According to the Circular, an application for issuance of an inland water transport license for transport of passengers and luggage from cruise ships to the mainland includes:
- The application form as defined in Appendix I issued together with Circular No. 50/2016/TT-BGTVT
- 01 copy of the certificate of sea-going vessel registration;
- 01 set of sea-going vessel inspection documents, including the copies of the certificates of technical safety and environment protection for sea-going vessel as prescribed in the Circular No. 55/2019/TT-BGTVT
- 01 copy of the original or a copy and the original for comparison or a legal electronic copy issued by the competent authority of one of the following documents:
+ Agent contract;
+ Or foreign shipowner’s representative agent appointment letter (in case the proposing organization is foreign shipowner’s representative agent);
- A detailed plan on the transport of passengers and luggage between cruise ships and the mainland.
Circular No. 50/2016/TT-BGTVT currently prescribes that there must be a notarized copy of the agent contract or a certified copy of the foreign shipowner’s representative agent appointment letter.
Circular No. 08/2022/TT-BGTVT also prescribes that electronic copies of agent contracts or foreign shipowner’s representative agent appointment letters may be used instead of physical copies.
Circular No. 08/2022/TT-BGTVT comes into force from June 16, 2022.
>> CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE
920