Immigration

Foreigners who enter and exit must have passports or passport substitute papers (hereinafter referred collectively to as passports) and must have a visa issued by competent state agencies of Vietnam, except visa exemption.
Foreigners applying for a Vietnam visa at the exit and entry management agency of the Ministry of Public Security, the consular office of the Foreign Ministry, diplomatic missions, consulates of Vietnam in the outside.
Application for a visa to be answered within no more than 5 working days from the date of receipt of valid dossiers.
Persons under the age of 14 has been declared in the application for the visa to go, they do not own procedures for visa application.
New object foreigners in Vietnam
(The provisions of Article 2 of the Ordinance on entry, exit and residence of foreigners in Vietnam)
Agencies, organizations and individuals that invite foreigners into Vietnam, including:
Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the State President, the Government and affiliated agencies;
Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate;
The ministries, ministerial-level agencies, the agencies attached to the Government and People's Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government and affiliated agencies;
Central agencies of the people's organizations, mass organizations;
Enterprise established under the laws of Vietnam;
Diplomatic representative offices, foreign consulates, representative offices of international organizations of the United Nations, inter-governmental and international organizations based in Vietnam;
Branches of foreign companies; representative office of economic organization, culture and other professional organizations of foreign countries based in Vietnam;
Agencies and organizations lawfully established and operating in Vietnam;
Vietnamese citizens permanently residing in the country; Vietnamese citizens residing in foreign countries who are temporarily residing in Vietnam;
Resident foreigners and foreigners temporarily residing in Vietnam for 6 months or more.
The invitation of foreign agencies, organizations must be consistent with its function or operation license by the competent agencies of Vietnam. Vietnamese citizens permanently residing in the country, Vietnamese citizens residing in foreign countries who are temporarily residing in Vietnam, foreign permanent residents and foreigners staying for six months or more are invited foreigners into Vietnam to visit.
Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security informed of diplomatic missions, consular offices of foreign-based Vietnamese visa for foreigners within 05 working days from the date of receiving the written . If the alien is found in cases not allowed to enter the Exit and Entry Management Department notifies agencies, organizations and individuals that invite foreigners know.
Agencies, organizations and individuals wishing to apply for a visa at Vietnam's international border gates to foreigners in the cases provided for in Article 6 of the Ordinance shall submit a written request to the Department of Immigration Management context the Ministry of Public Security. The case for a visa at the border for emergency reasons, a written request must be filed at least 12 hours before the foreigner to the gate.
The value and duration of the visa:
Visas once or many times a value not exceeding 12 months, shall be granted to persons who enter Vietnam to implement projects under the investment license or cooperation contracts with other agencies and organizations in Vietnam; person to do at foreign institutions in Vietnam and close relatives of the same type;
Single or multiple visas, which are valid for no more than 6 months be granted to agencies, organizations and individuals into Vietnam and do not fall into the cases specified at Point a of this Clause;
A visa valid for 15 days be granted to the applicant for entry without any agencies, organizations and individuals in Vietnam invited.
When the visa expires, if the visa needs to continue to enter and exit Vietnam, they must apply for a new visa.
Records and procedures
After receiving the written reply of the Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security or the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, agencies, organizations and individuals that invite foreigners into Vietnam shall notify the foreigners to file applications and photos and receive visas at the diplomatic missions, consulates of Vietnam in foreign countries; foreigners who are granted visas at Vietnam's international border gates, agencies, organizations, individuals invited to inform the foreign applicant and photos and receive visas at the immigration authorities at the border.
Diplomatic missions, consular offices of foreign-based Vietnamese notice of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security or the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to grant visas to foreigners as soon as they visa applications and photos.
Foreigners applying for a visa to enter Vietnam without agencies, organizations and individuals in Vietnam invited, welcome to apply for visas and photos at diplomatic missions and consular offices of the English in foreign countries and be considered by the agency, the visa is valid for 15 days.
The look, the visa is done in a period of not more than 03 working days after receiving the application and photos.
For citizens of Vietnam Immigration:
Decree 05/2000/ND-CP on immigration of Vietnamese citizens
For vessels on entry, exit, transit, transfer
Decision of the Director General of Customs Department No. 1582/QD-TCHQ 29 08, 2006 promulgated the customs procedures for vessel entry, exit, transit, transport

Customs procedures for goods, export luggage, vehicles enter and exit via border gates
Specified in Document No. 2993/TCHQ-GSQL 01/7/2002 guiding customs procedures for goods, luggage export, vehicles enter and exit via border gates
Customs procedures, the control, supervision for international trains enter and exit
Decision No. 55/2003/QD/BTC 16 June 04, 2003, Promulgating the Regulation on customs procedures, the control, supervision for international trains enter and exit
Customs procedures for road vehicles enter and exit
Dispatch of the General Department of Customs No. 4209/TCHQ-GSQL 12 09 2006 on the implementation of customs procedures for road vehicles enter and exit