Question: I am a Korean, I got maried to a Vietnamese girld in traditional way and register in Korea. I want to make it legal following to Vietnamese law.  what procedures I have to do? How to do it?
Answer: For your question, we have some information on related issues according to Vietnames law as follows:

I. Conditions, competence to re-registration of marriage (Article 58 Decree  No.158/2005/ND-CP of the Government on civil status registration and management) 

1. Marriage of Vietnamese citizen - residing abroad or of foreigner was registered in Vietnam, but the civil status originals and the civil status registration book have been lost or damaged, so they could be re- registered. 

2. Department of justice in province (or city), where the person had registered marriage  before, will carry out the re-registration. 

II. Procedure of re-registration marriage (Article 59 Decree No.158/2005/ND-CP of the Government on civil status registration and management). 

1. Applicant for re-registration of marriage shall submit a declaration according to a set form. 

In case of marriage was registered before at the people’s committee of commune, it is needed to have a certification of people’s committee of that commune about the registration, except the applicant could show a copy of legal civil status papers that issued by competent authorities before. 

2. In period of 5 days, since receiving all lawful documents, registrar of Provincial department of justice writes in the marriage registration book and original certificate of marriage. Director of provincial justice department signs and issues one original certificate of marriage to applicant. The old civil status papers relating to re-registration (if any) need to be taken back and to be kept in a record. At remark column of the marriage registration book and under title of original marriage certificate must be written “Re-registration”.

In case of verifying, the above time limit could be prolonged more 5 days. 

C. The  content verifying of re-registration marriage will carry out as the same as stipulated in Clause 3, Article 48 of Decree No.158/2005/ND-CP. In case,  applicant has given up Vietnamese citizenship and have foreign nationality, the citizenship information of that person still must be written Vietnamese citizenship in marriage registration book and original certificate of marriage. Current citizenship of that person will be remarked in the marriage registration book and  at the back of original marriage certificate.

While re-registration of marriage  people concerned need to be presented. Relationship of marriage  will be recognized from  the date of the marriage registration before.
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