THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
No. 2771/2007/QD-BNG-LT
Hanoi, November 7, 2007
DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON GRANT OF IDENTITY CARDS TO MEMBERS OF VIETNAM-BASED DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, CONSULATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES
THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Pursuant to the August 23, 1993 Ordinance on Privileges and Immunities for Vietnam-based Diplomatic Missions, Consulates and International Organizations Representative Offices;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 21/2003/ND-CP of March 10, 2003, on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
At the proposal of the director of the Protocol Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the Regulation on grant of identity cards to members of Vietnam-based diplomatic missions, consulates and international organizations representative offices in replacement of the Regulation on grant of identity cards promulgated together with the Foreign Affairs Ministers Decision No. 1066/QD of June 20, 2000.
Article 2. This Decision takes effect 15 (fifteen) days after its publication in CONG BAO. All previous regulations which are contrary to this Decision are annulled.
Article 3. The director of the Protocol Department, the director of the Ministrys Office, the directors of the External Relations Services of Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang city and concerned localities, and heads of concerned units under the Ministry shall implement this Decision.
 
FOR THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
VICE MINISTER




Le Van Bang
 
REGULATION
ON GRANT OF IDENTITY CARDS TO MEMBERS OF VIETNAM-BASED DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, CONSULATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES
(Promulgated together with the Foreign Affairs Ministers Decision No. 2771/2007/QD-BNG of November 7, 2007)
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Identity cards may be granted to members of Vietnam-based diplomatic missions, consulates and representative offices of international organizations belonging to the United Nations system and inter-governmental international organizations outside the United Nations system (below referred to as international organizations representative offices) and their family members who live together in households. Identity cards are of five kinds with different colors, and of 6.5 cm x 9.5 cm in size:
- Diplomatic identity card having pink patterns;
- Consular identity card having blue patterns;
- Official identity card having yellow patterns;
- Honorary consul identity card having light-grey patterns;
- (Ordinary) identity card having light-grey patterns.
Article 2. Identity cards of the above kinds are computer-printed, each appended with an embossed seal Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Protocol Department or Ministry of Foreign Affairs -External Relations Service of Ho Chi Minh City, overlapping the card holders photo, and a red-ink seal Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Protocol Department or Ministry of Foreign Affairs -External Relations Service of Ho Chi Minh City on the signature of the person endorsing the grant of the identity card.
Article 3. Identity cards are personal identification papers. When necessary, identity card holders may present these cards in substitution for passports to Vietnamese officials.
II. REGULATIONS ON THE GRANT OF IDENTITY CARDS OF DIFFERENT KINDS
Article 4. Diplomatic identity cards may be granted to:
1. Diplomatic missions diplomats with diplomatic passports indicating their diplomatic ranks; in case diplomatic ranks are not indicated in passports, diplomatic missions introductory diplomatic notes are required;
2. Chief representatives and deputy-chief representatives of international organizations representative offices, who hold United Nations laissez-passers or national passports (of any kinds) which clearly indicate their position of chief representative or deputy-chief representative; in case those laissez-passers or passports do not clearly indicate such position, representative missions introductory diplomatic notes are required;
3. Diplomatic title holders who are on payrolls of Hanoi-based diplomatic missions or international organizations representative offices and sent to Ho Chi Minh City to take charge of economic, trade, cultural, scientific and technical affairs, etc.;
4. Spouses and children (offspring or adopted children) aged between 14 and 18 years, of officials defined in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, who have their own passports (of any kinds) and live together with those officials in households, on the basis of diplomatic notes of the sending countries Foreign Affairs Ministries or Vietnam-based foreign representative offices;
5. Foreign ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Vietnam who do not regularly reside in Vietnam (part-time ambassadors to Vietnam).