Circular No. 193/2010/TT-BTC dated December 2, 2010 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the collection, remittance, management and use of charges for evaluation of security and order conditions; charges for examination and grant of security guard certificates; fees for grant of certificates of registration of specimen seals; fees for grant of permits for taking fireworks into and out of Vietnam; and fees for grant of permits for management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools

CHARGES FOR EVALUATION OF SECURITY AND ORDER CONDITIONS

On December 03, 2010, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 193/2010/TT-BTC guiding the collection, remittance, management and use of charges for evaluation of security and order conditions; charges for examination and grant of security guard certificates; fees for grant of certificates of registration of specimen seals; fees for grant of permits for taking fireworks into and out of Vietnam; and fees for grant of permits for management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools.

Organizations and individuals when having their conditions evaluated by competent public security agencies for the grant of certificates of satisfaction of security and order conditions for a number of business lines according to law shall pay a charge for evaluation of security and order conditions; individuals when being examined by competent state agencies for the grant of security guard certificates shall pay a charge for examination and grant of security guard certificates.

Agencies and organizations when being granted a certificate of registration of specimen seal by a competent public security agency shall pay a fee for grant of certificates of registration of specimen seals; when being granted a permit for taking fireworks into or out of Vietnam shall pay a fee for grant of permits for taking fireworks into or out of Vietnam; and when being granted a permit for using, transporting, purchasing, bringing along or repairing weapons, explosives and supportive tools shall pay a fee for grant of permits for management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools.

Charge and fee rate is regulated in details in the Charge and fee rate tariff attached to the Circular, within that, charge for evaluation of security and order conditions is VND 300,000 per time; charge for examination for grant of security guard certificates is VND 200,000 per time; fee for grant of certificates of specimen seals is VND 50,000 per certificate; fee for grant of permits for taking fireworks into and out of Vietnam is VND 150,000 per permit; permits for use of military weapons, sports weapons and supportive tools is VND 10,000 per permit; permits for use of hunting guns is VND 100,000 per permit and so on.

Besides, the Circular also guides the entities who are not required to pay fees for grant of permits for management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools, such as organizations and units of the People’s Police forces, communal police, security forces of residential areas and commune-level mass organizations engaged in security and order protection which are permitted to use weapons and supportive tools for fighting and protecting national security and social order and safety; organizations and individuals of the regular army, border guard force, marine police force, local army and militia and self-defense force and Bodyguards of heads of State and Government and persons who are permitted by the Prime Minister to bring weapons into or out of Vietnam for self-defense or security purposes.