Chapter VII
TRANSIT OF GOODS THROUGH TERRITORY OF VIETNAM
Article 39 Business entities permitted to provide transhipment services
Business entities which have a business registration certificate for the lines of business being receipt and delivery of goods and carriage of goods shall be permitted to provide transhipment services via the territory of Vietnam for foreign goods owners.
Article 40 Transit of goods through the territory of Vietnam
1. All types of goods owned by foreign organizations and individuals shall be permitted to transit through the territory of Vietnam, except for weapons, ammunition, explosives, other highly dangerous goods, and goods on the lists of goods the import and export of which is prohibited or temporarily suspended. Transit procedures shall be resolved by the bordergate customs, unless an international treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member contains some other provision.
The Ministry of Trade is delegated to announce the list of highly dangerous goods, after consulting the opinions of relevant Ministries and branches.
2. Goods being weapons, ammunition, explosives and highly dangerous goods shall only be permitted to transit through the territory of Vietnam with permission from the Prime Minister of the Government.
3. Goods on the lists of goods the import and export of which is prohibited or temporarily suspended, and goods on the lists of goods the import and export of which is subject to issuance of a permit shall be permitted to transit through the territory of Vietnam with permission from the Ministry of Trade, unless an international treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member contains some other provision in which case such treaty shall apply.
4. Goods in transit through the territory of Vietnam shall be subject to supervision by the customs of Vietnam for the whole period during which they are circulating in the territory of Vietnam, and shall enter and exit Vietnam via the correct bordergate and route as stipulated; the quantity of goods exported must be the same quantity which was imported, with the same packaging and container.
5. The owner of goods in transit must pay customs fees and other types of charges applicable to goods in transit pursuant to the current law of Vietnam.
6. Goods in transit shall not be permitted to be sold or consumed in the territory of Vietnam. In necessary cases of sale or consumption in Vietnam, application for permission must be made to the Ministry of Trade.
7. The Ministry of Trade shall provide guidelines for conducting transit of goods through the territory of Vietnam in the cases of Treaties which have provisions different to those stipulated in clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this article.
8. The Ministry of Finance shall provide guidelines on procedures for storage including open storage of goods in transit, procedures for ship to ship transhipment, for change of means of carriage of goods in transit, and for extension of duration of goods in transit.
9. The Ministry of Transport and Communications shall provide guidelines on transit routes.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 12/2006/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)