The Law on Civil Status (amended) has been passed by the National Assembly and takes effect from March 1, 2027.
This Law stipulates civil status, civil status registration, civil status database and state management of civil status.
The Law clearly stipulates the respect and guarantee of personal rights of individuals.
All civil status events of individuals must be fully, promptly, truthfully, objectively and accurately registered; in case they do not meet the conditions for civil status registration according to the provisions of law, the head of the civil status registration agency shall refuse in writing and state the reason clearly.
For civil status registration that the law on civil status does not stipulate a time limit for resolution, it must be resolved within 24 hours from the time of receiving complete and valid dossiers.
An event or civil status information of an individual is registered once by a competent civil status registration agency of Vietnam, except for the case of re-registration of marriage.
The civil status registration agency is responsible for ensuring that the events and civil status information of individuals registered are not duplicated. Ensure publicity and transparency of civil status registration procedures.
Article 26 stipulates the exploitation of information in the Civil Status Database.
Through this, individuals are allowed to exploit their information in the Civil Status Database.
And competent state agencies are allowed to exploit information in the Civil Status Database in accordance with the functions and tasks of that agency.
For agencies, organizations, and individuals not falling under the above-mentioned regulations, when exploiting information in the Civil Status Database, they must obtain the consent of the individual who is the subject of the exploited information, unless otherwise provided by law.
In case of exploitation of information of minors, people with loss of civil act capacity, people with difficulties in perception and controlling behavior, the consent of the legal representative must be obtained.
In case of exploitation of information of people declared missing or dead, it must be with the consent of the spouse or adult child of that person; in case these people are not present, the exploitation of information must be with the consent of the parents of the person declared missing or dead.
For people with loss of civil act capacity, people with difficulty in perception and controlling their behavior, and people under 15 years old, they exploit their information through their legal representatives.
The exploitation of information in the Civil Status Database must ensure the protection of personal data in accordance with the law on personal data protection.
