Vietnam Civil Registration
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In other languages: tiếng ViệtResources
Online Resources
- 1860-1917: French Overseas Vietnam Civil Registration and Parish Records at Archivesnationales; index & images
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast; index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast; index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast; index & images ($)
Offices to Contact
Ministry of Justice (according to United Nations)[1]
58 – 60 Tran Phu
Ba Dinh
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: 024.62739718
Fax: 024.62739359
Email: banbientap@moj.gov.vn
Records might also be at the National Civil Registration Office or the local police registry offices.
Background
Family Registers and Personal Identity Cards
Research use: Verifies family linkages from other records, shows relationships, places of birth, previous residence, extended families.
Record type: Each household in Vietnam is required to keep a family registration record, which gives the vital information on each person in the household. Each individual is also required to be personally registered.
Time Period: 1945-present.
Content: Names of residents, relationship to head of house; sex, sometimes place of birth, race, civil status, military status, literacy status, birth, and marriage data for all family members.
Location: National Civil Registration Office, local police registry offices.
Population coverage: 70%.
Reliability: Good.[2]
Coverage and Compliance
Time period: 1858-present.
Population coverage: Possibly 20%.[2]
Information Recorded in the Records
Birth Records
- Child’s name
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Nationality
- Birth date and place
- Hometown
- Parents’ names, year of birth, and residence
- Witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences[2]
Marriage Records
- Names of bride and groom
- Ages
- Residences
- Occupations
- Marriage date and place
- Sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places
- Parents' names, residences, occupations
- Names of witnesses
- Names of former spouses[2]
Marriage Contracts
Marriage agreements between about 10% of families, 1600-present
- Names of husband and wife
- Marriage date
- Birth dates of couple
- Names of parents
- Clan affiliation
Found in local municipal and district offices[2]
Divorce Records
Often listed on the back of the marriage register
- Names
- Ages
- Dates and places
- Occupations
- Residences[2]
Death Records
- Name of deceased
- Age
- Death date and place
- Occupation
- Name of surviving spouse
- Informant’s name and residence
- Cause of death
- Sometimes birth date and place, parents’ names, children’s names[2]
References