Reservation made upon accession of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet-Nam on December 3, 1973:
"Ad article 10: The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet-Nam recognizes as lawful a request by the Detaining Power to a neutral country, or a humanitarian organization, to assume the functions performed by Protecting Powers only when the State on which the wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea depend shall have given prior consent to such a request."
Reservations made upon accession of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on June 28, 1957:
"Article 10: A request by the Detaining Power to a neutral Power or to an organization providing guarantees of impartiality and effectiveness, to undertake the functions entrusted to the Protecting Powers by the Convention, will not be recognized as lawful by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, unless the State of which the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field are nationals has approved the request."
Accession, entry into force and reservation made by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Second reserve made by the Republic of South Viet-Nam.