| THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIR ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 06/2002/TT-BNG | Hanoi, September 03, 2002 |
CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE ISSUANCE, EXTENSION, AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENTATION OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTS OVERSEAS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT�S DECREE No.05/2000/ND-CP OF MARCH 3, 2000 ON EXITS AND ENTRIES OF VIETNAMESE CITIZENS
On March 3, 2000 the Government issued Decree No.05/2000/ND-CP on exits and entries of Vietnamese citizens (hereinafter called the Decree for short). The Ministry for Foreign Affairs hereby guides in detail the issuance, extension, amendment and supplementation of diplomatic passports and official passports (hereinafter referred collectively to as passports) in foreign countries as follows:
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The diplomatic missions, the consulates or other agencies authorized to perform the consular function of Vietnam in foreign countries ( hereinafter called the representative missions for short) are the agencies which receive dossiers and settle the granting, extension, amendment or supplementation of passports overseas.
2. Passports shall be granted, extended, amended or supplemented overseas in the following cases:
a) Persons who have been granted passports under the provisions in Articles 7 and 8 of the Decree, and, while in foreign countries, have their passports lost, damaged, left with no more blank pages or expired or request the supplements or amendments to their passports provided that such persons continue to perform the official tasks of agencies, organizations, State enterprises, People Army or People’s Police units.
