I. SUBJECTS ASSIGNED THE ENTRY-EXIT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

Subjects considered and authorized by the Minister to approve and decide the entry and exit are:

1. Administrative and public-service units regularly involved in international relations and satisfying the following conditions:

- Having been assigned the personnel management responsibility by the Ministry,

- Having bureaus, sections or full-time officials in charge of organization and personnel as well as international relations work.

2. State enterprises attached to the Ministry

The list of the units assigned the entry-exit management responsibility is provided for in Appendix to the Decision promulgating this Regulation.

II. APPROVING AND DECIDING LEVELS

1. The Minister shall decide the exit of:

- Vice ministers;

- Subjects being members of the exit-management authorized units, who are appointed by decisions of the Ministry.

- State officials and public employees of the units which have not been authorized.

- Officials of the section or higher level and chief accountants of State enterprises attached to the Ministry.

2. For the Ministry�s State officials and public employees who travel abroad for execution of plans, agreements or contracts signed with foreign parties, which have been allowed to be concluded or ratified by the Ministry:

- The heads of the authorized units shall approve and decide the exit of State officials and public employees of their own units, who are not holding the titles mentioned in Section II.1.

- For unplanned cases which have not yet been allowed or ratified by the Ministry, the consent of the Ministry�s leadership is required, based on the consultation with the Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel before the heads of the units consider and decide the exit.

III. RESPONSIBILITY

1. The heads of the units shall have the responsibility:

To implement the provisions of the Government�s Decree No.05/2000/ND-CP of March 3, 2000 on Vietnamese citizens� entry and exit, Circular No.09/2000/TT-BCA (A18) of June 7, 2000 of the Ministry of Public Security guiding the granting of general passports, Official Dispatch No.674LS/XNC of March 24, 2000 of the Consular Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to annul the provision on producing decisions on sending persons aboard upon their exits, as well as the following stipulations:

a/ To annually elaborate and submit to the Ministry�s leadership the entry-exit plan and promptly report to the latter on unplanned cases.

b/ To consider the matter of personnel, professional qualifications and skills, foreign language proficiency, working efficacy and time... related to the units� State officials and public employees sent abroad.

c/ The authorized units shall, after issuing exit decisions, have to send a copy thereof to the Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel for monitoring and sum-up and have to recover and keep the passports of the persons for whom they have issued the exit decisions according to their assigned responsibility, and urge the persons whose exits have been decided by the Ministry to submit their passports to the Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel right after they return to the country.

d/ To report to the Ministry (Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel) cases where State officials or public employees fail to return home on time or the detection of any particular matters for coordination in handling and report them to the Ministry�s leadership for decision.

e/ Biannually and annually to report to the Ministry�s leadership on the situation of the units� entry and exit.

2. The Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel shall have the responsibility:

a/ On the basis of the units� specific proposals, to consider, sum up and submit to the Ministry�s leadership the annual exit plan for training, survey, conferences, workshops, participation in meetings and evaluation so as to ensure the criteria on personnel, professional qualifications and foreign language proficiency...for each specific case submitted by the units.

b/ To inspect the exit management by the authorized units and propose to the Ministry�s leadership measures for handling violations, including the cancellation, when necessary, of exit decisions issued by the units.

c/ To propose to the Ministry�s leadership the exit-related measures for the management of this work.

d/ To recover and preserve passports of the subjects whose exits have been decided by the Ministry right after they return to the country.

e/ Biannually and annually, to sum up and report the situation of the Ministry�s exit management work to the Ministry�s leadership.

f/ Regarding the exit, the Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel shall report it to the Ministry�s leadership so that the latter may issue decisions thereon within 5 days after fully receiving valid dossiers, except for special cases.

3. The Department for International Relations shall have the responsibility:

a/ To base itself on the units� specific proposals, to consider and sum up before submitting to the Ministry�s leadership the annual exit plan within the framework of implementation of the commitments already agreed upon in agreements or protocols...

b/ To assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel in guiding the inspection of entry management.

c/ To propose to the Ministry�s leadership the entry-related measures for the management of this work.

d/ On the basis of the units� biannual and annual reports, to make sum-up and report to the Ministry�s leadership on the Ministry�s entry management situation.

4. For the Ministry�s State officials and public employees:

After each exit, the Ministry�s State officials and public employees shall have to return their passports and report to the heads of their respective units as well as the Ministry�s leadership on the results they have gained and may make proposals.

IV. IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION

The Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel, the Department for International Relations shall have to oversee and inspect the implementation of this Regulation. In the course of implementation of this Regulation, if any problem arises, organizations and individuals should promptly report it to the Ministry (through the Department for Scientific Organization and Personnel and the Department for International Relations) for consideration and settlement.

Minister of Science, Technology and Environment
CHU TUAN NHA

To assign the entry-exit management responsibility to the following units:

1. The National Office of Industrial Property;

2. The Institute for Studies of Science and Technology Strategy and Policy;

3. The General Department of Standardization, Metrology and Quality;

4. Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute;

5. The Institute for Research into Technological Application;

6. The National Center for Scientific and Technological Information and Documentation;

7. The Scientific and Technical Publishing House;

8. The Company for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT)

9. The New-Tech Import- Export Company (Nacenimex)

10. The Industrial Property Company (Investip)

11. The Technical Import- Export Company (Technimex)

12. The Electronics Mechanical and Environment Company (EMECO)

13. The Scientific and Technological Advances Application Company (MITEC).-