Chapter 80. Vietnam
80:1. Legislation
Under Vietnamese law, civil judgments issued by courts of
certain foreign countries may be enforced in Vietnam. Before a
judgment can be enforced, it must be recognized, and its
enforcement in Vietnam must be permitted, by a decision of the
competent People's Court.
The law governing the matter is the Civil Litigation Code of 25
November 2015 of the National Assembly, with effect from 1 July
2016. The Civil Litigation Code provides that only civil judgments
of a foreign court can be enforced in Vietnam. The Civil Litigation
Code indicates "foreign civil judgments" as
"judgments and decisions on civil, marriage, family, business,
commerce, and labor issues, decisions on property in a criminal
sentence, and any other decisions of foreign courts which,
according to Vietnamese laws, are civil
judgments."1 Furthermore, decisions on personal
identification, marriage and family issued by certain foreign state
authorities may also
