HAM Radio Licensing

If you want to be issued a Radio Amateur license for transmitting in Viêt-Nam, you need to contact Mr NGUYỄN Bác Ái – XV2A, president of the Vietnam Amateur Radio Club (VARC, Vietnamese Amateur Radio-Club – CLB Vô tuyến điện nghiệp dư). He is in charge of the relations with the regulatory office, namely the RadioFrequencies Directorate (Cục Tần số Vô tuyến điện).

Please provide him :

The Application form properly filled,
A photocopy (or fax, or scan file) of your passeport,
A photocopy of your visa,
A photocopy of your home country license or HAREC certificate.

His address is the following :

VARC – Vietnamese Amateur Radio-Club

President: Nguyễn Bàc Ái, XV2A/3W6AR

11 Bis Nguyen dinh, Chieu Str., District 1, HCM City
Tel : +84 (8) 3 829 4912
You can also send a message to xv2a null@null radioclub NULL.asia (xv2a null@null radioclub NULL.asia).

If you don’t have a reply in one week, please leave a comment with your e-mail adress on this page.

Once your request is validated and ready for approval for the administration, you will be asked for the license issuing and management charges payment. After a one to two months delay, you will be send your official license by e-mail or fax and the original will be available to you upon your arrival in Viêt-Nam.

33 thoughts on “HAM Radio Licensing”

Johannes on September 14, 2010 at 05:49 said:

Hello MR. NGUYEN BAC AI

Greetings from Jena in Germany to you in Vietnam.
My name is Johannes and my call is DF5AU.
In the last years I operated from various locations on HF.
Next year I want to visit a good school friend of mine near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. He is not an radio amateur.
It would be very nice to work for some days from Vietnam on shortwave bands.
I have a question.
Is there a possibility to use a clubstation or a rental station in Vietnam ?
Can you help me ?
Thank you very much for your kindness.
Vy 73 de Johannes DF5AU

Johannes Rötger DF5AU
email: df5au@darc.de (df5au null@null darc NULL.de)
http://www.mydarc.de/df5au

Von: dxshack.hiroo@gmail.com (dxshack NULL.hiroo null@null gmail NULL.com) [mailto:dxshack.hiroo@gmail.com] Im Auftrag von Ham Info
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. September 2010 22:40
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Dear OM.

It is XV2A Mr.Bac AI in HCM. Please contact with him.

Hiroo 3W2B.
2010/9/3 Rötger, Johannes
Hello MR. Hiroo Yonezuka,

Greetings from Jena in Germany to you in Cambodia.
My name is Johannes and my call is DF5AU.
In the last years I operated from various locations on HF.
Next year I want to visit a good school friend of mine near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. He is not an radio amateur.
It would be very nice to work for some days from Vietnam on shortwave bands.
I have a question.
Is there a possibility to use a clubstation or a rental station in Vietnam ?
Can you help me ?
Thank you very much for your kindness.
Vy 73 de Johannes DF5AU

Johannes Rötger DF5AU
email: df5au@darc.de (df5au null@null darc NULL.de)
http://www.mydarc.de/df5au

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- Cà Phê Ðá on September 15, 2010 at 13:44 said:
  
  Hi.
  
  I am not Bac Ai but Yannick XV4TUJ. Nice to meet you.
  There is a club station in Ho Chi Minh City. I will give you Bac Ai e-mail address in a private message so you will be able to arrange with him about licensing and station usage.
  
  73,
  Yan.
  
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Pavel OK1FPS on November 9, 2010 at 08:06 said:

Greetings from Prague .
I will visit Vietnam on february 2010 , I will use visa online from http://visa-vietnam.vn/en/e-visa.html . Can I use their visa which I ve got by email to ask for license ?
Thank U very much
Pavel

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- Cà Phê Ðá on November 15, 2010 at 22:34 said:
  
  Hi Pavel,
  Sorry but WordPress web site was unaccessible for the last days. Once you gave me your e-mail address will answer you by private e-mail.
  73,
  Yan – XV4TUJ.
  
