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Vietnam rolls out joint temporary residence platform for locals and expats
Sandy Verma | May 20, 2026 3:24 PM CST

Colonel Pham Hoang Diep, deputy director of the ministry’s Immigration Department, said at a conference in Hanoi on Tuesday the rollout of the shared platform marks an important step toward a more synchronized and modern approach to residence and foreigner management.

The system is expected to facilitate accommodation providers and residents in fulfilling declaration obligations, while improving data connectivity, sharing and utilization for State management of security and public order, in line with efforts to accelerate the application of science, technology and digital transformation within the public security force.

Under the new system, accommodation establishments will no longer need to use multiple platforms as before. Instead, they can use a single unified software platform to declare temporary residence for foreigners and notify lodging information for Vietnamese citizens. The system will automatically classify and transfer data to relevant units for management and use in accordance with their responsibilities.

Vietnamese citizens and foreigners can now make temporary residence declarations at

A screenshot of Vietnam’s joint temporary residence declaration site for locals and expats in English.

Colonel Diep said the software has been piloted in several localities and has initially delivered positive results, largely meeting operational requirements and facilitating use by grassroots police forces and accommodation providers.

For foreigner temporary residence declarations, the software has been integrated into pilot procedures for foreigner management in the police departments of Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ninh and Thanh Hoa provinces. Some stages of the workflow have been built on the platform’s data-processing capabilities.

The nationwide rollout of the shared system is therefore expected to serve as an important foundation for local police units to proactively prepare for the official implementation of the foreigner management process in Vietnam once approved by the ministry’s leadership from June 15, 2026.

In the coming period, police units and local authorities are expected to continue studying the guidance materials, proactively discuss difficulties and propose solutions to ensure the software is uniformly deployed from May 21 and operates smoothly and effectively ahead of July 1 as scheduled.


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