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Category

Procedure for licensing

Responsible Agency

Ministry of Public Security

Legal basis of the Procedure                

• Ordinance on the management and use of weapons, explosives and supportive tools (Ordinance No. 16/2011/UBTVQH12 dated June 30, 2011).

• Ordinance on amendments to the Ordinance on the the management and use of weapons, explosives and supportive tools (Ordinance No. 07/2013/UBTVQH12 dated July 12, 2013).

• The Decree No. 25/2012/ND-CP dated April 5, 2012 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Ordinance on management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools.

• Circular No. 30/2012/TT-BCA detailing the implementation of some articles of the Ordinance on the management and use of weapons, explosives and supportive tools and Decree No.  25/2012/ND-CP detailing the implementation of some provisions of this Ordinance.

• Circular No. 34/2012/TT-BCA dated June 12, 2012 of the Ministry of Public Security regulating the forms to be used in the management, reception, collection, classification, storage, liquidation and destruction of weapons , explosives and supportive tools.

• Circular No. 50/2014/TT-BCA dated October 24, 2014 of the Ministry of Public Security regulating on issuance and re-issuance of license/permit and certificate of weapons, explosives and supportive tools . 

• Circular No. 193/2010/TT-BTC dated December 02, 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.

Processing time

Within 3 days

Fee

10,000 VND

No

Type of documents

Note

1

Dossier of Application for granting permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into/out of Vietnam's territory as prescribed in points a, b of Clause 1 and points a, c of Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree No. 25/2012/ND-CP dated April 5, 2012 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Ordinance on management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools, including:
a) Written request for granting permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into or out of Vietnam's territory by competent agencies;
b) Letter of introduction/referral;
c) Written permission of the Government's Prime Minister for the case in which organizations/individuals bring a quantity of weapons higher than the quantity prescribed in Clause 1, Article 6 of Decree No. 25/2012/ND-CP dated April 5, 2012 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Ordinance on management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools.

Original copy

2

Dossier of Application for granting permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into/out of Vietnam's territory as prescribed in point c of Clause 1 and point b of Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree No. 25/2012/ND-CP dated April 5, 2012 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Ordinance on management of weapons, explosives and supportive tools, including:
a) Written request for granting permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into or out of Vietnam's territory by competent agencies;
b) Letter of introduction/referral;
c) Photocopy of the Decision or Plan of the State competent agency on the permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into or out of Vietnam's territory for the purposes of sports practice and competitions, display and exhibition, sale promotion or product introduction.
The representative whose name is shown in the Letter of referral shall present his (her) ID Card within effective validity or Passport within effective validity to the dossier reception staff.

Step 1

The organization/individual applying for permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into or out of Vietnam's territory shall submit the dossier at the Police Department of Administrative Management of Social Order during working hours on working days. 

Step 2

The dossier reception staff shall check the validity and completion of the dossier. If the dossier is valid and adequate of prescribed papers/materials, the staff shall accept the dossier and make a Paper of receipt; if the dossier is invalid or inadequate of prescribed papers/materials, he/she shall return the dossier and guide the applicant for supplements and completion.

Step 3

According to the date on the Paper of receipt, the organization/individual applying for permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into or out of Vietnam's territory shall come to the place of submission to get results on permission to bring weapons and supportive tools into or out of Vietnam's territory.