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  - Pavel on November 19, 2010 at 08:19 said:
    
    Hi Yan
    Thanks You for answer. You can answer to me to my email address (deleted by webmaster). Apologize I forgot to write it before .
    Thank You 73
    de Pavel OK1FPS
    
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GOMEZ,Hugo on December 1, 2010 at 20:59 said:

Hello Mr Nguyen Bac Ai
I am now F5FYO and worked many Dx_peditions in the past; My first call was CX7CT in Uruguay. So I am an 50 year OL’TIMER.
I am living in Bayonne Biarritz near the Pyrineos Mountain in South FRANCE
I intend to visit Vietnam from Mid APRIL to Mid JUNE.
CAN YOU HELP ME TO HAVE A LICENSE CALL ?
CAN YOU SHOW A PLACE TO HIRE AN STATION ? (Na-Trang; HCM City ;Can_Tho; etc)
CAN I BRING MY OWN MATERIAL?
I INTEND TO REPEAT THIS TOUR IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL
THANK YOU!
HUGO

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Paul Whitman on December 25, 2010 at 20:15 said:

Hi,

My name is Paul (WQ2N). I will be working in Vietnam in May-June 2011. Can I apply for a license, what should I do? Can you contact me via email please? I will be visiting Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Hoi An, La Trang, and Hanoi for a few days each.

Paul/WQ2N

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- Cà Phê Ðá on December 27, 2010 at 04:20 said:
  
  Hi Paul.
  
  I already send you a private e-mail regarding your questions.
  
  Happy new year!
  73,
  Yan – XV4TUJ.
  
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Cary - VE4EA on January 22, 2011 at 11:19 said:

Good Day:
I have met and visited Mr. Bac Ai over 10 years ago.
Now I am back in Vietnam for short time.
I would love another opportunity to meet Mr. Bac Ai or other amatuers in HCMC or Radio Club.
I am staying in Phy My Hung.
73
Cary R. VE4EA

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Cà Phê Ðá on January 23, 2011 at 00:53 said:

Hi Cary,

I sent you a private e-mail with Bac Ai contact informations.
Don’t mind in calling me if you come to Can Tho.

73,
Yan – XV4TUJ.

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Neil Rowe on February 1, 2011 at 19:37 said:

Dear Mr Ai – XV2A

Good day OM, I have tried to find a way to contact you and came across this web site. I have attempted to get a qsl card for a contact we had January, 05, 2010 by sending you sase on three different occasions. Can you please advise if perhaps you now have a qsl manager I could try.

Thank You, and 73.

Neil Rowe VA6AK

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- Cà Phê Ðá on February 2, 2011 at 13:16 said:
  
  Hi Neil,
  
  I sent you a personal e-mail about this.
  
  73,
  Yan.
  
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Alberto Pititu on February 7, 2011 at 04:45 said:

Xin ciao Mr. Ai,
i am Alberto, IS0IVG ex XV4IVG .
How are you ??
I try to search in my previous number phone and email but i have lost all data ..
can you help me to contact you ..
i just return to Vietnam _ Ha Ting Province (Vung Ang Project) and i would like apply for the new licence ..why not if able also the previuos call sign ..
wait you feedbeck,
Xin camon
Alberto

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- Cà Phê Ðá on February 8, 2011 at 08:23 said:
  
  Buongiorno Alberto,
  
  I answered you with a private e-mail.
  
  73,
  Yan – XV4TUJ.
  
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Bruce Williams on February 25, 2011 at 09:16 said:

Dear Nguyen,

Both my wife and I hope you are in good health and happy.

I will be in Hanoi the first or second week of March for some business.

In fact, I might return to work in Hanoi for a few years until I retire. Gloria may also teach in the university there and our grandchildren will be staying with us.

I would like every much to speak with you again.

You may recall that you helped me obtain the license of XV9AZ .

I recall that you needed some matched tubes for your amplifier which my wife brought over and we all met in the Hanoi Towers one morning. Let me know if there is anything you or your club may need.

Currenlty I am in the Middle East in Saudi, but will fly to Hanoi around March 4th.

I’ll try and get a local sim card and call you, if your number is still current.

Best regards and wishes

Bruce Williams

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Igor Pyzh on March 29, 2011 at 07:51 said:

Hello, Mr. Bac Ai,
I’ve sent you my application for a week ago, but don’t have any response, probably, my letter has been rejected by spam-filter. Please, check your e-mail, so I can resend all needed scans. I arrive to SGN on 9th of May, so, it is very close for now…
73! Igor, UY5LW.

