Five-Year Summation of the State Administration over Marriages with Foreigners

Statistics in 2005-2010 period indicates that there were 4,930 marriages involved in the foreigners from 30 countries and territories in Dong Nai, ranked the second after Ho Chi Minh city. Most marriages were involved in those from Taiwan, the United States, South Korea, and China.

The number of marriages with foreigners increases year by year. Since the Prime Minister's Directive no. 03 was introduced, the marriage registration procedures between Vietnamese and foreigners have been monitored closely, contributing to removing irregular marriage applications that violate the principles of volunteerism and progress in marriages, making marital relations legal and moral according to Vietnam’s cultural traditions, and timely preventing illegal marriages.

However, functional agencies’ reports indicate that there have remained weaknesses in the administration over marital relations with foreigners at the present time.

The process of considering and dealing with marriage applications has been made longer and more complicated.

At the meeting, 25 collectives and 33 individuals with outstanding achievements in the administration over marital relations with foreigners received Dong Nai People’s Committee’s awards.

Reported by N. Le, Translated by Duy Minh