Vietnam: Updating data to electronic civil status database

According to the Decree No. 87/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, information updated in electronic civil status database consisting of civil status information of an individual and civil status information of his/her parents and spouses in case of changes to marital affairs, changes, reform or revision of civil status information, re-verification of ethnic group; acknowledging parent(s), child/children; acting as guardians; adopting child/children; declaration of death; recording revision of civil status according to judgments and decisions of competent authorities in civil registers; recording processed civil status affairs of a Vietnamese national by an oversea competent agency in civil registers. Responsibilities of agencies for updating data are as follows:

- Civil registration agencies shall use common electronic civil registration and management software to update data as specified under Clause 1 of this Article.

- Civil registration and management agencies upon receiving civil documents or information on changes to civil status information specified under Clause 1 of this Article via electronic system shall update in the civil status database in case the changed civil status information has not been updated via common civil registration and management software and record changed civil status information in respective civil registers immediately within the working day. In case of receiving civil documents or information after 3 p.m., proceed in the next working day.

Note: Heads of civil registration agencies are responsible for regularly examining and supervising data update of their agencies; superior civil management agencies are responsible for regularly examining and supervising data update of subordinate civil registration agencies.

View more details at the Decree No. 87/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 15, 2020.

Ty Na

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