Dual citizenship is the legal status of a person holding two nationalities at the same time. This is a special situation because each person at birth usually has only one nationality. This situation also leads to many complicated problems for both the litigants themselves and the competent authorities of the countries of which they are nationals....View more

In current reality, in many cases Vietnamese people residing abroad are granted passports and recognized nationality by foreign parties (based on each country's own laws, some countries do not require Vietnamese citizens to renunciation of nationality), so the fact that Vietnamese citizens have 2 nationalities and use 2 passports at the same time is not contrary to the provisions of law....View more

Question: I am an adopted child in a family. 19 years ago my adoptive parents passed away and my second adoptive brother brought me to Malaysia to live and work. This year I am 36 years old and I want to Return to Vietnam to live. I want to become a Vietnamese citizen. I currently have Malaysian citizenship and want to cancel it, and what do I need to do to get Vietnamese citizenship?...View more