In this regard, the Ministry of Justice responded as follows:

Implementing Clause 4, Article 37 of the Law on Residence 2020, on June 23, 2021, the Ministry of Justice signed Decision No. The judicial calendar falls under the management function of the Ministry of Justice.

Accordingly, from July 1, 2021, in the application for the issuance of a criminal record certificate for Vietnamese citizens, the requirement to submit a copy of the household registration book, certificate of permanent or temporary residence has been removed.

In addition, on September 8, 2022, the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order (C06), the Ministry of Public Security issued a document guiding the method of using information on citizen's identity instead of to present household registration books and temporary residence books when carrying out administrative procedures.

Therefore, people do not have to present their household registration book when applying for a judicial record certificate.