Vietnam: Order of determination of the area of an international border gate

According to Circular No. 09/2016/TT-BQP of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, the order of determination of the area of an international border gate or a main border gate (bilateral border gate) is specified as follows:

- The provincial-level Border Guard Command shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related provincial-level departments and sectors, including the Military Command, Police Department, Foreign Affairs Department, Finance Department, Industry and Trade Department, Construction Department, Planning and Investment Department, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, Health Department, and Transport Department, and the People’s Committee of the district where such international border gate or main border gate (bilateral border gate) is located, in surveying and determining the border gate area; make a written record of the survey, draw a map of the border gate area, make a report on the survey result, and propose the border gate area to the provincial-level People’s Committee;

- Based on the proposal of the provincial-level Border Guard Command and departments and sectors, the provincial-level People’s Committee shall send the draft report addressed to the Government, the survey result report and written record of the survey enclosed with the map of the border gate area to the Ministries of National Defense; Public Security; Foreign Affairs; Finance; and Industry and Trade for opinion on the border gate area;

- Based on the opinions of the ministries specified at Point b of this Clause, the provincial- level People’s Committee shall report the border gate area to the Government for decision;

- In case opinions of the ministries specified at Point b of this Clause are divergent, the provincial-level People’s Committee shall form an interdisciplinary team composed of representatives of such ministries to survey and determine the border gate area; based on the survey result, the provincial-level People’s Committee shall report the border gate area to the Government for decision.

View details at Circular No. 09/2016/TT-BQP of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, effective from March 19, 2016.

-Thao Uyen-

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