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The Civil Code was passed on November 24, 2015, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at 10th session. This Civil Code has 6 parts with 689 articles, prescribes the legal status, legal standards for the conduct of individuals and legal persons in relations established on the basis of equality, freedom of will, independence of property, and selfresponsibility. It came into force on January 1, 2017, and replace the Civil Code in 2005. To meet the need of readers to learn the Civil Code in 2015, National Political Publishing House collaborates with Editorial Board of the Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine under Vietnam News Agency (the sole agency euthorized to translate “Cong Bao” into English) to publish the Vietnamese – English bilingual Civil Code. The English translation is reference only.