Types of Criminal Record

As regulated in Clause 4, Article 2 of the Law on Criminal Record, criminal record is a document issued by the Department of Justice or the National Centre for Criminal Record, which have the value to demonstrate that a person is with or without a criminal conviction; is prohibited or not prohibited from holding position, managing or establishing business or not.

As stipulated in Article 41 of the Law on Criminal Record, there are 2 types of criminal record card:

– Criminal record form 01 is issued upon request by Vietnam citizen or foreigners residing in Vietnam and State agencies, political organizations, political – social organizations to serve human resources management activities, business registration activities, establishment and management of enterprises or cooperatives.

– Criminal record form 02 is issued for the agency conducting the proceedings and at the request of individuals who want to know the contents of their criminal record.

Lawyers at ANT Lawyers, a law firms in Vietnam will be available to assist client to navigate through procedures to apply and obtain criminal record in Vietnam.