Passport

["HUY DUONG" <huy.duong@ctsu.ox.ac.uk>]

Hi ba'c Kieu Duyen,

>Noi cho cung, cai Passport chi la mot loai giay to can
>thiet de di chuyen tu xu nay sang xu khac va no khong
>co gia tri gi de chung minh cai ID va quoc tich cua
>nguoi mang no. Muc dich cua no rat gioi han hon nhieu.

Tui cung thien theo 1 quan diem giong giong bac: pass = di
qua, port =cua khau: giay to de di qua cua khau la cai use
chinh cua passport.

The nhung 

1) khi xin passport nguoi ta kiem chung rat ky identity
cua bac va nhieu nuoc lam passport rat tinh xao, kho lam gia
cho nen no cung la 1 very effective proof of identity. Thi du la
effective hon the cau lac bo the thao, the sinh vien. Di nhien
la no khong chinh thuc bang identity cad. Ngoai ra, khi bac
sang nuoc khac, bac khong co identity card cua nuoc do,
trong truong hop do, passport cua bac la the best accepted
proof of identity khi bac dang o noc do.

2) noi chung (*) passport chi duoc issued to cong dan cho nen
no cung duoc tam dung de chung nhan quoc tich, tuy no khong phai
la legal document de chung nhan qt.

(*) noi chung vay thoi, chu that ra co nuoc co nhieu loai
passport: co loai cho full citizen, co loai cho citzens
of dependent territories.

Anyway, nhu tui noi o tren, the primary intended use of 
a passport la di qua cua khau, (1) va (2) la nhung side uses.

Nhung ma Viet Nam thi khac. Truoc day thi co passport
VN cung khong du de di qua cua khau VN ma con phai xin visa
nua. It is quite interesting.

Huy