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.