According to latest regulations in Vietnam, what are procedures for registration of adoption?

Pursuant to Clause 5 Article 1 of the Decree 24/2019/NĐ-CP amending Article 10 of the Decree 19/2011/NĐ-CP stipulating as follows:

Procedures for registration of adoption are carried out referred to provision in Article 22 of Law on Adoption and the following specific provisions:

- Registration for adoption is carried out in the office of the Commune-level People’s Committees. When registering adoption, adoptive parents, natural parents, the guardian or representative of the nurturing centers and adopted children must be in presence. The civil status – judicial officers record in the adoption registration book and hand the adoption certificates to the parties.

- Based on the certificate of adoption, upon the request of the adoptive parents and by consent from adopted children aged 9 or older, civil registration agencies shall have competence in changing the last name, middle name and first name of an adoptee under civil laws and civil status legislation.

- The supplementation and revision of information about the adoptive parents in certificates of birth of adoptees shall be subject to laws on civil status.

Above are procedures for registration of adoption in Vietnam.

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