THE GOVERNMENT
 
No. 97/2014/ND-CP
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
Hanoi, October 17, 2014
 
DECREE
Amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 78/2009/ND-CP of September 22, 2009, detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality
 
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 13, 2008 Law on Vietnamese Nationality;
Pursuant to the June 24, 2014 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality;
At the proposal of the Minister of Justice,
The Government promulgates the Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 78/2009/ND-CP of September 22, 2009, detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality.
Article 1. To amend and supplement Articles 4, 18, 19 and 20 and Clause 2, Article 30 of theGovernment’s Decree No. 78/2009/ND-CP of September 22, 2009, detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality.
1. To amend and supplement Article 4 as follows:
“Article 4. Fees for settlement of nationality-related matters
1. Applicants for naturalization in Vietnam, restoration or renunciation of Vietnamese nationality and registrants for determination of Vietnamese nationality and grant of Vietnamese passports shall pay fees, except for cases specified in Clause 2 of this Article.
The rates and the collection, payment, management and use of fees shall be prescribed by the Minister of Finance.
2. The following cases are exempted from fees for naturalization in Vietnam, restoration of Vietnamese nationality and registration for determination of Vietnamese nationality:
a/ Those who have made special meritorious contributions to Vietnam’s national construction and defense and now apply for naturalization in Vietnam or restoration of Vietnamese nationality;
b/ Those who are categorized as poor under law;
c/ Stateless persons who apply for naturalization in Vietnam under Article 22 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality;
d/ Registrants for determination of Vietnamese nationality without grant of Vietnamese passports.
3. Agencies receiving dossiers of application for naturalization in Vietnam or restoration of Vietnamese nationality and registration for determination of Vietnamese nationality shall base themselves on the Finance Ministry’s regulations to decide on fee exemption for the cases specified in Clause 2 of this Article.”