The government recently issued a decree detailing various provisions and measures to implement the Vietnam Law on Nationality.

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Decree 16/2020/ND deals with the naturalisation, resumption, relief and stripping of the Vietnamese nationality; as well as the nullification of the decisions on the naturalisation; among others.

The document rolls out provisions on conditions for naturalisation, those exempted from a number of the conditions, and special cases which apply for the Vietnamese nationality while keeping foreign one.

The decree will take effect from March 20 this year.