JOINT CIRCULAR

of the Ministry of Finance and Foreign Affairs No. 41/1997/TTLB/BTC-BNG dated July 1, 1997 guiding additional implementation of Articles 1-2 Section V Decree No. 105/CP dated June 22, 1965 of the Council of Ministers (now the Government) on regulations for spouses of diplomatic officials dispatched abroad for long-term assignments

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Pursuant to Decree No. 105/CP dated June 22, 1965 of the Council of Ministers;

In accordance with Resolution No. 183/CP dated November 18, 1994 detailing implementation of the Ordinance on Vietnamese Representative Offices Abroad;

To facilitate personnel deployment and to ensure uniform state benefits for officials from various sectors working at Vietnamese representative offices abroad, Jointly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finance hereby guide additional implementation of state benefits for officials who bring their spouses along for long-term assignments abroad as follows:

1. Officials dispatched abroad on long-term assignments whose spouses are provided for by the State include:

Ambassadors, Chargés d'Affaires, First Secretaries, Second Secretaries, Commercial Counsellors, Consuls General, Chiefs of Permanent Representative Missions, Heads of Vietnamese representative offices with other names (as stipulated in Part 2 Article 1 of Decree No. 183/CP dated November 18, 1994), Military Attachés (ranked First Secretary or higher).

2. Implementation provisions:

a) Any previous guidance conflicting with this Circular is hereby abolished. In addition to the supplementary points mentioned above, point 2 stated in Joint Circular No. 76 TT/LB dated December 10, 1991 and other points stated in Joint Circular No. 19/TT/LB dated January 6, 1996 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finance remain valid.

b) This Circular takes effect from July 1, 1997.