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Go to Vietnam Formalities For a short trip : a passport which is valid for 6 months after your return date. A visa is obligatory, you can get it from the Vietnamese consulate It will take about two or three weeks to come through and cost about. It is easier to get a tourist visa than a business visa. Since the 1st January 2000 the rules have become more flexible : foreigners can now enter the territory both via the international airports (Hanoi, Hô Chi Minh-Ville, Danang) and by the following land borders : - China: Mong Cai (Quang Ninh province), Hu Nghi (Lang Son province), Dong Dang (Lang Son province), Lao Cai (Lao Cai province). - Laos: Cau Treo (Ha Tinh province), Lao Bao (Quang Tri province). - Cambodia: Moc Bai (Tay Ninh province), Son Tien (An Giang province) For more information contact the Vietnamese Embassy in Paris, 62 rue Boi Lean, 75116 Paris. For all information concerning current administrative procedures for living abroad (registration, national identity cards, passport, elections, visas, etc), we suggest that you consult the sites of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs : - registration formalities : ~etrangers/vivre/consulaire/ - passport formalities : ~etrangers/vivre/passeport/ - national identity card : ~etrangers/vivre/cni/ - election formalities : ~etrangers/vivre/elections/. ENTRY FORMALITIES All visitors entering Vietnam must have a visa in triplicate, and three recent photos (4 cms x 6 cms). Foreigners must also give the following information : name and first name, date and place of birth, nationality, present place of residence, profession and passport n°, date of arrival in the country and date of exit. Vietnamese citizens visiting their families must give the date and the n° of their exit permit, or the date, the reason and the means of transport of their departure. They also have to give the names and addresses of the family visited. The two extra copies of the visa have to be given to the customs when you enter the country. Students and workers who are staying more than 6 months will receive a temporary residents certificate for a period of 6 to 12 months. Those who wish to stay longer have to apply to the Ministry of Immigration. Business men have to apply via a Vietnamese agency who will sponsor them, and have to give the following information : - Name and first name - Date and place of birth - Profession - Passport n° - Delivery date and expiry date - Nationality (both original and present) - Date and place of entry into Vietnam The Vietnamese agency which stands as guarantee will send these details to the Vietnamese immigration authorities. Approval can take from 7 to 10 days. The Vietnamese embassy or consulate will receive confirmation and approval by telex. You will need 2 to 4 passport photos when you go to get your visa. A business visa can be valid for a six month period and allows multiple entries. Student visa : It is the receiving Vietnamese organization which takes the necessary steps to get an entry visa from the Vietnamese embassay abroad, which is the only competent authority to apply to for a residents permit. NB : In principle a tourist visa cannot be extended within the country. If you stay up to 5 days over the period accorded by the Vietnamese embassy you will have to pay a fine when you leave the country, which depending on the circumstances, varies between 2 and 10 US$. If you stay over 5 days from the date that your visa expires, you can have serious problems when you leave Vietnam. You can be held by the border police for several hours (and probably miss your plane) and you can be banned from returning to Vietnam. If you should lose your passport or have it stolen, you must make a declaration at the police station which is the closest to where it happened. Then, with this declaration, you have to get a new travelling document from the French Embassy, and take this to the Central Immigration Dept to get an exit visa. Central Immigration Dept, 40A, Hang Bai St. - Hanoi. Open from Monday to Saturday morning, from 8am to 11am and from 2pm to 4pm. It takes about 5 days to get an exit visa and costs 30 US$. CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION On your arrival in Vietnam you will have to fill in the blue and white arrival-departure forms. You must absolutely keep the blue form in your passport at all times. Hotels, guesthouses and even private homes have to make a declaration to the police when clients spend the night, and for this they need the blue form. You will also have had to fill in yellow and white customs forms. You have to keep the yellow one until you leave the country. Don't lose it. You have to declare to the customs any foreign currency above $7,000, videos, gold and jewels which are not for your own personal use. You are allowed to import duty free goods : up to 200 cigarettes, 2 litres of alcohol as well as perfume and jewels for your own personal use. Vietnam has very strict laws concerning the importation of anti-government literature, pornography, guns and explosives. CDs and videos can be confiscated to be checked, but will be given back to you after a few days. It is illegal to take antiques out of the country. When you buy hand made goods, particularly if they look ancient, get a receipt from the salesman as well as a certificate showing that the object can be exported.

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