The Ambassador shall present the President of Vietnam with Credentials at the Presidential Palace - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Ambassador Ivan Velimir who presented his Credentials on June 13. (Photo: VNA)

For receiving and seeing off Ambassadors who start or end their working term, Article 36 says that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall appoint officials to receive, see off, and arrange honour guest rooms at the airport for Ambassadors who start or end their working term in Vietnam. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall not arrange vehicles for receiving or seeing off guests at the airport.

Regarding presentation of Credentials or Letters of Authorization, Article 37 defines as followed:

For Ambassadors presenting Credentials:

The Ambassador shall present the President of Vietnam with Credentials at the Presidential Palace;

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall take charge and cooperate with the President’s Office and related agencies in organizing 4 periods of submission of credentials a year, approximately in the middle of each quarter. In special cases, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall propose the organization of private periods of submission of Credentials;

Composition of participants of the Credential Presentation Ceremony: Head or Deputy Head of the President’s Office, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director of Directorate of State Protocol, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the President's Office, and Heads with the rank of Heads of Departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall appoint officials and arrange vehicles to transport the Ambassador to present Credentials. The vehicle transporting the Ambassador to present Credentials shall have 4 escorting motorcycles. After presenting the Credentials, the transporting vehicle shall bring the Ambassador back to fly his/her National Flag;

At the entrance of the Presidential Palace, there shall be honour guard formations arranged to greet the Ambassador when he/she arrives and leaves. At the entrance of the room for submitting Credentials, there shall be honour guard formations arranged to open the door. There shall be one honour guard arranged to open the door of the vehicle transporting the Ambassador at its stopping place;

Before presenting the Credentials, the Director of Directorate of State Protocol shall receive the Ambassador to receive copies of the Credentials and introduce the ceremony for presenting Credentials.

For UN Resident Coordinators presenting Letters of Authorization:

The UN Resident Coordinator shall present the Letter of Authorization to the Prime Minister at the Government Office;

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall take charge and cooperate with the President’s Office and related agencies in organizing the presentation of the Letter of Authorization.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall receive the Letter of Authorization of the General Consul.