What is way to fill in the place of birth field in birth certificates in Vietnam?

What is way to fill in the place of birth field in birth certificates in Vietnam?

In Article 31 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BTP stipulating how to fill in birth certificates and birth registers, as follows:

1. Last name, middle name and first name of the person whose birth is registered must be capitalized with all tone marks.

2. Date of birth of the person whose birth is registered must be written in both numbers and words.

3. The Place of birth field shall be filled in as follows:

a) If the child is born in a hospital, maternity ward, healthcare station or healthcare establishment (hereinafter collectively referred to as “health facility”), the name of the health facility and address of the premises of the health facility shall be filled in.

b) If the child is not born in a health facility i.e., at home, on a vehicle, on the road, in a detention center or prison or at another location, the name of the administrative location where the child is born shall be filled in (fill in all 3 administrative levels).

c) If the child is born overseas, the place of birth shall be the city and country where the child is born; if the child is born in a federal state, the names of the city, state and country shall be filled in.

d) In case of birth re-registration without sufficient information on the place of birth, the name of the Vietnamese province or name of the foreign country shall be filled in (e.g., Vinh Phuc or United States).

4. The Place of residence field shall be filled in as follows:

a) If the person whose birth is registered is a Vietnamese citizen residing in Vietnam, the permanent address shall be filled in; if there is no permanent address, the temporary address shall be filled in; if there is no permanent or temporary address, the current address shall be filled in.

b) If the person whose birth is registered is a Vietnamese citizen living abroad, the permanent or temporary address in the foreign country shall be filled in.

5. The Personal documents of the person registering the birth field must include the type, number, issuer and date of issuance of each document.

6. The Place of birth registration shall include the exact name of the authority with competence in birth registration according to regulations of the Law on Civil Status. To be specific:

a) If the birth is registered at a commune-level People’s Committee, names of 3 administrative levels must be filled in (commune, district and province).

b) If the birth is registered at a district-level People’s Committee, names of 2 administrative levels must be filled in (district and province).

c) If the birth is registered at a representative mission of Vietnam in a foreign country, the name of the representative mission shall be filled in.

7. If the father or mother of the person whose birth is registered is a foreigner, their name shall be filled in as written in their passport or an equivalent document.

8. Foreign location and country names shall be translated into Vietnamese (e.g., “Cộng hòa Pháp” (“French Republic”), “Cộng hòa Liên bang Đức” (“Federal Republic of Germany”), “Hoa Kỳ” (“America”), etc.); if no Vietnamese translation is available, these names shall be romanized (e.g., Osaka, New York, etc.).

9. The Remark section on the back of the birth certificate  shall be used to record civil status information changes, correction and revision, ethnicity re-determination; civil status information changes per judgments and decisions of competent authorities, including the date, month and year of recording, changed civil status information and type, number, issuer and date of issuance of documents providing the basis for such recording.

10. Guidelines for filling in last name, middle name and first name, date, month and year, place of residence, personal documents, place of registration, location and country names and remarks of changes herein are also applicable to other types of civil registers and civil status documents to ensure consistency.

According to this Article, with the above regulations and your case, it is correct that in the birth certificate, the place of birth is Cho Ray Hospital in Vietnam.

What is determination of birth re-registration contents in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 10 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BTP stipulating the determination of content of birth re-registration, according to which:

1. In case an applicant for birth re-registration has the documents required according to Clause 4 Article 26 of Decree No. 123/2015/ND-CP and Clauses 1 and 2 Article 9 of this Circular, the birth re-registration contents shall be determined based on such documents.

2. At the time of birth re-registration, if there is any change to information on the applicant’s parent or the applicant themselves contained in the documents mentioned in Clause 1 herein, the applicant shall present valid documentary evidences of such change. If such change complies with regulations of laws, birth re-registration contents shall be determined based on the new information; and the outdated information shall be written on the back of the birth certificate and in the Remark section in the birth register.

If the mother or father of the applicant has passed away, “Deceased” shall be written in the Place of residence field in the birth register and birth certificate.

If the name of an administrative location written in issued documents has changed, the current name shall be used and the previous name shall be written on the back of the birth certificate and in the Remark section of the birth register.

Thus, the determination of content of birth re-registration in Vietnam shall comply with the above provisions of law.

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