Responsibilities: The rights and obligations of INGOs, Vietnamese ministries, provincial authorities, partner agencies and COMINGO (and its members) are clearly stated in Decree 58. The main point of contact for INGOs’ applications will remain COMINGO. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be responsible for granting, extension, supplement, amendment and withdrawal of INGOs’ Certificates of Registration. INGOs will not be required to register their operations with provincial authorities. However, some activities — such as extension of INGOs’ project areas — will require local authorities’ agreements and close involvement. The People’s Aid Coordinating Committee (PACCOM) is responsible for relations with INGOs and for mobilizing aid. PACCOM, the specialized and functional body of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), works closely with INGOs both at the central level and in all 63 provinces and centrally administered cities to facilitate foreign NGOs’ activities in Vietnam. PACCOM includes the Director-General, Deputy Directors and Programme Coordinators, working in four desks (Administration, Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific). PACCOM’s headquarters are at 105A Quan Thanh, Hanoi (Tel.: 84 24 38436 936/7; fax: 84 24 38452 007). Its Southern Representative Office is at 9 Le Duan, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (Tel.: 84 28 8250 372; fax.: 84 28 8333 436). PACCOM has contacts in every province/city and will continue to facilitate fruitful long-term collaboration between INGOs and provinces/cities.
Reporting: INGOs are responsible for preparing written annual reports and six-month reports on their operations in Vietnam and submitting them to COMINGO, with a copy to the relevant People’s Committee where they conduct activities.
Fundraising: INGOs may no🐼t raise funds from local sources i🌃n Vietnam.
Additional documents regulating the work of INGOs in Vietnam:
- UN-EU Guidelines for Financing of Local Costs in Development Cooperation with Vietnam
- Decree 80/2020/ND-CP: Management and Use of non-ODA grant aid provided by foreign agencies, organisations and individuals —
- Decision 06/2020/QD-TTg: Organising and Management of international conferences, workshops and seminars in Vietnam —
- Decree 152/2020/ND-CP: Recruitment and Management of Vietnamese workers employed by foreign entities in Vietnam