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Certified Vietnamese Name Change Document Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record a change of name in Vietnam, including the marginal annotations and registry endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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The commune People's Committee
A change of name in Vietnam is made through the People's Committee at commune or district level under the Law on Civil Status, and the law distinguishes thay đổi hộ tịch — a change — from cải chính hộ tịch, a correction of an entry that was wrong.
Which one the instrument records tells the reader whether the original entry was mistaken or the name was genuinely changed, and we translate the term rather than flattening both to "amendment".
The reissued giấy khai sinh, and the trích lục
The change is entered in the civil status book and the giấy khai sinh — the birth certificate — is reissued. A trích lục is an extract from the civil status register and is a separate document that can show the change entry itself.
A reissued birth certificate may print only the new name, so where the proof of change matters we recommend the trích lục or the decision alongside it.
Family name first, and no middle name
Vietnamese names run family name, middle name, given name — Nguyễn Văn An is addressed as An. The middle element is frequently Văn for men and Thị for women and is a marker rather than a personal name.
A US form reading the first word as the given name inverts the whole thing, and we make the order explicit. Roughly two in five Vietnamese share the surname Nguyễn, so the surname alone identifies almost nobody.
Diacritics, and the CCCD
Vietnamese marks tone and vowel quality with diacritics and stripping them changes the word: Phở and Pho are different, Hà and Hạ are different names. A US record holding the stripped form is holding a different name, and we reproduce the Vietnamese.
The CCCD is the twelve-digit citizen identification number and does not change with a name; it replaced the nine-digit CMND, so a packet may hold both. See our Vietnamese page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, so the reader can see that the change was recorded against the original entry rather than written into a fresh document. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Change or correction?
Vietnamese law distinguishes them, and the term tells the reader whether the original entry was wrong or the name was genuinely changed.
My reissued certificate shows only the new name.
Then add the trích lục extract or the decision, which show the change entry itself.
Which part of the name is the surname?
The first. Vietnamese runs family name, middle name, given name, and we make the order explicit.
Why do I have two ID numbers?
The twelve-digit CCCD replaced the nine-digit CMND. Both may appear and neither changes with a name.
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Upload the order, the resolution or the annotated certificate and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.