On March 20, 2020, Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Deputy Director of Tourism Department said that the Department has just decided to revoke 6 international tour guide cards because they are found to be using fake certificates to make guide application
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Regarding the above issue, Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Thanh said, when receiving the application for tour guide cards, to ensure the processing time as prescribed, the Department of Tourism must resolve within 15 days, If refusing to issue card, there must be clear reasons.
Therefore, if there are signs of doubt, the Department still has to issue the card according to the prescribed time limit, and the Department sends verification letter from training institution as the same time, if detecting the profile using fake certificate, the issued tour guide card will be revoked.
Previously, in 2019, the Department had revoked 36 international tour guide cards, including 35 Chinese tour guide cards and 1 Russian tour guide card for failing to supplement the recognition document of Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (for vocational degrees) in accordance with the Tourism Law.
As of this moment, the Department of Tourism has issued 1,486 tourist guide cards, including 1,052 international tour guide cards.
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