RELEVANT DEPARTMENT:
DANANG DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- Add: 4 Tran Phu St., Danang
- Tel: (84.511) 810903
- Fax: (84.511) 825853
- E-mail: snvadmin@dng.vnn.vn

Legal grounds
- Ordinances on entry-exit, residency and travel of foreigners in Vietnam;
- Decree No.24/CP dated 24 March 1995 of the Vietnamese government;
- Decree No.05/2000/ND-CP dated 3 March 2000 of the Vietnamese government;
- Decree No.21/2001/ND-CP dated 28 May 2001 of the Vietnamese government;
- Joint-circular No.02/1998/TTLT/BNV-BNG dated 19 May 1998 of the Vietnamese ministries of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs;
- Circular No.09/2000/TT-BCA (A18) dated 7 June 2000 of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security;
- Circular No.04/2000/TT-BNG dated 8 November 2000 of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- Official document No.763/UB-VP dated 23 April 1999 of the Danang People’s Committee.

PROCEDURES
Two sets of dossier are needed, including:
1. An official documents signed by the employing agency under the management of the Danang People's Committee must be submitted to the Danang People's Committee and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Details are as follows:
- Applicant (full name, position etc)
- Purpose of journey
- Destination and period of stay
- Expenses (please clarify cost items and provide certified document if funded by foreign countries)
- Document approving employees to go abroad for vacation or study
2. Invitation letter: An original or a copy authenticated by a State agency or approved by the employing leader (in English and Vietnamese). If in English, the translated version must be done by competent bodies;
3. In cases of going abroad to make economic contracts, please attach an economic contract (a copy must be authenticated by the State or employing leaders);
4. Employees or workers with one-year labor contracts must provide a copy of the contract authenticated by the State or employing leaders);
5. Employees managed by the Danang Party Committee must submit to the Party Committee for approval before the People's Committee issues a decision on authorizing employees to go abroad;
6. The secretary of the Municipal Party Committee going abroad must seek the approval of the Vietnamese Politburo and the Central Party Division for Foreign Affairs;
7. The chairman of the People's Council and the chairman of the People's Committee going abroad must have the approval of the Vietnamese Prime Minister.

TIME
- Department of Foreign Affairs: 3 days
- People's Committee’s approval: 4 days

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