Scope of international travel business

• For businesses with capital from Vietnam, when applying for an international travel business license, the business scope will be as follows:
• Providing international travel services for international tourist tours to Vietnam and Vietnamese tourists traveling abroad
• Allowed to simultaneously conduct business in international travel services and domestic travel services

Note:

• If an enterprise is only allowed to do domestic travel business, it will not be allowed to do international travel business
• Foreign-invested enterprises are only allowed to conduct international tourist tours to Vietnam, unless international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member have different provisions.

Conditions for international travel business

Conditions for international travel business of enterprises include:

Is an enterprise legally established according to the provisions of Vietnamese law

The person in charge of business must have a college degree or higher in tourism. According to Circular 06/2017 dated December 15, 2017 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, graduates of the following majors are eligible:

• Management of tourism and travel services
• Travel management
• Manage the tour
• tourism marketing
• Tourism
• Travel tourism
• Tourism management and business

Note:

• In case the diploma does not show the profession or majors named above, it is necessary to add a graduation transcript or diploma appendix showing the profession or major containing the phrases: Tourism, travel travel and tour guide.
• In case the person in charge of the travel service business does not study the above majors, it is necessary to participate in training courses to foster international tourism operations with all the following training contents:
• Basic industry knowledge: Vietnam's political system, relevant legal documents, overview of tourism, tourism marketing, analysis of tourist psychology and art of communication, international cultural exchange international
• Specialized knowledge and tourism operations skills: Overview of travel service businesses, Tourism market and tourism products,...
• Practice international tourism operations

International travel service business license

Documents and procedures for granting an international travel service business license

The application for an international travel business license includes:

• Travel business deposit certificate.
• Application for an international travel service business license.
• Notarized copy of business registration certificate or investment registration certificate issued by a competent state agency.
• Notarized copies of degrees and certificates of the travel service company operator
• Make sure to have a notarized copy of the labor contract or appointment decision of the travel agency with the person in charge.

Procedures for applying for an international travel license, according to full business registration instructions, include:

• The enterprise sends 01 set of documents to the General Department of Tourism to request a license.
• The General Department of Tourism will issue a license to the business within 10 days from the date of receipt of a valid dossier. In addition, the department will also notify tourism agencies in the province or city where the business is headquartered.
• If the application is rejected, the General Department of Tourism will send a written notice clearly stating the reason.

Reissue of International Travel Business License

In case an enterprise damages or loses its business license, the procedure for re-issuance of an international travel business license is as follows:

• Submit an application to re-issue a business license to the competent state agency. Enterprises should note that they use the correct application form issued by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
• The state agency will re-issue the license to the business within 5 days of receiving the application. In case the enterprise is refused, the state agency will send a written notice of the reason.
• In addition, the General Department of Tourism will be responsible for notifying the provincial tourism agency when re-issuing licenses to businesses.

Renewal of travel service business license

Enterprises can request to change their license in the following cases:

• Business scope changes.
• Investment registration certificate or business registration certificate changes.

The application dossier for renewal of an international travel business license includes:

• International travel business license of the enterprise.
• Application for renewal of business license according to form.
• Investment registration certificate or business registration certificate notarized copy.
• Business deposit certificate within the scope of business.

The order for exchange is as follows:

• Enterprises submit documents to the competent authority to request a license change.
• State agencies will issue new licenses to businesses within 5 days of receiving the application. In case of refusal, the state agency will send a written notice of reason to the enterprise.
• The General Department of Tourism will be responsible for notifying the specialized tourism agency when granting and renewing licenses to businesses.

Revoke the License in the following cases

The process of revoking the international travel business license will take place in the following cases:

• The enterprise went bankrupt, ending the travel service business.
• Taking actions that harm national sovereignty, national defense and security interests.
• Falsifying documents to renew or re-issue licenses.
• Does not meet one of the provisions related to international travel business in the Tourism Code.
• There is an act of lending the travel business license to other organizations.
• Do not change the travel business license according to regulations of the Ministry of Tourism.
• Taking advantage of business to allow foreigners to enter the country or Vietnamese people to leave abroad illegally

Enterprises whose licenses are revoked can apply to re-issue their licenses 6-12 months after the effective date of the revocation decision, depending on the provisions of each specific violation clearly stated in the law. Tourism.