English name for my Son with vietnamese mother

Member since 16 December 2014

basurero45New member06 March 2017 06:28:02

Hi,
聽聽We are married for 4 year and have 2 lovely children. My first has english name and vietnamese middle name and used my surname. (Jasmine Blan Nguyen. Frane

I registered since for the Vietnamese Foreign affairs for this name and also for dual citizen .

When i had my second baby the people committee (district 1 )are not accepting my application to get English name.

They ask me to put Vietnamese name ? How would i register like that if the parents are not pure Vietnamese. How about my rights as father .

This is the situation i i'm facing right now . Kindly please share me or advice me if you have experience for this (NEW LAWS) as what people committee mention.

Thank you very much.

Diazo Serial expat

Member since 20 December 2016

DiazoSerial expat12 March 2017 05:56:27

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I went through the same song and dance. I do not live in HCM, and here they said the new law ( and could not provide the new law) would not allow a calling name other than Vietnamese. I was able to use my surname. Yet I contacted a lawyer in HCM that said they could get it done, with me using a Western name as the first name and a VNese name as the middle and my surname. But my wife would not allow it.
So I got rid of the wife, problem solved.

Guest2023 Guest

Guest2023Guest12 March 2017 11:34:20

My friend has a son born in Saigon and he has a Western name as his first and last names.

ralphnhatrang Serial expat

Member since 20 January 2015

ralphnhatrangSerial expat12 March 2017 12:15:35

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Colin,
You have only ONE friend. My sympathy, dear sir.

One of my many Australian friends has son whose Vietnamese mother was not able to give him a Western name, due to not having a marriage certificate. However, the village clerk did say he would be able to change the name to a Western one on production of a marriage certificate. But that isn't going to happen.聽聽Refer reply #2 last line.

Guest2023 Guest

Guest2023Guest12 March 2017 12:40:14

My friend is not married and they still got it.As usual no consistency in the system here.

Michael Da Lat Active member

Member since 12 September 2012

Michael Da LatActive member12 March 2017 13:12:43

I am not married and my son was聽 born in HCMC. He rcvd an English and 2 VN first names together with my German family name without any problems聽 in Ben Tre聽 where my girl friend was registered.

BuddyM Contributor

Member since 09 December 2015

BuddyMContributor13 March 2017 13:06:41

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I suspect if you offered the authorities a couple of Ben Franklin, they will approve a couple of English names pretty quickly ... Example, Ben Franklin Nguyen.

If anyone asks the child (later an adult) how he got the English names with a Vietnamese family name, it would serve as a great conversation starter and a reminder of bygone days ...