In Vietnam, is the instruction to your descendants a will to inherit land or not?
Pursuant to Article 629 of the 2015 Civil Code stipulates that oral wills are as follows: 1. Where a person is likely to die due to illness or any other reason and it is not possible for him or her to make a written will, such person may make an oral will. 2. If the testator is alive and is of sound mind three months after he or she has made an oral will, such will shall automatically become invalid. Pursuant to Article 630 of this Code providing for lawful wills: 1. A will must satisfy the following requirements in order to be lawful: a) The testator was of sound mind when he or she made the will; and he or she was not deceived, threatened or coerced into making the will; b) The contents of the will are not contrary to law or social morals and the will complies with legal formalities. 2. A will made by a person between fifteen and eighteen years of age must be made in writing and with the consent of the parents or guardian of such person. 3. A will made by a person who is incapacitated or illiterate must be made in writing by a witness and must be notarized or certified. 4. A written will which is not notarized or certified shall be deemed lawful only if it satisfies the requirements provided in Clause 1 of this Article. 5. An oral will shall be deemed lawful only if the testator orally expressed his or her last wishes before at least two witnesses who immediately thereafter recorded those wishes in writing and signed or fingerprinted the document. Such will must be notarized or certified within five working days of the date on which the testator orally expressed his or her last wishes. Pursuant to Article 632 of this Code stipulates on witnesses for the making of wills as follows: Any person may act as a witness to the making of a will, except the following persons: 1. Persons who are heirs of the testator under the will or at law; 2. Persons with property rights or obligations which relate to the will; 3. Minors, legally incapacitated persons, persons with limited cognition and behavior control. Accordingly , the instruction to the descendants is determined to be an oral will if besides meeting the conditions as analyzed above and satisfying the above conditions. If the form and time limit is not complied with, this will will automatically be annulled. And everyone can testify to the making of an oral will in particular, except for a few people who are statutory.