What are consular representative missions? 15 consular tasks in Vietnam

What are consular representative missions? 15 consular tasks in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What are consular representative missions?

Clause 8, Article 4 of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2009 stipulates consular representative missions follows:

Consular representative missions are general consulates and consulates.

2. Performing consular tasks in Vietnam

Article 8 of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2009 provides for the performance of consular duties as follows:

(1) To provide consular protection of the State's interests and lawful rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities and perform consular tasks prescribed in this Article on the basis of compliance with Vietnam's laws, laws of receiving countries and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties, and conformity with international law and practices.

(2) To pay consular visits to and contact Vietnamese citizens when they are arrested, held in custody, detained or tried or are serving imprisonment penalties in receiving countries.

(3) In case Vietnamese citizens and legal entities are unable to protect their lawful rights and interests under the law and practice of receiving countries, representative missions may temporarily act or arrange someone to act as their representatives at courts or competent agencies of receiving countries until other persons agree to act as their representatives or they are able to protect by themselves their lawful rights and interests.

(4) To grant, extend, modify, renew, re-grant or revoke passports, laisser-passers and other papers valid for entry into and exit out of Vietnam in accordance with law.

(5) To grant, extend, modify, re-grant or cancel visas and certificates of Vietnamese visa exemption in accordance with law.

(6) To perform tasks related to civil status and child adoption in conformity with Vietnam's laws, laws of receiving countries or treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties.

(7) To perform tasks regarding notarization and certification in accordance with Vietnam's laws and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties; to receive and preserve papers, documents and valuable objects of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities when requested, if such request does not contravene laws of receiving countries.

(8) To consularly legalize foreign papers and documents which are notarized or certified by competent agencies or persons of receiving countries for recognition and use in Vietnam; to consularly certify papers and documents notarized or certified by Vietnamese agencies or persons for recognition and use in receiving countries.

(9) To coordinate with competent agencies or persons of receiving countries in completing procedures for Vietnamese citizens and legal entities to settle matters related to the inheritance of properties or receipt of inherited properties which are helpful to the Vietnamese State.

(10) To receive applications and related evidence of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities for subsequent transfer to competent Vietnamese agencies for consideration and settlement.

(11) To perform other nationality-related tasks in accordance with law.

(12) To carry out citizenship registration for persons holding Vietnamese nationality who reside in receiving countries in accordance with Vietnam's laws and international law and practice.

(13) To perform judicial mandate jobs between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries; to transfer and deliver dossiers, papers and documents of Vietnamese courts or other competent procedure-conducting agencies to Vietnamese citizens and legal entities in receiving countries in conformity with Vietnam's laws, laws of receiving countries or treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties, provided that the performance of these jobs does not affect privileges and immunities of representative missions and their members prescribed by international law and practice.

(14) To assist Vietnamese sea-going ships, airplanes bearing Vietnamese nationality and other vehicles registered in Vietnam so that they are entitled to all rights and interests in receiving countries in accordance with laws of the receiving country, treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties, and international law and practice.

(15) To perform tasks regarding epidemic prevention and animal and plant quarantine in conformity with Vietnam's laws, laws of receiving countries, treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties, and international law and practice.

(16) To perform other consular tasks in accordance with Vietnam's laws, laws of receiving countries or treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and receiving countries are contracting parties.

Ngoc Nhi

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