As of the beginning of March, the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security started to issue chip-based passports for Vietnamese citizens from 14 years old.
Ordinary passports with electronic chips will be issued for Vietnamese citizens from March 1, 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Immigration Department.
Ordinary passports issued before January 1, 2023, according to previously issued forms, are still valid until the expiry of the period stated in the passport.
Building a database is one of the important parts of promoting digital transformation. With a complete and accurate database, people and businesses are possibly provided with utilities; thereby, saving a lot of time, effort and money.
Due to the increasing registration for passport in Ho Chi Minh City lately, the Immigration Office (PA08) of the HCMC Department of Public Security has instructed needy people to apply for this procedure online via the National Public Service Portal or the Public Service Portal of the Ministry of Public Security to avoid long waits and crowds.
Amid the situation that many people applying for new passports, the Immigration Office (PA08) of the Ho Chi Minh City Police has mobilized all its force to work through noon to meet the needs of people.
This afternoon, thousands of people lined up waiting for passports at the Immigration Department (PA08) and the Ho Chi Minh City Police in Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in District 3 and the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security in Nguyen Trai Street in District 1 on the first day of issuing ordinary passports in the new form.
A host of new policies, including those on minimum wage increase, paper bill elimination, and new ordinary passports, are due to come into force in July.
Deputy Head of the Immigration Department (PA08) Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duc Nghiem confirmed, that Ho Chi Minh City Police still issue emergency passports.
According to the Government Decree 17/2019/ND-CP dated February 1, 2019, Vietnam issued a pilot electronic visa (E-visa) program for 35 more countries.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on April 3 made a courtesy call on Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar in Nay Pyi Taw capital city.
Ho Chi Minh City-based Sapaco Tourist Company increased bus tours between the city and Cambodia on December 4, the day the Vietnam-Cambodia visa exemption for ordinary passport holders takes effect.
