Can customs employees be foreigners in Vietnam?

1. Can customs employees be foreigners in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 20 of the Customs Law 2014 stipulates that a customs employee must be a Vietnamese citizen who fully satisfies the following requirements:

a/ Obtain at least a collegiate degree in economics, law or technique;

b/ Obtain a certificate of training in customs declaration;

c/ Obtain customs employee’s code granted by a customs office.

Thus, for customs employees who are Vietnamese citizens, they fully meet the above conditions.

2. What do places of physical inspection of goods in Vietnam comprise?

Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 22 of the Law on Customs 2014 stipulating the above content as follows:

3. Places of physical inspection of goods include:

a/ Places of inspection at the land border checkpoints, international railway stations, international civil airports; international post offices; seaports and inland waterway ports where import, export, exit, entry and transit operation are carried out; inland ports of importation or exportation of goods;

b/ Head offices of Customs Sub-Departments;

c/ Places of centralized inspection under decisions of the General Director of Customs;

d/ Places of inspection at facilities or works; places where trade fairs or exhibitions are held;

dd/ Places of inspection at bonded warehouses, tax suspension warehouses and container freight stations;

e/ Places of joint inspection by Vietnam Customs and Customs Service of neighboring countries at the land border checkpoints;

g/ Other places decided by the General Director of Customs in case of necessity.

The above are places of physical inspection of goods in Vietnam in accordance with current law.

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