Chapter II
MARRIAGE
Article 5
Men reaching the age of twenty and women at eighteen over shall be eligible to marry.
Article 6
Marriage shall be decided on by the man and woman who are seeking it; neither of them shall be forced by any other party into marriage;impediments to marriage shall not be admitted.
Article 7
Marriage shall not be permitted in the following circumstances:
1. One of the marriage partners is a marriage person.
2. One of the prospective spouses is mentally ill and is not in control of his or her actions, or has a venereal disease.
3. The marriage partners are directly related by blood: brother and sister with the same parents, half-brother and half-sister, or relatives within three generations.
4. Between an adoptive father or a foster mother and an adopted child.
Article 8
A marriage shall be recognised and recorded in the Marriage Register, with proceedings prescribed by the State, or by the People's Committee of the commune, ward or town where one of the prospective spouses resides.
A marriage between Vietnamese citizens abroad shall be recognised by the diplomatic mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in that country.
All other marriage proceedings shall be invalid.
Article 9
Marriage in violation of Article 5, 6 or 7 shall be illegal. Where a marriage person illegally entered into another marriage, his wife or her husband, his or her children, or the People's Prosecution Office, the Vietnam Women's Union, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union or the Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions can request a People's Court to annul such marriage.
The property of persons whose illegal marriage has been annulled shall be divided according to these principles: each party shall keep his or her personal property; common property shall be divided according to the contributions made by each side; and the legitimate rights of a man or woman who has been deceived or forced into marriage shall be protected.
The rights of their child, if any, shall be guaranteed, as in the case of a divorced couple.
Tìm kiếm
Luật Hôn nhân và gia đình 1986 (Bản Word)