Joint Circular No. 03/2001/TTLT-TCHQ-BNG dated June 21, 2001 of the General Department of Customs and the Ministry of Foreign Affair supplementing and amending a number of Points in Joint Circular No. 03/2000/TTLT-TCHQ-BNG dated June 6, 2000 of the General Department of Customs and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs which guides the implementation of Article 4 of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 210/1999/QD-TTg dated October 27, 1999 on a number of policies towards overseas Vietnamese

JOINT CIRCULAR

SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDING A NUMBER OF POINTS IN JOINT CIRCULAR No. 03/2000/TTLT-TCHQ-BNG OF JUNE 6, 2000 OF THE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND THE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS WHICH GUIDES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 4 OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S DECISION No. 210/1999/QD-TTg OF OCTOBER 27, 1999 ON A NUMBER OF POLICIES TOWARDS OVERSEAS VIETNAMESE

Pursuant to Article 5 of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 210/1999/QD-TTg of October 27, 1999 on a number of policies towards overseas Vietnamese;

Pursuant to opinions of the Deputy Prime Minister in Official Dispatch No. 861/VPCP-KTTH of March 7, 2001 of the Government Office,

The General Department of Customs and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs hereby jointly guide the supplements and amendments to a number of points in Joint Circular No. 03/2000/TTLT-TCHQ-BNG of June 6, 2000 as follows:

I. TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT POINT B, SECTION 2, PART I OF JOINT CIRCULAR NO. 03/2000/TTLT-TCHQ-BNG AS FOLLOWS:

Attestation of the inviting agency is a written attestation by the head of a Vietnamese State agency (mentioned at Point a, Section 2, Part I) or by the person authorized by the above-said head of a Vietnamese State agency.

List of temporarily imported due-free personal effects must be attached to the written inviting attestation and be an inseparable part of the written inviting attestation.

II. TO AMEND THE FIRST (-), POINT 1, SECTION A, PART II OF JOINT CIRCULAR NO. 03/2000/TTLT-TCHQ-BNG AS FOLLOWS:

The time-limit for due-free temporary import of cars shall be stipulated as follows:

- For persons whose working duration in Vietnam lasts between 12 months and 24 months, the time-limit for tax-free temporary import of cars shall be 06 months before the above-said duration expires.

- For persons whose working duration in Vietnam is 24 months or more, the time-limit for tax-free temporary import of cars shall be 12 months before the above-said duration expires.

III. TO AMEND THE SECOND (-), POINT 1, SECTION B, PART II OF JOINT CIRCULAR NO. 03/2000/TTLT-TCHQ-BNG AS FOLLOWS:

On the basis of the list of temporarily imported due-free personal effects already certified by Vietnamese State agency mentioned at Point b, Section 2, Part I, the border-gate customs offices shall carry out the procedures for tax-free temporary import and monitor the subsequent deduction as prescribed.

IV. THIS CIRCULAR TAKES EFFECT 15 DAYS AFTER ITS SIGNING.