Local media last month simultaneously reported that an incumbent National Assembly (NA) deputy is named in the so-called “The Cyprus Papers”, a batch of leaked documents containing information on persons having acquired Cypriot citizenship by making investment in the Mediterranean island country.

This Article provides conditions for foreigners who are children of Vietnamese citizens to be naturalized in Vietnam, as well as procedures for filing and processing of dossiers of application for Vietnamese citizenship.

Under the 2013 Land Law, all land areas used by households and individuals for the residential purpose are regarded as land for stable and long-term use and subject to no given use term. Therefore, individuals or households that are named in land use rights certificates have full discretion to use and dispose of their residential land areas without any temporal limitations.

If you are a foreigner residing in Vietnam and wishing to enroll your child in a local school, here is what you need to know.

The number of days off for health recovery must be jointly decided by the employer and grassroots Trade Union executive committee.

a child either of whose parents is a Vietnamese citizen at the time of his/her birth and the other is a foreign national has the Vietnamese nationality if so agreed in writing by his/her parents.

Aware of the significance of citizenship, the young Democratic Republic of Vietnam, immediately after its emergence, attached importance to promulgating laws on citizenship to suit the different historic circumstances. Vietnam has since issued a large number of laws and regulations on citizenship.

Over the past 10 years, the Law on Citizenship has served as a legal basis for establishing and certifying the bond between individuals and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ensuring the exercise of rights and fulfillment of responsibilities of Vietnamese citizens, asserting the State’s duties towards citizens, and enhancing the attachment between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its citizens, both at home and abroad.

Most socio-economic development targets set for 2007 will be fulfilled or overfulfilled, according to a government report presented at the ongoing 2nd session of the XIIth National Assembly.