1. Cases where international travel business licenses must be changed.

International travel service business is understood as building, selling, and organizing travel programs to serve international tourists coming to Vietnam and tourists going abroad.

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 35 of the 2017 Law on Tourism, it stipulates cases where it is necessary to change the travel service business license, specifically as follows:

- First, when the enterprise changes its Business Registration Certificate or Investment Registration Certificate;

- Second, when an enterprise changes the scope of its international travel service business.

From the above regulations, it can be seen that when changing a business name, the business needs to make an application to change the travel service business license.

 Changing the scope of international travel services business will lead to changes in the deposit level:

Pursuant to Article 14 of Decree 168/2017/ND-CP stipulating a number of articles of the 2017 Law on Tourism, the deposit level is as follows:

- Travel service business for international tourists to Vietnam: 250,000,000 (two hundred fifty million) VND;

- Travel service business for tourists going abroad: 500,000,000 (five hundred million) VND;

- Travel service business for international tourists coming to Vietnam and tourists going abroad: 500,000,000 (five hundred million) VND.

2. Procedures for changing travel service business license.

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 35 of the 2017 Law on Tourism, Enterprises submit 01 sets of documents to the competent state agency that has issued the license.

Records include:

- Application for renewal of international travel service business license according to the form; (Form No. 05, Appendix II issued with Circular No. 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL dated December 15, 2017)

- Business license for international travel services of the enterprise;

- Certified copy of Business Registration Certificate or Investment Registration Certificate in case of changing the Business Registration Certificate or Investment Registration Certificate; Certificate of deposit for travel service business in accordance with the scope of business in case of change in the scope of international travel service business.

After preparing the above documents, the business must submit a set of documents to the competent state agency that has issued the license. Within 05 - 08 working days from the date of receiving valid documents, the state agency competent to issue licenses is responsible for renewing the travel service business license for the enterprise.

Domestic travel service business license issued by the competent authority is the Department of Tourism, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Culture, Information, Sports and Tourism - where the business is headquartered. licensing authority.

The international travel service business license is issued by the competent authority, the General Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Regarding fees, based on Article 4 of Circular 33/2018/TT-BTC, the appraisal fee for granting an international travel business license is prescribed as follows:

The fee for renewal is about 2,000,000 VND/license, and reissue is about 1,500,000 VND/license.

3. Conditions for carrying out procedures for renewing international travel service business licenses.

Conditions for carrying out administrative procedures for renewal:

Firstly, it is an enterprise established according to the provisions of law on enterprises;

Second, Deposit for international travel services business at commercial banks, cooperative banks or foreign bank branches established and operating in Vietnam:

- Travel service business for international tourists coming to Vietnam: 50,000,000 (fifty million) VND;

- Travel service business for tourists going abroad: 100,000,000 (one hundred million) VND;

- Travel service business for international tourists coming to Vietnam and tourists going abroad: 100,000,000 (one hundred million) VND.

Third, the person in charge of travel service business must graduate from college or higher with a major in travel; If you graduate from college or higher in another major, you must have a professional certificate in international tourism operations.

- The person in charge of the travel service business is the person holding one of the following positions: chairman of the board of directors; Chairman of the Board of Members; company president; private business owners; general manager; director or deputy director; Head of travel services business.

- Travel major is shown on the diploma of one of the following fields, professions, and majors:

+ Tourism and travel service management;

+ Travel management;

+ Tour operator;

+ Tourism marketing;

+ Travel;

+ Travel and tourism;

+ Tourism management and business.

+ MICE tourism management;

+ Travel agency;

+ Travel guide;

+ Industry, occupation, or major that includes one of the phrases "tourism", "travel", "tour guide" trained by educational institutions in Vietnam and awarded diplomas before the date of notification. Circular 13/2019/TT-BVHTTDL takes effect:

+ Industry, profession, or specialty that represents one of the phrases "tourism", "travel", "tour guide" trained and awarded a diploma by a foreign training facility.

In case the diploma does not show the majors, occupations, or majors specified in points l and m, then supplement the graduation transcript or diploma appendix showing the majors, occupations, and majors, including one of the following: the phrases “travel”, “travel”, “travel guide”.

4. In what cases can an international travel service business license be revoked?

An enterprise's travel service business license will be revoked in the following cases:

- Termination of travel service business, dissolution or bankruptcy;

For cases where the International Travel Business License is revoked, the procedure for applying for the International Travel Business License can only be re-submitted 6 months after the effective date of the revocation decision. Detail:

- Does not meet one of the prescribed travel service business conditions;

- Do not change the travel service business license according to specific regulations. Enterprises that have been granted an international travel business license before January 1, 2018 must carry out the procedure no later than December 31, 2018. continue to change the International Travel License according to the provisions of the 2017 Tourism Law.

For cases where the International Travel Business License is revoked, the procedure for applying for the International Travel Business License can only be re-submitted 12 months after the effective date of the revocation decision. Detail:

- Harmful to sovereignty, national interests, national defense and security;

- Taking advantage of tourism activities to bring people from Vietnam abroad or from abroad into Vietnam illegally;

- Allowing other organizations and individuals to use the enterprise's travel service business license for business activities;

- Failure to fulfill obligations: Apply measures to ensure the safety of life, health, and property of tourists; promptly notify competent state agencies of accidents and risks of consequences that cause serious damage to the lives, health, and property of tourists;

- Forging documents requesting issuance, renewal or re-issuance of travel service business licenses.

5. If you have an international travel service business, can you also do a domestic travel service business?

Pursuant to Article 30 of the 2017 Law on Tourism, regulations on the scope of travel services businesses are allowed as follows:

Article 30. Scope of travel service business.

1. Domestic travel service business to serve domestic tourists.

2. International travel service business serving international tourists coming to Vietnam and tourists going abroad.

3. Enterprises providing international travel services are allowed to conduct international travel services and domestic travel services, except for the cases specified in Clause 4 of this Article.

4. Foreign-invested enterprises are only allowed to conduct international travel services to serve international tourists coming to Vietnam, except in the case of international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member. members have different regulations.

From the above regulations, we see that, unless the enterprise has foreign investment capital, the enterprise can conduct international travel services in parallel with domestic travel services.