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- 04 / 08 / 2020 -
Regulations on Passport with electronic chips

On November 22, 2019, the National Assembly promulgated the Law On Exit And Entry Of Vietnamese Citizens. Accordingly, this Law has enacted a new regulation on Passport with electronic chips for Vietnamese citizens.

Clause 4, Article 2 of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens stipulates: “Passport containing electronic chips” refers to a passport embedded with electronic equipment storing encoded information of its holder and digital signature of issuing body“. Passport with an electronic chip is issued to Vietnamese citizens who are at least 14 years old. Passport types that will be attached with electronic chips include:

  • Diplomatic passport;
  • Service passports;
  • Regular passports.

Thus, by the time this Law comes into effect, Vietnamese citizens aged full 14 or older may choose to grant passports with electronic chips or passports without electronic chips.

The promulgation of regulations on passports with electronic chips is a new provision to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese citizens to carry out immigration procedures at border gates more quickly, and at the same time, Electronic chip are also more secure.

Citizens’ passports issued before the effective date of this Law will continue to be valid until their expiry date.
The Law On Exit And Entry Of Vietnamese Citizens takes effect on July 1, 2020.