Chương III Luật Quốc tịch Việt Nam 1998: Mất quốc tịch Việt Nam

Chapter III

LOSS OF VIETNAMESE NATIONALITY

Article 23.- Loss of Vietnamese nationality

A Vietnamese citizen shall lose his/her Vietnamese nationality in the following cases:

1. Being permitted to relinquish his/her Vietnamese nationality;

2. Being deprived of his/her Vietnamese nationality.

3. Losing his/her Vietnamese nationality under international treaties which Vietnam has signed or acceded to;

4  Other cases defined in Clause 2 of Article 19, Article 26 and Article 28 of this Law.

Article 24.- Relinquishment of Vietnamese nationality

1. A Vietnamese citizen who files application for the relinquishment of Vietnamese nationality so as to be granted nationality of a foreign country may be permitted to relinquish his/her Vietnamese nationality.

2. A person applying for the relinquishment of Vietnamese nationality shall not be permitted to relinquish his/her Vietnamese nationality if he/she falls under one of the following cases;

a/ He/she is owing tax debts to the State or a property obligation to a Vietnamese agency organization or citizen;

b/ He/she is being examined for penal liability;

c/ He/she has not yet completely served Vietnamese court’s sentence(s)and/or decisions(s) against him/her.

3. Persons applying of the relinquishment of Vietnamese nationality shall not be permitted to relinquish their Vietnamese nationality if such relinquishment is detrimental to Vietnam’s national interests.

4. State officials and employees and those who are serving in the people’s armed forces shall not be permitted to relinquish their Vietnamese nationality.

The Government shall stipulate the procedures and order for handling applications for the relinquishment of Vietnamese nationality.

Article 25.- The deprivation of Vietnamese nationality

1. Vietnamese citizens residing abroad may be deprived of Vietnamese nationality if they take acts that cause serious harms to the national independence, the cause of building and defending the Vietnamese fatherland or to the prestige of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

2. Persons who have been granted with Vietnamese nationality in accordance with Article 20 of this Law, regardless of whether they reside inside or outside the Vietnamese territory, may be deprived of Vietnamese nationality if they commit acts prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 26.- Annulment of decisions on granting Vietnamese nationality

1. In cases where a person who has been granted the Vietnamese nationality in accordance with Article 20 of this Law, regardless of whether he/she resides inside or outside the Vietnamese territory, intentionally made false declaration or falsified papers when applying for Vietnamese nationality, the decision on naturalization shall be annulled, provided that such decision has been issued for less than five years.

2. The annulment of the decision on naturalization of a husband or a wife shall not alter the nationality of his/her spouse.

Article 27.- The certificates of Vietnamese nationality loss

The certificates of Vietnamese nationality loss shall be granted to persons who file applications therefor and can prove that they once held Vietnamese nationality.

The Government shall stipulate the procedures and order for granting certificates of Vietnamese nationality loss.