On April 12, 2023, the Prime Minister issued Decision No.09/2023/QĐ-TTg
on procedures, authority for
issuance and management of APEC business travel cards.
ABTC eligibility criteria:
- Eligibility
criteria for the agency, organization for which the business person is working:
There is a need to send personnel on a regular, short-term travel to attend
conferences, seminars, annual meetings, and other activities related to
cooperation and economic development within APEC.
- Eligibility criteria for the enterprise
for which the business person is working: The enterprise has operated
continuously for 12 months or more, has strictly abided by the provisions of
law on trade, tax, customs, labor, social insurance and other relevant laws; The
enterprise has to engage in signing and direct business cooperation with
partners of participating economies; There is a need to send personnel on a
regular, short-term travel to engage in business cooperation, trade,
investment, service or other business purposes in participating economies.
- Eligibility criteria for ABTC applicant:
He/she is 18 years of age or older, and has active legal capacity; He/she has
worked and held a specific position in the agency, organization, enterprise for
at least 12 months up to the date of application for approval for ABTC
eligibility; He/she does not fall under cases of temporary suspension from exit.
Vietnamese business people choose physical
ABTC or virtual ABTC in their discretion. A physical ABTC and a virtual
ABTC have the same legal validity. Virtual ABTC is a card issued on a
virtual interface through the ABTC application on a smart electronic device
connected to the internet.
ABTC eligible entities:
- Business people
working for state-owned enterprises:
Presidents of the
Board of Members, Presidents of the Board of Directors, Presidents of
companies, members of the Board of Members, members of Board of Directors;
General Directors, Deputy General Directors, Directors, Deputy Directors of
enterprises, banks or bank branches; Heads, Deputy Heads of Management Boards
of industrial parks, export processing zones and economic zones; Chief
accountants, heads and deputy heads of boards, heads and deputy heads of
departments in person related to business, trade, investment and service
activities in enterprises; Heads of the branches of the enterprise.
- Presidents of the Board of Members,
Presidents of the Board of Directors, Presidents of companies, General
Directors, Deputy General Directors or Directors, Deputy Directors of
enterprises affiliated to socio-political organizations; President, Vice
President of Vietnam Federation of Trade and Industry; Heads and Deputy Heads
of boards, Directors, Deputy Directors and Heads of Departments affiliated to
Vietnam Federation of Trade and Industry.
- Vietnamese
business people working for enterprises that are legally established under laws
of Vietnam;
Sole proprietors,
Presidents of the Board of Members, members of the Board of Members, Presidents
of the Board of Directors, members of Board of Directors; Presidents of
ompanies; General Directors or Directors, Deputy General Directors or Deputy
Directors of enterprises; President of the Board of Directors, members of Board
of Directors, Directors or General Directors of cooperatives or joint
cooperatives; Chief accountants, Directors of divisions or Managers in person
related to business, trade, investment and service activities in enterprises;
Heads of the branches of the enterprise.
- Officials and public employees
responsible for attending meetings, conferences, seminars and other economic
cooperation and development of APEC.
- Heads, deputy
heads of Vietnamese trade representative offices in member states or
territories of APEC.
For details: 
QĐ 09.pdf
Department of Enterprise Management.