3 cases have not been allowed to change their residence since July 2026

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Article 5, Circular 116/2026/TT-BCA of the Ministry of Public Security detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Residence (effective from July 1, 2026) stipulates cases where temporarily the place of residence has not been changed as follows:

1. People specified in points a, b, c, clause 2, Article 4 of the Law on Residence who are restricted from their right to freedom of residence are temporarily not eligible for procedures to change their place of residence unless they have written consent from a competent authority and in the cases specified in clause 3 of this Article.

2. People living in locations and areas announced by agencies and competent persons who are being isolated for reasons of disease prevention and control, declaration of a state of emergency during the period of application of isolation measures calculated from the start to the end are temporarily not allowed to resolve procedures for changing place of residence.

3. A person who is being subject to a residence ban penalty is temporarily not allowed to resolve procedures for residence registration in the places where that person is subject to a residence ban penalty until completion or there is a written permission from the competent authority that has applied the residence ban penalty.

Thus, from July 1, 2026, the above cases are temporarily not allowed to change their place of residence.