Registration and management of operation of foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam

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10th October 2022

The Government issued Decree No. 58/2022/ND-CP dated 31 August 2022 on registration and management of operation of foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam with the following contents.

A foreign non-governmental organization may be granted an operation registration certificate if it meets the following conditions:
- Having the legal person status under the law of the country or territory in which it is established;
- Having clear operation charters, guidelines, and purposes in conformity with Vietnam’s interests and needs;
- Having specific proposals on the expected programs, projects, and non-projects to support the development and humanitarian aid in Vietnam within 3 years;
- There is a proposal for a Representative in Vietnam.
The operation registration certificate is valid for not more than 03 years from the date of issuance. The term of the registration certificate shall not exceed the time limit for operation registration of the foreign non-governmental organization according to the law of the place of establishment.
Foreign non-governmental organizations are prohibited from performing the following acts:
- Organizing, performing, participating in, sponsoring religious activities and other activities that are not in accordance with national interests, violating the law, infringe on national defense, security and social order and safety Vietnam;
- Organizing, performing, and participating in activities for profit-making purposes, not for development assistance or humanitarian aid;
- Financing activities against, overthrowing governments in other countries, terrorist organizations, and terrorist activities ;
- Organizing, participating in, sponsoring money laundering or related money laundering;
- Organizing, participating in, and sponsoring other activities contrary to social ethics, fine customs, traditions, and national cultural identity and destroying the great national unity of Vietnam.

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