Recently, the National Assembly of Vietnam has officially issued the Residence Law 2020, replacing the Residence Law 2006 and amended Residence Law 2013.
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The Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam has supplemented a number of prohibited acts in residence, thus, from July 01, 2021, the following 13 acts of residence will be strictly prohibited by the State, including:
1. Obstruct a citizen from exercising their right to freedom of residence.
2. Misuse information on permanent or temporary residence to restrict a citizen’s legitimate rights and interests.
3. Give, broker or receive a bribe for residence registration or management.
4. Fail to receive or postpone receipt of residence registration documents or information or other acts of harassment; fail to process or process a valid application for residence registration in a belated manner; annul permanent or temporary residence registration against regulations of law. (new provision)
5. Collect, manage or use residence registration charges against regulations of law.
6. Impose a deadline, procedure, document or form against regulations of law or falsify information or a document on residence.
7. Deliberately issue or refuse to issue a document on residence against regulations of law.
8. Misuse the right to freedom of residence to violate state interests or legitimate rights and interests of an organization or individual.
9. Forge a document or data on residence; use a forged document or data on residence; provide inaccurate information or document on residence; make a false declaration or forge a document for permanent or temporary residence registration; buy, sell, hire, lease, borrow, lend, destroy, pawn or receive a document on residence as collateral.
10. Organize, incite, entice, persuade, aid and abet or force another person to commit a violation against regulations on residence.
11. Process an application for permanent or temporary residence registration when clearly knowing the applicant does not reside in the place in question.
12. Let another person register one’s place of residence as their permanent or temporary residence out of selfish interest or when they do not actually reside in such places.
13. Access, use, destroy, obstruct or disrupt operation of or change, delete, distribute or provide information in the residence database illegally. (new provision)
The Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam officially takes effect from July 01, 2021, replacing the Residence Law 2006.
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