Vietnam: What information is consisted in electronic civil status database?

Specifically, according to the Decree No. 87/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, information in electronic civil status database are specified as follows:

- Civil status information of an individual established during his/her birth registration includes: full name; date of birth; gender; place of birth, ethnic group, nationality, hometown, residence, personal identification number, personal identification document(s) of his/her parent(s); full name, personal identification number and personal identification document(s) of person(s) performing civil registration and relationship with the individual; registration number, book number, date of registration, name of birth registration agencies; full name and title of person signing birth certificate;

- Civil status information of an individual who is a Vietnamese national whose birth registration has been adopted by a competent oversea agency established when he/she is registered in civil registers includes: full name; date of birth; gender; place of birth; ethnic group, nationality, hometown, personal identification number, personal identification document of the individual; full name, date of birth, ethnic group, nationality, hometown, personal identification number and personal identification document(s) of his/her parent(s); type of document, document number, date of issue, name of agency and country that issue civil status documents which serve as the basis for birth registration overseas; information on person performing birth registration; full name, personal identification number and personal identification document of applicant for birth registration; registration number, book number, date of registration, name of overseas agency performing birth registration; full name and title of person signing extract and specifying birth registration in civil registers;

- Other civil status information of an individual updated in his/her civil status information which is established as specified above consists of: information on marriage registration; issuance of marital status verification; guardian(s); acknowledging parent(s) and child/children; adopting child/children; revision of civil status information, re-verification of ethnic group; 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;

- Scanned or photo of page(s) of civil registers that contain information that is digitalized and standardized according to civil registers.

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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