What are the cases where the tour guide card shall be revoked in Vietnam?

What are the cases where the tour guide card shall be revoked in Vietnam? (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. What are the cases where the tour guide card shall be revoked in Vietnam?

Specifically, in Clause 1, Article 64 of the Law on Tourism 2017, the tour guide card shall be revoked if the tour guide commits one of the following acts:

- Cause harm to national sovereignty and interests, national defense and security;

- Allow another person to use the tour guide card to practice;

- Fail to meet the conditions for practice and issuance of tour guide cards as prescribed by this Law;

- Forge the application for issuance, replacement and reissuance of the tour guide card.

2. Conditions for issuance of the tour guide card in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 59 of the Law on Tourism 2017, conditions for issuance of the tour guide card in Vietnam are as follows:

- To obtain the domestic tour guide card, a person shall:

+ have Vietnamese nationality, reside in Vietnam;

+ have full legal capacity;

+ have no contagious diseases and do not use any narcotics;

+ hold an associate degree or higher in tour guiding; in case of an associate degree or higher in another major, a certificate of training in domestic tour guiding is required.

- To obtain the international tour guide card, a person shall:

+ satisfy the conditions prescribed in Points a, b and c, Clause 1 of  Article 59 of the Law on Tourism 2017;

+ hold a college degree or higher in tour guiding; in case of a college degree or higher in another major, a certificate of training in domestic tour guiding is required;

+ have a good command of the foreign language registered.

- Conditions for issuance of on-site tour guide cards:

+ Satisfy the conditions prescribed in Points a, b and c, Clause 1 of  Article 59 of the Law on Tourism 2017;

+ Pass the on-site tour guiding examination hold by a tourism authority of the province.

- The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall elaborate the specimen of the card, training program, organization of examinations and issuance of tour guiding certificates; on-site tour guiding examination; standards in language proficiency.

3. Procedures for replacement of tour guide card in Vietnam

Procedures for replacement of tour guide card are prescribed in  Article 62 of the Law on Tourism 2017 as follows:

- International tour guide and domestic tour guide shall apply for replacement of his/her tour guide card when it expires.

- An application for replacement of the tour guide card includes:

+ An application form for replacement of the tour guide card according to the form specified by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism;

+ The documents prescribed in Points b, d and dd, Clause 1, Article 60 of the Law on Tourism 2017;

+ A certified true copy of the certificate of completion of refresher course for tour guides issued by a competent authority;

+ The issued tour guide card.

- Procedures for replacement of the tour guide card:

+ The person who applies for replacement of the tour guide card shall submit 01 application to the issuing authority;

+ Within 10 days from the day on which a valid application is received, the issuing authority shall issue a new tour guide card to the applicant; in case of refusal, a written response stating reasons thereof must be given.

- The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall elaborate the refresher course for international and domestic tour guides and the certificate of completion of refresher course for international and domestic tour guides.

4. Procedures for reissuance of the tour guide card in Vietnam

Procedures for reissuance of the tour guide card are specified in Article 63 of the Law on Tourism 2017 as follows:

- The tour guide card shall be reissued in case of loss, damage or revised information. The expiry of the reissued tour guide card is the same as that of the old card.

- An application for reissuance of the tour guide card includes:

+ An application form for reissuance of the tour guide card according to the form specified by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism;

+ 02 3cm x 4cm color pictures;

+ Certified true copy of documents related to the revised information in case the card is reissued because information on the tour guide card is revised.

- Procedures for reissuance of the tour guide card:

+ The person who applies for reissuance of the tour guide card shall submit 01 application to the issuing authority;

+ Within 10 days from the day on which a valid application is received, the issuing authority shall reissue the tour guide card to the applicant; in case of refusal, a written response stating reasons thereof must be given.

Ho Quoc Tuan

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