In Vietnam, how much does it cost to register a child's birth on time?

In Vietnam, how much does it cost to register a child's birth on time?

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law on Civil Status in 2014 stipulating civil status fees in Vietnam as follows:

1. Civil status fees shall be exempted in the following cases:

a/ Civil status registration for members of families that have rendered meritorious services to the revolution; members of poor households; persons with disabilities;

b/ Birth and death registration on time, guardianship and marriage of Vietnamese citizens residing in the country.

2. Individuals who request registration of civil status events other than those prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article or issue of civil status extract copies shall pay a fee.

The Ministry of Finance shall stipulate in detail the competence to collect, fee rates and the management and use of civil status fees.

As regulations above, you don't have to pay any fee for birth registration on time.

Which authorities have competence to grant birth certificate to Vietnameses citizens? 

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 7 of the Law on Civil Status in 2014 stipulating competence to grant birth certificate to Vietnamese citizens as follows:

1. Commune-level People's Committees shall make civil status registration in the following cases:

a/ Registering civil status events specified at Points a, b, c, d and e, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Law for Vietnamese citizens residing in the country;

b/ Registering civil status change and correction for persons under 14 full years; addition of civil status information for Vietnamese citizens residing in the country;

c/ Carrying out civil status matters specified in Clauses 2 and 4, Article 3 of this Law;

d/ Registering birth for children born in Vietnam with a parent being a Vietnamese citizen permanently in a border area and the other parent being a citizen of the bordering country permanently residing in the area bordering on Vietnam; marriage, recognition of parent or child between Vietnamese citizens permanently residing in border areas and citizens of bordering countries permanently residing in areas bordering on Vietnam; and death for foreigners permanently and stably residing in border areas of Vietnam.

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on Civil Status in 2014 stipulating as follows:

1. Certifying in the civil status book the following civil status events:

a/ Birth;

b/ Marriage;

c/ Guardianship;

d/ Parent and child recognition;

dd/ Civil status change and correction; ethnicity re-determination, civil status information addition;

e/ Death.

As regulations above, Commune-level People's Committees have competence to grant birth certificate to Vietnamese citizens residing in the country.

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