THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Circular No. 32/2012/TT-BYT of December 24, 2012, providing health declaration by persons on entry, exit or transit through Vietnamese border gates
Pursuant to Law No. 03/2007/QH12 on Contagious Disease Prevention and Control;
Pursuant to Article 3 of the Government’s Decree No. 103/2010/ND-CP of October 1, 2010, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Contagious Disease Prevention and Control regarding the border medical quarantine;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 63/2012/ND-CP of August 31, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;
At the proposal of the Director of the Preventive Medicine Department;
The Minister of Health promulgates the Circular providing for health declaration by persons on entry, exit or transit through Vietnamese border gates.
Article 1. Conditions for announcing time for starting, restricting or terminating the application of health declaration
1. The announcement of time for starting the application of health declaration must satisfy either or both of the following conditions:
a/ A competent state management agency’s decision to pronounce a contagious epidemic or disease;
b/ The Ministry of Health’s written notice of occurrence of a contagious epidemic or disease overseas or appearance of a factor threatening to affect public health.
2. The restricted application of health declaration is effected in case a contagious epidemic, disease or factor threatening to affect public health still exists but is placed under control in extent or affected subjects. The announcement of time for restricted application of health declaration must be based on the Ministry of Health’s written notice that the contagious epidemic, disease or factor threatening to affect public health has been controlled.
3. The announcement of time for termination of the application of health declaration must satisfy either or both of the following conditions:
a/ A competent state management agency’s decision to pronounce that a contagious epidemic or disease is over;
