Vietnam’s regulations on land border gate area applied from January 15, 2015

According to Decree No. 112/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, land border gate area includes:

1. National gates.

2. Areas for specialized state management agencies to conduct procedure clearance, inspection, control and supervision of exit and entry activities.

- The barrier system: For the maintenance of security and order and the regulation of exit and entry activities of people, vehicles and goods through border gates;

- The joint control house: To be reserved for professional activities of specialized state management agencies, comprising the waiting area; the exit and entry procedure clearance area; the external relations room; the violation-handling room; the command and administration room of specialized state management agencies; equipment and technical facility area; the meeting and guest reception room;

- The medical quarantine and medical treatment isolation area;

- The area for procedure clearance, inspection and supervision of vehicles on entry and exit and imports and exports;

- The area of storehouses, wharves and yards for goods to be imported or exported; cargo depots;

- The train station area (for railway border gates);

- Piers and anchorage areas for vessels pending exit, entry or transit procedure clearance (for inland waterway border gates).

3. Working areas of related state agencies.

- The working office of the Border Gate Management Board;

- The working offices of the Transport, Banking, Treasury agencies and other related agencies.

4. Service and trading activity area.

- Duty-free shops; goods shops, department stores and trade centers;

- Postal services;

- Tourist services;

- Car parks and wharves;

- Non-tariff zone (if any);

- Other service and trade areas.

5. Restricted areas and other areas (if any).

Other regulations on border gate areas are as follows:

- The Ministry of National Defense shall establish the baưier systems and technical facilities to determine the boundaries between the border gate areas and other areas and maintain and ensure political security, social order and safety at border gate areas.

- Border gate areas must have “Khu vuc cua khau” (The Border Gate Area) signboards and a system of signboards, instruction signs and notice boards made according to the models prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense.

- Border-gate inspection, control and supervision procedure clearance areas shall be established for the specialized state management agencies to carry out the inspection, control and supervision procedures according to their prescribed functions and tasks.

- Within border gate areas, the specialized state management agencies may arrange professional and technical facilities and equipment for carrying out the inspection, control and supervision procedures in accordance with law.

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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