THE STATE BANK OF VIETNAM
 
No. 35/2013/TT-NHNN
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
 
Hanoi, December 31, 2013
 
CIRCULAR
Guiding a number of provisions
on anti-money laundering
Pursuant to June 16, 2010 Law No. 46/2010/QH12 on the State Bank of Vietnam;
Pursuant to June 18, 2012 Anti-Money Laundering Law No. 07/2012/QH13;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 116/2013/ND-CP of October 4, 2013, detailing a number of articles of the Anti-Money Laundering Law;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 156/2013/ND-CP of November 11, 2013, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the State Bank of Vietnam;
At the proposal of the Chief of the Banking Supervisory Agency,
The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam promulgates the Circular guiding a number of provisions on anti-money laundering.
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Circular provides the intensive assessment of high-risk clients; the notification of the list of foreign individuals with political influence; the contents and forms of reports; high-value transactions, suspicious transactions, electronic money-transfer transactions and acts of money laundering for terrorist financing; and the value of precious metals, gems and negotiable instruments subject to customs declaration.
Article 2. Subjects of application
1. Reporting subjects defined in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 2 of the Anti-Money Laundering Law.
2. Vietnamese organizations and individuals; foreigners or stateless persons living or not living in the Vietnamese territory; and foreign organizations, international organizations and non-governmental organizations operating or not operating in the Vietnamese territory that perform financial transactions or other property transactions with the subjects defined in Clause 1 of this Article.
Article 3. Measures of intensive assessment of high-risk clients

For high-risk clients not defined in Articles 13 thru 17 of the Anti-Money Laundering Law, reporting subjects shall, in addition to the identification measures specified in Article 9 of the