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- Having a passport or an international travel document and a visa, apart from visa exemption cases. A foreigner who is eligible for visa exemption upon entry under a unilateral visa exemption scheme must possess a passport having more than 06 months of validity;<\/li>\n
- Not falling into these cases of suspension from entry:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Those do not meet the first condition above;<\/li>\n
- Under-14 children who are not accompanied by their parents, guardians, or authorized persons;<\/li>\n
- Those forged papers or made false declarations to obtain entry, exit, or residence papers;<\/li>\n
- Those suffer mental disorders or infectious diseases which threaten the community\u2019s health;<\/li>\n
- Those were expelled from Vietnam within the last 03 years counting from the effective date of the expulsion decisions;<\/li>\n
- Those who were compelled to leave Vietnam within the last 06 months, counting from the effective date of the decisions on compelled exit;<\/li>\n
- For epidemic prevention and control;<\/li>\n
- In circumstances of natural disasters;<\/li>\n
- For national defense, security or social order and safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\u2666 CONDITIONS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP OF FOREI<\/strong>GN INDIVIDUALS<\/strong> IN VIETNAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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- Foreign individuals who are allowed to enter Vietnam<\/strong><\/span> (specifically,\u00a0 having a valid passport with entry verification<\/strong><\/span> by Vietnam Immigration Department);<\/li>\n
- Not entitled to diplomatic and consular privilege and immunity<\/strong><\/span> under the Ordinance on the privileges and immunities relating to Diplomatic Mission, Consular Posts and Representative Offices of International Organizations in Vietnam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\n\u2666 FORMS OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP<\/strong> OF <\/strong>FOREIGN <\/strong>INDIVIDUALS<\/strong> IN VIETNAM <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Clause 2, Article 159 of the Law on Housing 2014 and Decree 99\/2015\/ND-CP and Decree 30\/2021\/ND-CP stipulate that foreign individuals can only own housing (including apartments and separate houses<\/strong>) in the construction and investment project of commercial housing, except for areas under management relating to national defense and security as prescribed by Vietnamese law.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security have the responsibility to specify the areas having national defense and security requirements in each province and send a written notification to the People\u2019s Committee of the province as the basis for directing the provincial Department of Construction to compile a list of commercial housing construction projects whose houses must not be owned by foreign entities.<\/p>\n
\u2666 QUANTITY OF HOUSES OWNED BY FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS IN VIETNAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Pursuant to Article 161 of the Law on Housing 2014, Article 76 of Decree 99\/2015\/ND-CP, and Article 29 of Circular 19\/2016\/TT-BXD, the quantity of houses that may be owned by foreign entities in Vietnam is specified as follows:<\/p>\n
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- For apartments<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Foreign entities may own up to 30% of the total number of apartments in an apartment building.<\/p>\n
In an area whose population is equivalent to that of a ward-administrative division, if there are multiple apartment buildings for sale or lease-purchase, foreign entities may own up to 30% of the number of apartments of each apartment building, and up to 30% of the total number of apartments of all these apartment buildings.<\/p>\n
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- For separate houses<\/em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In an area whose population is equivalent to that of a ward-administrative division, if there is a commercial housing construction project, including separate houses for sale or lease-purchase, the quantity of separate houses that may be owned by foreign entities is specified below:<\/p>\n
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- If there is one project<\/span><\/strong> where the quantity of separate houses is fewer than 2,500<\/strong><\/span>, foreign individuals may own up to 250 houses<\/strong><\/span>;<\/li>\n
- If there is one project<\/strong><\/span> where the quantity of separate houses is equivalent to 2,500<\/strong><\/span>, foreign individuals may own up to 250 houses<\/strong><\/span> of such project;<\/li>\n
- If there are two or more projects<\/u><\/strong> in which the total number of separate houses does not exceed 2,500 houses<\/strong><\/span>, foreign individuals may own up to 10%<\/strong><\/span> of the houses of each project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- If there is one project<\/strong><\/span> where the quantity of separate houses is equivalent to 2,500<\/strong><\/span>, foreign individuals may own up to 250 houses<\/strong><\/span> of such project;<\/li>\n
- If there is one project<\/span><\/strong> where the quantity of separate houses is fewer than 2,500<\/strong><\/span>, foreign individuals may own up to 250 houses<\/strong><\/span>;<\/li>\n
- For separate houses<\/em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Not entitled to diplomatic and consular privilege and immunity<\/strong><\/span> under the Ordinance on the privileges and immunities relating to Diplomatic Mission, Consular Posts and Representative Offices of International Organizations in Vietnam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Foreign individuals who are allowed to enter Vietnam<\/strong><\/span> (specifically,\u00a0 having a valid passport with entry verification<\/strong><\/span> by Vietnam Immigration Department);<\/li>\n
- <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n