AMERICAN

If you are an American national and your documents were issued by a U.S institute, you will be required to go through 3 authentication steps in the U.S:

1. Notary public of State/County for notarization: this step is to prove the document is genuine. If a Notary public of County provides notarization, the notarized document is required to go through Clerk of Court as the extra step.
2. Secretary of State for legalization: this step is to prove that the notarization from the Notary public is genuine.
3. Vietnamese Embassy/Consulate in the U.S for authentication: this step is to prove that the legalization from the Secretary of State is genuine.

Note:
Effective from 17th March 2025, the U.S Embassy in Hanoi and the U.S Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City will no longer issue an affidavit with attached documents to prove their genuity. However, a Name Affidavit can still be obtained the U.S Embassy in Hanoi and the U.S Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.

  AUSTRALIAN

For documents to be authenticated at the Australian Consulate, these steps should be followed:

1. Make an appointment with the Australian Consulate in HCMC
2. Make copies of the documents to be certified and bring along the original ones for verification
3. Certify the genuineness of the documents at the Consulate

  CANADIAN

For documents to be authenticated at the Canadian Consulate, these steps should be followed:

1. Make an appointment with the Canadian Consulate in HCMC
2. Make copies of the documents to be certified and bring along the original ones for verification
3. Certify the genuineness of the documents at the Consulate

ENGLISH 

If you are a British national and your documents were issued by a U.K institute, you will be required to go through 3 authentication steps in the UK:

1. Notary public for notarization: this step is to prove the document is genuine. Notary publics are based throughout the UK and their fees and processing times will vary. Notarization can also be done by a solicitor.
2. Foreign and Commonwealth Office legalization for an apostille: this step is to prove that the Notary public is genuine.
3. Vietnamese Embassy in London for authentication: this step is to prove that the FCO is genuine.

For more information, please visit: https://www.notary.co.uk/index.html

Note:

• Effective from 1st July 2025, the British Embassy in Hanoi and the British Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City will no longer issue Name Affidavit/Name Affirmation in Vietnam.

Therefore, any Name Affidavit/Name Affirmation must be completed in the U.K. before the legalization process.