Vietnam Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
National Civil Registration Office, local police registry offices.

Coverage and Compliance
Time period: 1858-present.

Population coverage: Possibly 20%.

Birth Records

 * Child’s name
 * Birth date and place
 * Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
 * Witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences

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

Divorces
Often listed on the back of the marriage register
 * Names
 * Ages
 * Dates and places
 * Occupations
 * Residences

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

Civil Registration
Contents: Births:   Marriages:. Death registers:

Marriage Contracts
Research use: Family linkage material. Particularly valuable prior to civil registration.

Record type: Documentation of marriage agreements between families.

Time Period: 1600-present.

Content: Name of husband and wife, marriage and birth dates of couple, names of parents, clan affiliation.

Location: Local municipal and district offices.

Population coverage: Approximately 10%.

Reliability: Good.