After practicing for 5 years, is a lawyer automatically appointed as a notary in Vietnam?

After practicing for 5 years, is a lawyer automatically appointed as a notary in Vietnam?

I am a student about to graduate from Ho Chi Minh City University of Law. I heard from previous students that if you finish studying as a lawyer and practice for 5 years, you can be appointed as a notary. Is that true? 

Reply:

Pursuant to Article 10 of the 2014 Notary Law, there are regulations on exemption from notary training specifically as follows:

1. Notary training shall be exempted for the following persons:

a/ Those who have worked as judges, prosecutors or investigators for at least 5 years;

b/ Lawyers who have been engaged in legal practice for at least 5 years;

c/ Law professors and associate professors; doctors of law;

d/ Senior verifiers of courts, senior examiners of procuracies; senior experts, senior researchers and senior lecturers in the legal sector.

2. Persons exempted from notary training under Clause 1 of this Article shall attend a re-training course on notarial practice skills and rules on notary practice ethics at a notary training institution before they are proposed for appointment as notaries. A notary re-training course must last for 3 months.

Those who have completed a notary re-training course shall be granted certificates of completion of the notary re-training course.

3. The Minister of Justice shall stipulate in detail notary re-training courses prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

Thus, based on the provisions of law in Vietnam, in this case, a lawyer who has been practicing for 5 years and wants to be appointed as a notary needs to complete a refresher course on notary practice skills and public practice rules. Only at a notary training facility can you be appointed as a notary. The notary training period is 3 months.

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Is there a fee to request a notary office to issue a copy of a notarized document in Vietnam?

Regarding the issuance of notarized copies of documents. Please ask, when I request a notary office to issue a copy of a notarized document, do I have to pay a fee?

Reply:

In Clause 1, Article 66 of the 2014 Notary Law, it is stipulated:

1. Notarization charges include the charge for notarizing contracts, transactions or translations, the charge for preserving testaments and the charge for granting copies of notarized documents.

Requesters for notarization of contracts, transactions or translations, custody of testaments or grant of copies of notarized documents shall pay notarization charges.

Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, the person requesting notarization who needs a copy of a previously notarized document must pay the notary fee according to regulations.

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Are lawyers exempt from notary training in Vietnam?

Let me ask, if a lawyer has practiced law and now wants to become a notary, can he or she be exempted from notary training? Hope to receive an answer.

Reply:

Clause 1, Article 10 of the 2014 Notary Law, stipulates that notary training shall be exempted for the following persons:

a/ Those who have worked as judges, prosecutors or investigators for at least 5 years;

b/ Lawyers who have been engaged in legal practice for at least 5 years;

c/ Law professors and associate professors; doctors of law;

d/ Senior verifiers of courts, senior examiners of procuracies; senior experts, senior researchers and senior lecturers in the legal sector.

Thus, only lawyers who have been engaged in legal practice for at least 5 years are exempt from notary training in Vietnam.

In addition, when exempt from notary training, you must participate in a notary practice skills training course and notary practice ethics code at a notary training facility before applying for appointment as a notary. The training period for notary profession is 3 months in Vietnam.

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