Birth registration for children with foreign elements shall be carried out at the competent district-level People’s Committees. Cases of birth with foreign elements based on the Law on Civil Status 2014 include children born abroad who have not yet been registered for birth and reside in Vietnam; if the child is born in Vietnam, one parent is a Vietnamese citizen and the other is a foreigner or stateless person; one parent is a Vietnamese citizen residing in the country and the other is a Vietnamese citizen residing abroad; father and mother …
Name is the most basic element to identify and distinguish individuals. However, the naming must follow the provisions of law to be recorded on the birth certificate and be legally valid. This issue is stipulated by the Civil Code, Law on Civil Status, Decree No. 123/2015/ND-CP and Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BTP. The Civil Code has affirmed the right to have family and given names as follows: “Each natural person has right to have a family name and a given name (including a middle name, if any). The family and given names of a person shall be t…
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