Vietnamese Death Certificate Translation
Vietnamese death certificate translation to English for a widow's petition, a remarriage file, a life insurance claim or a US estate, and from English into Vietnamese for an inheritance in Vietnam. We translate the giấy chứng tử, the trích lục khai tử that replaced it, the hospital giấy báo tử and older typed death extracts.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for Vietnamese death certificate records
Giấy chứng tử, trích lục khai tử and giấy báo tử
Three different papers can show a death in Vietnam, and a US reader needs to know which one is on the desk.
The title changed in 2016
Before 2016 the Ủy ban nhân dân issued a giấy chứng tử, a death certificate. Since the Law on Civil Status took effect, the same office records the death in its register and hands out a trích lục khai tử, an extract of the death registration. Same office, same facts, different title. We translate each title as printed instead of calling both a death certificate, because an insurer that reads the word extract may ask where the original is, and the answer is that there is no other original.
What the registry entry records
The entry gives the deceased's name, date of birth, giới tính, dân tộc, quốc tịch, last residence and identity document number, then the date, time and place of death and the nguyên nhân chết, the cause of death, copied from the medical notice. It also names the người đi khai tử, the person who reported the death, with their relationship. That line matters: a daughter who registered her father's death is named on his record, and an officer checking a family tie can see it there.
The giấy báo tử from the hospital
A hospital, or the commune office when someone dies at home, issues a giấy báo tử, a death notice, before the death is registered. It states the cause in medical language and is the only paper some families hold when a death was never registered. On its own it is not the civil record, and a court or an insurer will say so. We translate it as a death notice, label it that way, and translate the registry extract beside it when you have both.
Who is asking for your Vietnamese death certificate translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS
USCIS asks for a complete English translation and a signed certification from the translator. No notarization is needed.
Insurers and Social Security
Life insurance and survivor benefit claims accept a certified translation. Add the medical certificate if the claim turns on the cause of death.
Courts and consulates abroad
A probate court or a consulate handling a repatriation or an estate usually wants the original apostilled and the translation certified or notarized.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Vietnamese death certificate.
Send the civil record, not only the medical form
The registry act is the document recipients ask for. Add the doctor's certificate as a second file if an insurer or a court wants the cause of death.
Include the reverse and the stamps
Issue stamps, the registrar's signature and folio numbers often sit on the back or at the edge. Photograph both sides flat with the whole page in frame.
Give us the names as they appear elsewhere
Tell us the English spelling of the deceased and of the spouse or parents named on the record, so the translation matches the petition, policy or probate file it joins.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Vietnamese death certificate translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the death certificate is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
Vietnamese Death Certificate FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- My spouse died in Vietnam years ago and the death was never registered. What do I send?
- A relative in Vietnam can still register the death late at the Ủy ban nhân dân of the last residence, using the giấy báo tử or other proof, and receive a trích lục khai tử. Where a person disappeared, at sea or during the war, a Tòa án nhân dân can issue a decision declaring the person dead. We translate that court decision in full, since USCIS treats it as the death record.
- A life insurer wants more than the trích lục khai tử. What else is there?
- The registry extract gives the cause in a word or two, and an insurer usually wants detail. For a death in hospital that is the giấy báo tử and the tóm tắt hồ sơ bệnh án. For a road accident it is the police biên bản describing the scene. For a cremation, the crematorium issues a giấy chứng nhận hỏa táng. We translate the set in one order so the name, the date and the place of death read the same on every page.
- Do you translate a US death certificate into Vietnamese for an inheritance in Vietnam?
- Yes. Heirs settling land or a house in Vietnam go to a Văn phòng công chứng, which needs the US death certificate with a state apostille and a Vietnamese translation. Families taking ashes home are asked for the same certificate by the consulate. We translate it and can notarize the translation here. A notary in Vietnam may still insist on a translation certified locally, so check before you order.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other Vietnamese documents we translate
Death certificate translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's death certificate records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, Inheritance claim translations, Insurance claim translations before you order.