The Ministry of Public Security and Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies will add “place of birth” information in new passports from January 1, 2023, said the Vietnam Immigration Department.
PSNews – Since June, the Bac Ninh Provincial Immigration Office has started receiving online applications for new-form ordinary passports via the Ministry of Public Security’s portal.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) had directed the Immigration Department under the ministry to add the information on the place of birth of Vietnamese citizens to the Vietnamese ordinary passport of new type, starting from September 15, 2022.
PSNews - The German Embassy in Hanoi on August 15 announced that Germany has agreed to accept the newly issued Vietnamese passport with information about the place of birth of the holder added to the observation page of the passport.
PSNews - Recently, the Haley Passport Index issued a list of world's most powerful passport in September. Accordingly, Vietnam has climbed to 57th, an improvement from July’s rankings when Vietnam stood at 89th out of 107 nations.