What are exit and entry? Prohibited acts regarding entry and exit in Vietnam

What are exit and entry? Prohibited acts regarding entry and exit in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What are exit and entry?

According to the provisions of Article 2 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, entry and exit are defined as follows:

- Exit refers to activity of Vietnamese citizens leaving Vietnam territory via border checkpoints of Vietnam.

- Entry refers to activity of Vietnamese citizens entering into Vietnam territory via border checkpoints of Vietnam from foreign countries.

2. What are entry and exit documents?

According to the provisions of Article 6 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, entry and exit documents include:

- Diplomatic passports;

- Service passports;

- Regular passports;

- Laissez-passers.

3. Principles of entry and exit in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 3 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, the principles of entry and exit are as follows:

- Comply with Constitution, regulations and law of Vietnam and relevant international agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory.

- Ensure openness, transparency and advantages for Vietnamese citizens; stringency and consolidation in managing entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens.

- Ensure national security, social order and safety; protect legal rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens in entry and exit activities.

- Detect and take actions promptly and stringently as per the law against all violations regarding entry and exit of agencies, organizations and individuals.

Thus, Vietnamese citizens when making entry and exit need to ensure the principles of entry and exit according to the provisions of law.

4. Prohibited acts regarding entry and exit in Vietnam

According to the provisions of Article 4 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, prohibited acts regarding entry and exit in Vietnam include:

- Provide on purpose false information to be issued, extended or restored or false information relating to loss of entry and exit documents.

- Fabricate or use fabricated entry and exit documents to make entry or exit, or travel or reside in foreign countries.

- Gift, give, purchase, sell, borrow, lend, rent, lease, mortgage or receive collateral as entry and exit documents; destroy, erase or falsify entry and exit documents.

- Use entry and exit documents against regulations and law negatively impacting trustworthiness or damaging interests of Government.

- Take advantage of entry and exit to violate national security, social security and order of Vietnam, legal rights and interests of agencies and organizations, or lives, health, legal rights and interests of individuals

- Make entry or exit illegally; organize, arrange, assist, conceal, harbor or enable others to illegally make entry or exit; cross national borders without following procedures as per the law.

- Obstruct or interfere with law enforcers in issuing entry or exit documents or controlling entry or exit activities.

- Corrupt, bother or require additional documents, fees and charges, prolong period of dealing with procedures for entry and exit; obstruct citizens exercising rights and obligations as specified in this Law.

- Issue entry or exit documents ultra vires or for wrong subjects; fail to deter within one’s competence violations against regulations and law on entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens.

- Destroy, falsify and leak information in National database for entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens; extract information on the national database for entry and exit of Vietnamese citizen against violations and law.

- Appropriate or reject to issue entry and exit documents, suspend entry and exit or deal with entry and exit against regulations and law.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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