Which authorities have competency in regularly examining and urging death declaration for deceased persons in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 33 of the Law on Civil Status in 2014 stipulating time limit and responsibility for death registration as follows: 1. Within 15 days after the date a person dies, his/her spouse, child, parent or another relative shall register his/her death; for a deceased person without any relative, a representative of a related agency, organization or person shall register his/her death. 2. Justice and civil status officers shall regularly examine and urge death declaration for deceased persons; in case no responsible person can be identified for death declaration, justice and civil status officers shall register death. Therefore, Justice and civil status officers shall regularly examine and urge death declaration for deceased persons.