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ENTRY AND CUSTOM PROCEDURE
You
are required to fulfill entry and customs form when entering
Vietnam. A new form (CHY2000) is currently used for entry and
exit procedure. In cases of re-entry or re-exit without any
must-be-declared items, you simply submit the copy of your
entry and customs form (yellow paper) or make a new one. Cross
(x) and fill the first up to the sixteenth boxes in the form.
You must submit this form to customs and immigration officers.
To
save your time, in the entry and customs form, you should
clearly note down:
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Camera,
recorder and other electric equipment not for personal use;
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Jewelry (especially gold) and
precious stones not for personal use;
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Foreign currency (cash, coin and
tourist cheques): over US$ 7,000 or other foreign currency of
the same value, and over VND
15 million in cash;
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Video-tapes will be checked and
returned in several days;
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Gold (over 300 g): If more than
3,000 g, you are required to deposit and re-export the
surplus;
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Other commodities out of
duty-free luggage.
When entering
Vietnam: Visitors are permitted to bring in a duty-free
allowance of 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 150 g of tobacco;
1.5l of liquor; and other items (not forbidden goods) of the
total value beneath US$ 300. Items that you cannot bring into
Vietnam include weapons, munitions, explosives and
inflammables, firecracker of all kinds, opium and drugs, toxic
chemicals, and cultural materials unsuitable to Vietnamese
society (pornographic seditious publications, films and
photos), harmful child toys. Breaking these rules, you will be
punished by Vietnamese laws.
When leaving
Vietnam: A quantity over 300g of gold must be declared and
be permitted by the State Bank. You are not allowed to bring
out weapons, munitions, explosives, drugs, antiques, live wild
animals, rare plants, and documents relating to the national
security. Breaking these rules, you will be punished by
Vietnamese laws.
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