Reference

Decree 221/2025/ND-CP

221/2025/ND-CP

The site's tracker records this instrument as: Decree on limited-term visa exemption for special-category foreigners. The site's records show the subject as: Visa-exempt special subjects; Decree 327 Art 3.3 routes talent definitions here.

Below: the facts the site's database holds, plus verbatim excerpts from the instrument's English text as held in the site's corpus.

What the site's database records

The site's records state that 221/2025/ND-CP was issued on 2025-08-08.
The site's records state that 221/2025/ND-CP is effective from 2025-08-15.
The site's records state that the English text of 221/2025/ND-CP is: reference-translation-held.

From the text

Article 1. Scope of regulation This Decree specifies subjects entitled to, criteria and conditions for, and duration of,
Article 1. Scope of regulation This Decree specifies subjects entitled to, criteria and conditions for, and duration of, visa exemption, and procedures for implementation of visa exemption for foreigners classified as special subjects entitled to visa exemption for entry into Vietnam to serve socio-economic development.
Effect
This Decree takes effect on August 15, 2025.

All instruments on the tracker 13

The site's records state: National Assembly approves Resolution on International Financial Center
The site's records state: Decree on foreign workers in Vietnam (general law)
221/2025/ND-CP
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The site's records state: Decree 323/2025/ND-CP on the establishment of an International Financial Center in Vietnam
The site's records state: Decree 324/2025/ND-CP on financial policies applicable in the IFC (English)
The site's records state: Decree 325/2025/ND-CP on labor, employment and social security in the IFC (English)
The site's records state: Decree 326/2025/ND-CP on land and environment in the IFC (English)
The site's records state: Decree 327/2025/ND-CP on entry, exit and residence policy for foreigners working at the IFC (English)
The site's records state: Decree 328/2025/ND-CP on the International Arbitration Centre (English)
The site's records state: Decree 329/2025/ND-CP on banking operations, foreign exchange, AML/CFT at the IFC
The site's records state: Decree 330/2025/ND-CP on commodity exchanges in the IFC (English)
The site's records state: Circular 72/2025/TT-NHNN (English)
The site's records state: Law on the Specialized Court (dispute resolution at the IFC)

The site's tracker rows determine the count of instruments above; the count is not asserted separately.

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