Subjects to be granted diplomatic passports, service passports in Vietnam

Subjects to be granted diplomatic passports, service passports in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Persons to be issued with diplomatic passports in Vietnam

 Persons to be issued with diplomatic passports in Vietnam include:

- General Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party, members of Political Bureau, Secretary of Central Communist Party, members of Central Committee of the Communist Party, alternative members of Central Committee of the Communist Party; heads and vices of agencies affiliated to Central Committee of Communist Party, other agencies established by Central Committee of the Communist Party, Political Bureau and Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and Office of the Party Central Committee; Members of Central Inspection Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam; Secretary, Deputy Secretary of Party Executive Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities, Executive Communist Party of central government authorities and central enterprises; commissioners, assistants and secretary of General Secretary of  Central Committee of the Communist Party; assistants of members of Political Bureau.

- Chairperson of National Assembly, Vice Chairperson of National Assembly; heads, vices and standing members of agencies of National Assembly; heads and vices of agencies affiliated to Standing Committee of National Assembly and Office of the National Assembly; State Auditor General, Vice State Auditor General; members of National Assembly; assistants and secretaries of Chairperson of National Assembly.

- President, Vice President; Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Office of the President; commissioners, assistants and secretaries of President.

- Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister; heads and vices of ministries, ministerial agencies, Governmental agencies and other agencies established by the Government; heads of General Department or similar rank; active officers with Major General or Rear Admiral ranks or higher; commissioners, assistants and secretaries of Prime Minister.

- Former General Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party, former President, former Chairperson of National Assembly, former Prime Minister, former members of Political Bureau, former Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, former Vice President, former Vice Chairperson of National Assembly, former Deputy Prime Minister.

- Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justices of the Supreme People’s Court.

- Procurator General and Deputy Procurator General of Supreme People’s Procuracy.

- Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of People's Councils and People's Committees of provinces.

- Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary General, members of Standing Committee of

- Presidents, Vice Presidents of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Vietnam Farmers' Union, Vietnam Women's Union and Vietnam Veterans Association; First Secretary, Standing Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Central Communist Youth Union.

- Individuals serving in diplomatic sector and holding diplomatic ranks or positions of attachés or higher in diplomatic missions, standing delegations in inter-government international organizations, consular representative offices of Vietnam in foreign countries.

- Diplomatic couriers and consular couriers.

- Spouses of General Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party, President, Chairperson of National Assembly, Prime Minister, members of Political Bureau, Secretary of Central Communist Party, Vice President, Vice Chairperson of National Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister accompanying on work trips.

- Spouses and children under 18 years of age of persons specified in Clause 11 of this Article accompanying or visiting such persons during their missions.

- If necessary, based on diplomatic requests, state protocol or nature of the work trip, Minister of Foreign Affairs shall issue diplomatic passports as directed by Prime Minister or consider issuance of diplomatic passports at request of competent agencies and individuals specified in Article 11 of Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019 for persons not listed under this Article.

2. Persons to be issued with service passports in Vietnam

Persons to be issued with service passports in Vietnam include:

- Officials according to regulations and law on officials.

- Public employees of public service providers including:

+ Heads and vices of public service providers; persons holding executive ranks and deputy ranks of organizations inferior to public service provider affiliated to Political Bureau, Secretariat, Standing Committee of National Assembly and Government;

+ Heads and vices of public service providers; persons holding executive ranks and persons holding deputy ranks of organizations inferior to public service provider of departments and similar agencies of Central Communist Party, Office of the President, Office of the National Assembly, State Audit Office of Vietnam, People’s Supreme Procuracy, ministries, ministerial agencies, Governmental agencies and other agencies established by Government and Prime Minister; Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front and central agencies of socio-political organizations;

+ Heads and vices of public service provider; persons holding executive ranks and persons holding deputy ranks of organizations inferior to public service providers affiliated to General Departments, Departments and similar affiliated to ministries, ministerial agencies; Party Executive Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities; People’s Committees of provinces; Provincial Committees of Vietnamese Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations of provinces;

+ Heads of public service providers affiliated to Party Executive Committees of districts, wards, provinces and central-affiliated cities; specialized agencies affiliated to People’s Committees of provinces and wards;

+ Persons holding positions whose tasks include state management in public service providers assigned to perform state management.

- Officers and non-commissioned officers in People's Army and People’s Public Security; persons conducting cipher activities in cipher organizations.

- Employees of representative offices of Vietnam in foreign countries; state news reporters and journalists of Vietnam residing overseas.

- Spouses and children under 18 years of age of persons specified in Clause 4 of this Article accompanying or visiting such persons during their missions.

- If necessary, based on requirement and nature of the work trip, Minister of Foreign Affairs shall issue service passports as directed by Prime Minister or consider issuance of service passports at request of competent agencies and individuals specified in Article 11 of Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019 for persons not listed under this Article.

(Articles 8, 9 of Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019)

Diem My

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