Is there a penalty for not getting married before age 30 in Vietnam? Do I need a certificate of marital status when applying for a vehicle resale in Vietnam?

Is there a penalty for not getting married before age 30 in Vietnam?

I heard that there is Decision 588 that requires you to get married before the age of 30. So if I don't have a lover or get married before the age of 30, will I be fined? If so, how much specifically?

Reply:

In Clause 3, Section II, Decision 588/QD-TTg of 2020 on approving the Program to adjust fertility levels to suit regions and subjects until 2030, it is stipulated:

Local authorities research and promulgate measures to support couples having two children. Some support and encouragement contents that need to be piloted are as follows:

- Support in consulting and providing marriage and family services: Develop 100-year friendship clubs, support young men and women to make friends; Health consultation before marriage; Encourage men and women to get married before the age of 30, not marry late and give birth early, women have a second child before the age of 35,...

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According to this Article, the content of men and women getting married before the age of 30 is an encouraged content that needs to be piloted, not a mandatory content.

In addition, the 2014 Law on Marriage and Family and its guiding documents also do not have regulations requiring marriage before the age of 30 and sanctions in Vietnam.

Thus, if you do not get married before the age of 30, you will not be punished in Vietnam.

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Do I need a certificate of marital status when applying for a vehicle resale in Vietnam?

When I bought a car with a certificate of singleness, up to now I am still not married, so now if I sell the car and have it notarized, do I need a certificate of marital status? I would like to thank you.

Reply:

Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 40 of the Notary Law 2014, when carrying out procedures for notarizing a car sale contract, the notary must submit to the notary practice organization the following papers and documents:

- Notarization request form, which includes information about the full name and address of the person requesting notarization, the content to be notarized, and a list of attached documents; name of notary practice organization, full name of person receiving notarization request documents, time of receiving documents;

- Draft contracts and transactions;

- Copy of identification documents of the person requesting notarization;

- A copy of the certificate of ownership or right to use or a copy of the replacement document prescribed by law for assets that are required by law to register ownership or right to use in the case of contracts, transactions related to that property;

- Copies of other documents related to contracts and transactions that are required by law.

Although the above documents do not include a certificate of celibacy, one of the issues the car seller needs to prove is whether or not he or she is the legal owner of the car and has the right to dispose of it. Is this property alone or not? Is this the seller's private property or is it the common property of husband and wife because according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 33 of the 2014 Law on Marriage and Family:

Common property of husband and wife includes property created by a spouse, incomes generated from labor, production and business activities, yields and profits arising from separate property and other lawful incomes in the marriage period; except the case prescribed in Clause 1, Article 40 of this Law; property jointly inherited by or given to both, and other property agreed upon by husband and wife as common property.

Therefore, when reselling the car, you still have to present a certificate of marital status for notarization procedures in Vietnam.

Can an 18 year old male apply for a certificate of marital status in Vietnam?

Question: Can an 18 year old male apply for a certificate of marital status in Vietnam?

Reply:

Clause 1, Article 22 of Decree 123/2015/ND-CP stipulates:

1. An applicant for certificate of marital status shall submit an application form using the form as prescribed. If the application for certificate of marital status is submitted for marriage purpose, the applicant shall satisfy all conditions for marriage as prescribed in the Law on marriage and family.

Clause 4, Article 12 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BTP stipulates:

4. In case an applicant wishes to use the marital status certificate for a purpose besides marriage, the applicant is not required to meet the marriage conditions; the marital status certificate shall specify its use and that it may not be used for getting married. The certificate shall be issued in the amount requested by the applicant.

Example: this certificate is issued for house selling procedures and may not be used for marriage registration.

According to Article 8 of the 2014 Law on Marriage and Family, men getting married must meet the age conditions: from 20 years old.

From the above grounds, if your child is an 18 year old male and wants to apply for a certificate of marital status in Vietnam, based on the purpose of use of this document, there are the following conditions:

- If applying for marriage: not eligible for issuance because you are not old enough to register for marriage.

- If applying for other purposes, not for marriage: granted and must clearly state the purpose of use, not valid for marriage registration.

Best regards!