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Cases in which restoration of Vietnamese nationality is permitted

16:59, 05/03/2010

Vietnamese law allows a person who has lost Vietnamese nationality to regain his/her nationality if he/she has an application to regain nationality and falls into the following cases:

- Having applied for permission to return to Vietnam;

- His/her spouse, a natural parent or a natural offspring is a Vietnamese citizen;

- Having made meritorious contributions to Vietnam’s national construction and defense;

- Being helpful to the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

- Conducting investment activities in Vietnam;

- Having renounced Vietnamese nationality for acquisition of a foreign nationality but failing to obtain permission to acquire the foreign nationality.

A person who has been deprived of his/her Vietnamese nationality may only be considered for restoration of Vietnamese nationality for at least 5 years after the date he/she is deprived of Vietnamese nationality.

Persons permitted to restore Vietnamese nationality shall renounce their foreign nationality, except for the following persons in special cases, if so permitted by the President, who:

- Are spouses, natural parents or natural offsprings of Vietnamese citizens;

- Have made meritorious contributions to Vietnam’s national construction and defense;

- Are helpful to the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

View details at the Law on Vietnamese Nationality 2008, effective from July 01, 2009.

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