Question

I am a Viet Kieu living outside Vietnam. Could you advise me about persons who are deemed to have Vietnamese nationality ? May overseas Vietnamese retain their Vietnamese nationality ?

Answer

Overseas Vietnamese may retain their Vietnamese nationality ?

Persons having Vietnamese nationality:

Persons having Vietnamese nationality include those who have Vietnamese nationality by the effective date of this Law and those who acquire Vietnamese nationality under this Law.

Overseas Vietnamese who have not yet lost Vietnamese nationality as prescribed by Vietnamese law before the effective date of this Law may retain their Vietnamese nationality and within 5 years after the effective date of this Law, shall make registration with overseas Vietnamese representative missions to retain Vietnamese nationality.

The Government shall specify the order of and procedures for registration for retention of Vietnamese nationality (Article 13 Law on Vietnamese Nationality No. 05/VBHN-VPQH dated July 10, 2014)./.

Related topics:

Restoration of Vietnamese nationality

Dossier for application for Vietnamese nationality

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