
Question 84: For properties such as real estate or movable properties with the requirement of ownership registration abroad, in order to determine whether those properties are common properties of the spouses for division and the Vietnamese Court could not determine who is the their owners, what can the Vietnamese Court do to verify that ownership?
When the Vietnamese Court is unable to verify owners of a property i.e. real estate or moveable property which is registered overseas, the Vietnamese Court may carry out judicial entrustment procedure. Judicial entrustment is a written request of a Vietnamese competent State authority or a foreign one to carry out one or several mutual legal…