Vietnam: 05 places where permanent and temporary residence registration are not allowed

Vietnam: 05 places where permanent and temporary residence registration are not allowed (Illustrative Photo)

Under  Article 24 of the Draft Residence Law 2020, in Vietnam, permanent and temporary residence registration are not allowed when citizens move to a new place of residence that falls into one of the following cases:

- The place of residence is located within prohibited areas, in areas where construction is forbidden, or encroaches on the protection landmarks of technical infrastructure works ranked historical or cultural monuments;

- The place of residence where the entire housing area is situated on illegally encroached land, or the place of residence where the land area does not meet the construction conditions as stipulated;

- The place of residence is under the plan for compensation, assistance, and relocation by competent state authority; the place of residence is housing where a part or the entire housing area is subject to disputes or complaints about ownership or usage rights that have not been resolved according to the law (except for cases where people with relationships such as grandparents, parents, spouses, and children move to live together);

- The place of residence is subject to foreclosure, confiscation for sentence execution, or requisition according to a decision by a competent state authority;

- The place of residence is a house that has a demolition decision by a competent state authority.

Thus, permanent and temporary residence registration are not allowed for prohibited construction areas, encroached areas, illegally built houses, places of residence under the relocation plan, foreclosed places of residence, and places of residence with a demolition decision.

Other regulations may be found in Draft Residence Law 2020

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