Vietnam: Procedures for registration of change of the ship registration office

According to Clause 12 Article 1 of Decree No. 86/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government amending Point a Clause 4 Article 15 of Decree No. 171/2016/NĐ-CP, from September 15, 2020, upon the receipt of the application, the registrar of ship shall carry out the following procedures:

- With regard to an application submitted directly, the ship registration office shall instruct the applicant to complete it, if it is invalid, or record it into the monitoring book and grant an application confirmation slip giving an appointment to the applicant within the prescribed time limit;

- With respect of applications received by post, the registrar of ship shall, within 02 working days as of the receipt of the invalid application, provide instructions to the applicant to complete that application in conformity with regulations herein;

- Within 02 working days as from the receipt of valid application, the registrar of ship shall grant the new certificate of registry, and directly or by post send it to the applicant. If the application is refused, a written response indicating reasons thereof shall be given to the applicant.

Moreover, according to Clause 5 Article 15 of Decree No. 171/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the shipowner shall pay registration fee directly at the head office of the registrar of ship or by transfer to the account of the registrar of ship before receiving the application processing result in conformity with regulations announced by Ministry of Finance, and at the same time pay all fees for sending application and attached documents, and money transfer fee.

View more details at Decree No. 86/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 15, 2020.

Le Vy

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