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Law on Notarization in Vietnam No. 53/2014/QH13 dated June 20, 2014, took effect on January 01, 2015 (replaced the Law on Notarization No. 82/2006/QH11 dated November 29, 2006). This Law provides for notaries, notarial practice organizations, notarial practice, notarization procedures and state management of notarization. Some prominent articles are:

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Law on Notarization in Vietnam 

Notarization means the written certification by a notary of a notarial practice organization of the authenticity and lawfulness of a contract or another civil transaction or of the accuracy, lawfulness and conformity with social ethics of the Vietnamese or foreign language translation of a paper or document which is prescribed by law or voluntarily requested by an individual or organization to be notarized; Notarized document means a contract, transaction or translation which has been certified by a notary;

Legal validity of notarized documents;

Spoken and written language used in notarization;

Notarization of ready-made contracts and transactions;

Notarization of contracts or transactions drafted by notaries at the request of notarization requesters;

Scope of notarization of real estate contracts or transactions;

Testimonies of notaries;

Signatures, fingerprints in notarized documents;

Notarization of real estate mortgage contracts;

Notarization of authorization contracts;

Notarization of testaments;

Notarization of written agreements on division of estate;

Notarization of translations and many other specific provisions. 

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