Is it permissible to renunciate Vietnamese nationality while staying abroad?

Is it permissible to renunciate Vietnamese nationality while staying abroad?

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 29 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality in 2008 stipulating order of and procedures for processing of dossiers of application for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality as follows: 

1. If the person applying for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality resides in Vietnam, he/she shall file the dossier to the provincial-level Justice Service of the locality where he/she resides; if residing abroad, he/she shall file the dossier to the Vietnamese representative mission in the host country. In case the dossier is incomplete under Article 28 of this Law or invalid, the dossier-receiving agency shall immediately notify the applicant thereof for supplementation or completion of the dossier.

As regulations above, it is permissible to renunciate Vietnamese nationality while staying abroad. You shall file the dossier for renunciation of Vietnamesese nationality to the Vietnamese representative mission in the host country.

Which cases are not permissible for citizens to renunciate Vietnamese nationality?

Pursuant to Clause 3 and 4, Article 27 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality in 2008 stipulating as follows:

3. A person applying for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality may not renounce Vietnamese nationality if such renunciation is detrimental to Vietnam’s national interests.

4. Cadres, civil servants and those who are serving in Vietnamese people’s armed forces may not renounce Vietnamese nationality.

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