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- Cà Phê Ðá on March 30, 2011 at 13:28 said:
  
  Hi Igor,
  
  I sent your message to Mr Bac Ai.
  He is usually busy but should answer you soon.
  
  73,
  Yan – XV4Y.
  
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Jacek Krupa on March 29, 2011 at 14:50 said:

Hello Mr. Bac Ai,
I would like to visit and work from Phu Quock Island within a few months. I will appreciate for contact me via e-mail to assist me in license application process.
73!,
Jacek SP5APW

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- Cà Phê Ðá on March 30, 2011 at 13:30 said:
  
  Hi Jacek,
  
  I sent you a private e-mail with the contact informations of Bac Ai de XV2A.
  
  73 es enjoy DX in Viet-Nam,
  Yan – XV4Y.
  
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David Phillips on April 25, 2011 at 01:20 said:

I would like to get a Vietnamese license to use when I return for vacation. My wife is Vietnamese and we return once every few years.

I’m looking forward to operating ham radio while visiting.

David Phillips
KE4TZ

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Ken Case K5KC on June 1, 2011 at 07:04 said:

I have been working with a Vietmanese female student who is in the USA to obtain a graduate degree in engineering. I introduced her to ham radio, and she will have her Extra Class license (highest in USA) in a few days (passed three written exams).

What are the requirements she would have to meet to obtain a license for HF operation in her home country of Vietnam? I know she looks forward to returning after her degree is received. It sounds like XV2A would be a good person for her to talk with; can you send me his e-mail please?

Thanks very much!

73 Ken K5KC

PS: I have been to Vietnam in 2005, 7, and 9 but did not operate.

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- Cà Phê Ðá on June 1, 2011 at 07:46 said:
  
  Hi Ken.
  
  Next time you come here don’t mind asking a license or an authorization to operate one of the club stations.
  
  If she has an HAREC certificate or an american Extra license I think she will be granted a vietnamese license without any kind of trouble, just a photocopy or scan of the license and the usual administrative stuff (copy CMND, copy So Ho Khau,..).
  Ask Bac Ai and he will answer you about that.
  
  If she needs to pass the examination in Viet-Nam, I know that Bac Ai recently modernized the exam but don’t know exactly the contact. She could contact anh Thu XV9AA who is a young HAM that has recently (less than 2 years I think) passed the exam and is know managing the F-1 cubesat project.
  
  I will send you both e-mail address in a private e-mail soon.
  
  73,
  Yan – XV4Y.
  
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Anthony Clancy on July 12, 2011 at 02:04 said:

Hi, 12/7/2011
I am in HCMC Vietnam with some QRP for 40/80. Have no intentions to operate other than on dx-sb/cw rx but would like to have contact and join society if possible whilst here….maybe access club antenna to use with d/c receiver…..Please email me [e-mail address deleted] with info on possible contact and chat (I speak English and some reasonable french but not Vietnamese, sorry) Tony Clancy VK2MS

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- Cà Phê Ðá on July 12, 2011 at 02:33 said:
  
  Hi Tony,
  
  I already answered to your other comment.
  If you stay in Saigon, the best is that you contact Bac Ai de XV2A. He is the president of the national radio-club and will introduce you to other people.
  Perhaps you could ask him to operate one of the club stations in HCMC, this could be done easily.
  
  I will send you his e-mail address in a private message.
  
  73,
  Yan – XV4Y.
  
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Anthony Clancy on July 13, 2011 at 11:29 said:

Dear Mr Nguyen, nice to talk with you. This my details (from Ham.net site)
VK2MS
Anthony Clancy ANTHONY CLANCY & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD
PO BOX 120 Labrador Post office
Central Street Labrador , Queensland, Q. 4215
Australia
My licence is “full call” which means “unrestricted” or what the Americans call I think “Extra”

I don’t know if you can save my equipment from being sent back, maybe you could try for me as quickly as possible.
The contact is Mr Quoc Thai at EMS company His telephone is 08 3845 8999 and extension 380. he knows about the matter of “Radios for Anthony Clancy. My fear is they may already have been sent back to Australia. His email is thaiguyen.ems[arobase_character]gmail.com.

Bar code on paperwork is EQ01400281AU

Can you try to call him urgently and explain my situation and why I would have a 40m and 80m QRP radio and be responsible enough as an Amateur not to be transmititng unlawfully.

