Vietnam Civil Registration

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[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1858-present.

Population coverage: Possibly 20%.^[2]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Often listed on the back of the marriage register

Names
Ages
Dates and places
Occupations
Residences^[2]

Death Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

↑ United Nations ESCAP, Viet Name, (accessed 30 September 2022)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Vietnam,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.

References[edit | edit source]

[1] United Nations ESCAP, Viet Name, (accessed 30 September 2022)

[profile-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Vietnam,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.

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