PARTIALLY PAID TUITION FEES FOR CHILDREN ACCOMPANYING MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVE MISSIONS
This is the new content of the Law No. 19/2017/QH14 on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that passed on November 21, 2017 by the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Specifically, minor children accompanying members of representative missions may have their tuition fees in the host countries and expenses for purchase of medical examination and treatment insurance premiums partially paid. Concurrently, members of representative missions and their accompanying spouses shall be paid traveling expenses in case parents, parents-in-law, spouses or children of members of representative missions die.
Besides, this Law also amended provisions on criteria for members of representative missions. Accordingly, an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary must satisfy these criteria: Possessing a university or higher degree and a political theory bachelor or higher degree; having been trained or retrained in external relations knowledge and professional skills; and having good command of at least one foreign language meeting the working requirements; being in the age group able to complete at least one term of office, except special cases…
This Law takes effect on July 01, 2018.
