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Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (VN-MFA)

Description

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA, Bộ Ngoại giao) is the Vietnamese government ministry responsible for foreign policy, diplomatic and consular relations, including the country’s dealings with foreign governments and international bodies.

The main type of organisation MOFA registers is foreign non-governmental organisations (INGOs) working in Vietnam. This is governed by Decree 58/2022/ND-CP. The decree took effect on November 1, 2022, replacing the earlier Decree 12 of 2012. Under it, MOFA is the agency that issues, renews, amends, re-issues, suspends, terminates and revokes INGO registration certificates. [1]

[1] https://conventuslaw.com/report/vietnam-issues-new-regulations-on-foreign-ngo-registration-and-operations/

Search options

There is no online database available to search for organisations.

Find and use identifiers

Ask the organisation directly for it's registration certificate.

There may be two registration numbers visible on the certificate (e.g. 38-NVVH-HD and 38-NVVH-VPDD). The first registers the organisation itself and authorises it to work in Vietnam, so is the desired identifier for this list. The second VPDD number belongs to the representative office certificate, which covers the organisation’s physical office. It sits on top of the operation registration and depends on it.

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How to use

The code for this list is VN-MFA.

When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:

Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with VN-MFA.

VN-MFA-[ IDENTIFIER ]

Examples

                
VN-MFA-38-NVVH-HD
                
VN-MFA-125-BNG-HD

Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with VN-MFA as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.

  • Coverage: VN

  • Legal structure: charity

  • List Type: primary

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