Vietnamese citizenship

Update news Vietnamese citizenship

Lao nationals in Quang Nam granted Vietnamese citizenship

In late 2019, 20 Lao people living in the Tay Giang and Nam Giang border district of Quang Nam province were granted Vietnamese citizenship.

Somkane becomes Vietnamese citizen to play volleyball tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trang An Ninh Binh have helped Thai player Kitsada Somkane get Vietnamese citizenship so he can play in the second round of the National Volleyball Championship, which begins December 4.

Gaston Merlo to be granted with Vietnamese citizenship

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang team has completed procedures to secure Vietnamese citizenship for Argentina-born striker Gaston Merlo ahead of the next V.League season.

People without nationality may have citizenship

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of thousands of people without registered nationality in Vietnam will have great chance of gaining full citizenship rights and obligations once the country joins the 1954 Convention on the status of stateless persons.

Millions of overseas Vietnamese risk loss of citizenship

 VietNamNet Bridge – On July 1, overseas Vietnamese who have not registered to hold their Vietnamese citizenship will lose it. At present, only about 6,000 out of 4.5 million overseas Vietnamese have registered.

Over 900 granted Vietnamese citizenship

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced 902 people, 899 of whom have resided in Vietnam for at least 20 years, were granted Vietnamese citizenship in 2013.

The first foreigner granted Vietnamese citizenship

Being jailed in Chi Hoa Prison for advocating Vietnam’s revolution, André Marcel Menras was named Ho Cuong Quyet by his inmates. In 2009, he was the first foreigner who was granted the Vietnamese citizenship.

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