Circular No. 19/2012/TT-BVHTTDL stipulates types of relics and antiques that may not be taken out of the country.

This Circular sets forth types of relics and antiques that may not be taken out of the country to protect Vietnam's cultural heritage. It applies to organizations and individuals involved in exporting relics and antiques from Vietnam.

Số hiệu19/2012/TT-BVHTTDL
Loại văn bảnCircular
Cơ quan ban hànhMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Người kýHoàng Anh Tuấn — Bộ trưởng
Cập nhật25/06/2026
Lĩnh vựcUncategorized
Ngày ban hành28/12/2012
Ngày áp dụng15/02/2013
Ngày hết hiệu lực15/01/2026
Tình trạngExpired
✦ Tóm lược thông minh

This Circular sets forth types of relics and antiques that may not be taken out of the country to protect Vietnam's cultural heritage. It applies to organizations and individuals involved in exporting relics and antiques from Vietnam.

Đối tượng áp dụng

Organizations and individuals, both domestic and foreign, related to taking relics and antiques out of Vietnam.

Các điểm cốt lõi

  • Individual or parts of fossilized human, animal, or plant remains from the Prehistoric period in Vietnam may not be taken out of the country.
  • Antiques made of materials with historical, cultural, and scientific value from the Prehistoric and Protohistoric periods in Vietnam may not be taken out of the country.
  • Documents with value for researching history, culture, national sovereignty, and national heroes may not be taken out of the country.
  • Relics and antiques made of materials with historical, cultural, and scientific value from classified historical and cultural sites may not be taken out of the country.
  • Antiques made of materials with representative historical, cultural, and scientific value originating from abroad (except in cases of temporary import for re-export) may not be taken out of the country.

🌐 Tác động xã hội từ văn bản này

  • Positive impact: Protecting Vietnam's cultural heritage.
  • Negative impact: Causing difficulties for the exhibition, research, and preservation of relics and antiques when necessary.

❓ Câu hỏi thường gặp

Which types of relics may not be taken out of the country?

Individual or parts of fossilized human, animal, or plant remains from the Prehistoric period in Vietnam; antiques made of materials with historical, cultural, and scientific value from the Prehistoric and Protohistoric periods in Vietnam; documents with value for researching history, culture, national sovereignty, and national heroes; relics and antiques made of materials with historical, cultural, and scientific value from classified historical and cultural sites; antiques made of materials with representative historical, cultural, and scientific value originating from abroad (except in cases of temporary import for re-export).

What specific types of relics may not be taken out of the country?

The specific list of types of relics and antiques that may not be taken out of the country is attached to this Circular.

When does this Circular take effect?

This Circular takes effect from February 15, 2013.

Who is responsible for implementing this Circular?

The Heritage Department is responsible for organizing the implementation of this Circular.

If issues arise, who will study, amend, and supplement them?

In the course of implementation, if issues arise, organizations and individuals shall promptly report to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for study, amendment, and supplementation.

Toàn văn

MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness

Number: 19/2012/TT-BVHTTDL
Hanoi, December 28, 2012

 CIRCULAR

Regulations on types of relics and antiques not allowed to be taken out of the country

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Pursuant to the Cultural Heritage Law dated June 29, 2001 and the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Cultural Heritage Law dated June 18, 2009;

Pursuant to Decree No. 98/2010/NĐ-CP dated September 21, 2010 of the Government detailing the implementation of certain provisions of the Cultural Heritage Law and the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Cultural Heritage Law;

Article 1. Other types of artistic performances

At the proposal of the Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage;

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism issues this Circular regulating types of relics and antiques not allowed to be taken out of the country.

Article 1. Scope of Regulation

Article 1. This Circular regulates types of relics and antiques not allowed to be taken from Vietnam to other countries.

Article 2. Types of relics and antiques specified in this Circular shall not apply to cases where relics and antiques are taken out of the country for exhibition, display, research, or preservation purposes.

Article 2. Applicability

This Circular applies to Vietnamese organizations and individuals, and foreign organizations and individuals related to the act of taking relics and antiques from Vietnam to other countries.

Article 3. Types of relics and antiques not allowed to be taken out of the country

Point 1. Individual or parts of fossilized humans, animals, plants belonging to the Prehistoric period of Vietnam;

Point 2. Antiquities made of materials with significant historical, cultural, and scientific value belonging to the Prehistoric and Early Historic periods of Vietnam;

Point 3. Documents made of materials valuable for researching the history, culture, national sovereignty, and heroic national figures, influential personalities who have positively impacted the development of the nation of Vietnam;

Point 4. Relics and antiquities made of materials with significant historical, cultural, and scientific value belonging to the historical stages of Vietnam before September 1945;

Point 5. Manuscripts of literary works, original works of visual arts (painting, graphics, sculpture), high-value photographic works in terms of ideological content and artistic form, which have had a significant impact on society created from September 1945 to the present;

Point 6. Relics and antiquities made of materials with historical, cultural, and scientific value belonging to historical and cultural sites and scenic spots that have been ranked and inventoried;

Point 7. Relics and antiquities made of materials with significant historical, cultural, and scientific value of ethnic minorities within the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam produced and created before 1975;

Point 8. Relics and antiquities made of materials with significant value related to important events and careers of prominent revolutionary activists, outstanding political and military figures during the establishment of the Party, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and the wars for national independence and reunification from September 1945 to the present;

Point 9. Antiquities made of materials with significant historical, cultural, and scientific value originating from abroad (except in cases of temporary import for re-export). A specific list of types of relics and antiques not allowed to be taken out of the country is attached to this Circular.

Article 4. Implementation provisions

Article 4. This Circular takes effect from February 15, 2013.

Article 5. The Heritage Department is responsible for implementing this Circular.

Article 6. In the course of implementation, if any difficulties arise, organizations and individuals are required to promptly report to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for study and amendment./.

THE MINISTER
(Signed)
Hoang Anh Tuan

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