Circular No. 32/2012/TT-BYT dated December 24, 2012 of the Ministry of Health providing health declaration by persons on entry, exit or transit through Vietnamese border gates

MEDICAL DECLARATION CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE PROCEDURES OF ENTRY, EXIT AND TRANSIT

On December 24, 2012, the Ministry of Health issued the Circular No. 32/2012/TT-BYT regulating on medical declaration for people upon entry, exit and transit at Vietnamese border gate.

Under this Circular, people upon entry, exit and transit at Vietnamese border gate must implement the medical declaration under the contents in the medical declaration form upon coming to Vietnamese border gate for making procedures of entry, exit and transit or before but not earlier than 07 days under 4 forms: receiving medical declaration form on aircraft, boat, shipping agent, travel company or tour guide in the country and abroad; Receiving medical declaration form in the area for medical declaration at Vietnamese border gates; Receiving medical declaration form at the exit country’s border gates; Accessing the website of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Medical of Vietnam at http://ytdp.cimsi.org.vn, Click the border medical quarantine for medical declaration form.

After filling in the forms, submitting the medical declaration form to the medical quarantine officer at border gates. The medical declaration form has the erasure detected or recorded improperly; the medical quarantine officer shall require the declarer to make his/her medical declaration again.

Also under this Circular, the publication of the time ending the application of the medical declaration must be based on the following conditions: Decision on publication of all infectious diseases of the competent State management agencies; written notice issued by the Ministry of Medical of infectious diseases occurring abroad or risk factors affecting public medical having been eliminated…