Thank , see you also saturday, We will communicate about that also later, Cheers Tony

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- Cà Phê Ðá on July 13, 2011 at 14:22 said:
  
  Hi Anthony,
  
  I am not Bac Ai de XV2A but Yannick de XV4Y. I already gave you Bac Ai’s email address in a private message.
  I have no power upon your trouble for importing radios in VN. Perhaps Bac Ai has some connections there but I doubt he could do anything if you have not asked a license before trying to import the radios…
  You should have taken the rigs in hand luggages, it is easier this way.
  Try to e-mail XV2A to the address I gave you…
  
  73 and GL,
  Yan.
  
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VILLAIN on July 17, 2011 at 06:34 said:

Hello 73 to everybody,

I’m planning to go Vietnam from 11/08/2011 until 16/08/2011.

Is it possible to meet Vietnamese ham radio people during my trip ?

My email : f4aar@free.fr (f4aar null@null free NULL.fr)

73 to all.

HL2/F4AAR.

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- Cà Phê Ðá on July 17, 2011 at 10:04 said:
  
  Bonjour Laurent,
  
  Tout dépend où vous serez. Il sera peut-être trop court pour vous obtenir une licence, mais vous pourrez sans trop de difficultés obtenir l’autorisation pour utiliser la station d’un autre OM si elle est déclarée en tant que “station-club”.
  Cherchez à contacter des OM tels que 3W6LI, XV9AA ou XV3AA… dont vous devriez trouver les e-mails dans QRZ.com.
  Pour ma part, je suis à Can Tho dans le delta du Mékong.
  Je vais vous envoyer en message privé l’adresse e-mail de NGUYEN Bac Ai de XV2A, le président du VARC. C’est lui qu’il faut voir pour obtenir les papiers nécessaires une fois que vous vous êtes mis d’accord avec un autre OM.
  
  73,
  Yan – XV4Y.
  
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Hans Schwarz on July 27, 2011 at 10:18 said:

Hi Yan,
I am author of the Callsign Directory published by German DARC. It covers callsign systems from countries around the world. I am interested in getting precise information on the prefix numbers in Vietnam. They are obviously based on the 56 provinces. But which number is used in the which province?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Vy 73
Hans, DK5JI

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Quynh Huong on August 4, 2011 at 15:16 said:

Chao bac Ai,
Con ten la Q Huong. Co mot bac nguoi Nhat ten la Harada rat muon tham gia vao CLB cua minh. Hom truoc con co dan bac ay den nha bac nhung khong gap vi bac dang di du lich cung voi gia dinh. May hom nay con da dien thoai rat nhieu lan nhung khong duoc. Neu bac nhan duoc tin xin danh chut thoi gian lien lac voi con:
Q Huong: 0909707781.

PS: Bac Harada co giay chung nhan thanh vien CLB Radio tai Nhat.

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nobukazu omura on April 23, 2012 at 11:15 said:

Mr Nguyen Back Ai
I am called JA1BAE and my name is Nobukazu Omura.
I think that I want to enjoy ham life following the amateur radio license of Vietnam, by all means,
to spend half in a/the person month with Noi Bai until December, 2014,
as the engineer of the 2nd Noi Bai airport terminal construction works.
Please lend me power.
I have already passed to Noi Bai from every other week Japan now.
I think that I want to receive and check it to you,
because I prepared even such a document that receives a/the license in Vietnam.
If you are good the application document that turned PDF with mail do send and be good?

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- xv4y on April 25, 2012 at 01:24 said:
  
  Hi Nobu-San.
  
  I am honored you visit this website and pleased you will come to Viet-Nam for the Noi Bai terminal project.
  You should write directly to M Bac Ai using the following e-mail address : xv2a@radioclub.asia (xv2a null@null radioclub NULL.asia) .
  He will sure help you in getting the information about the license.
  
  You should also read this page :
  http://varc.radioclub.asia/ham-radio-licensing/
  
  Looking forward to have QSO with you.
  73,
  Yan – XV4Y.
  
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Nobu on May 2, 2012 at 01:45 said:

Hallo Yan
I sent an application document to Mr. Ai Back in accordance with your advice and requested the check.
Thank you.
JA1BAE/Nobu

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