HEALTH QUARANTINE PROCESS FOR VEHICLES ON ENTRY AND EXIT OR IN TRANSIT

Receipt and processing of information

Health quarantine officers shall receive information about road and railway vehicles (below referred to as vehicles) on entry or exit or in transit from vehicle owners or related agencies, organizations and individuals, process the information and classify vehicles as follows:

1. Vehicles with risky elements include:

a/ Vehicles departing from or traveling through epidemic areas;

b/ Vehicles transporting persons suffering from, or suspected of being infected with, or carrying pathogens of, infectious diseases;

c/ Vehicles transporting cargo carrying or suspected of carrying pathogens of infectious diseases;

d/ Vehicles transporting persons departing from or traveling through epidemic areas or areas being affected with radioactive, chemical or biological elements or other elements which may give rise to a state of emergency in community health (below referred to as risky health elements);

dd/ Vehicles transporting cargo originating from or being transported through epidemic areas or areas being affected with risky elements;

e/ Vehicles carrying disease vectors.

2. Vehicles without risky elements are vehicles which do fall into any of the cases specified in Clause 1 of this Article. Health quarantine officers shall monitor these vehicles according to Article 2 of this Circular, pending the clearance of entry, exit or transit procedures.

3. For vehicles with risky elements, health quarantine officers shall conduct inspection according to Article 3 of this Circular.

For further details, Please see a reference translation  at http://hethongphapluatvietnam.com/circular-no-46-2014-tt-byt-dated-december-5-2014-guiding-the-health-quarantine-process.html