Notarization of a housing lease agreement in Vietnam ?

Can an authorized Vietnamese person represent a foreign company to sign a housing lease agreement with the landlord and request notarization of the signed agreement at a Notaries Public in Vietnam ? Can a property lease contract be notarized at Vietnamese Consulates abroad ?

DMS Law office in Danang, Vietnam advises about notarization of a housing lease agreement in Vietnam ? 

Law on Notarization No. 53/2014/QH13 dated 20 June 2014:

A notarization requester means a Vietnamese or foreign individual or organization that requests notarization of a contract, transaction or translation in accordance with this Law (Clause 3 Article 2 Law on Notarization);

Notarization requesters being individuals must have civil act capacity.

For notarization requesters being organizations, the notarization requests shall be made through legal representatives or authorized representatives of these organizations.

Notarization requesters shall present all necessary papers related to the notarization and take responsibility for the accuracy and lawfulness of such papers (Clause 1 Article 47 Law on Notarization);

In case both the authorizing party and authorized party cannot appear together at the same notarial practice organization, the authorizing party shall request the notarial practice organization of the place of residence of the authorizing party to notarize the authorization contract; the authorized party shall request the notarial practice organization of the place of residence of the authorized party to further notarize the original of this authorization contract and complete procedures for notarization of the authorization contract (Clause 2 Article 55 Law on Notarization);

Overseas diplomatic missions and consulates of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam may notarize testaments, written disclaimers of inheritance, letters of authorization and other contracts and transactions in accordance with this Law and consular and diplomatic regulations, excluding contracts on purchase and sale, conversion, transfer, donation, lease, mortgage or capital contribution of real estate in Vietnam (Clause 1 Article 78 Law on Notarization)./.

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