How to Correctly Change Hometown Information

Clause 8, Article 4 of the 2014 Civil Status Law stipulates:

The hometown of an individual is determined according to the hometown of the father or mother as agreed upon by the father and mother or according to the custom recorded in the declaration when registering for birth.

Thus, the hometown of a child can be recorded as the father's or mother's hometown, based on the agreement of the parents.

There is a fundamental difference between hometown and origin place:

Origin place: Record the origin place according to the birth certificate. In cases where there is no birth certificate or the birth certificate does not have this section, record according to the origins of grandparents (paternal or maternal). If the grandparents cannot be determined, record according to the origins of the father or mother (Point e, Clause 2, Article 7 of Circular 36/2014/TT-BCA).

Simply put, the origin place of a person is determined based on the origins (place of birth) of the paternal or maternal grandparents.

Meanwhile, a person's hometown is determined based on the origins of the parents.

Therefore, in order to determine whether the declaration of your siblings' hometown is correct or not, it is necessary to determine your parents' hometown/origin place. Since you have not clearly stated your parents' hometown, you can base the hometown of your siblings on the parents' birth certificate. For example, if your father's hometown is Nam Dinh and your parents have agreed to take the father's hometown, then your siblings' hometown will be Nam Dinh.

As for the origin place of your siblings, it is generally determined based on the origins of the paternal or maternal grandparents. If the paternal or maternal grandparents cannot be determined, then record according to the origins of the father or mother.

You can use the above principles to determine.

Sincerely!