP also stipulates that articles means material products on exit or entry via border gates for non-commercial purposes, including:

- Medical products being human corpses, remains and ashes, bio-products, micro-bio samples, and human tissues or parts;

- Cultural and artistic products and objects containing cultural or artistic content;

- Precious metals, gemstones, and jewelries;

- Mineral, animal or plant samples for research, collection or exhibition activities;

- Personal effects of passengers on exit or entry through border gates;

- Other material products being articles prescribed by relevant legal documents.

View more details at Decree No. 112/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 15, 2015.

Le Hai

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