Vietnamese Translation Services
A Vietnamese document is translated into English at DHCTranslations from $54, certificate and PDF included, and text past 400 words is charged at $0.12 per word. The certificate names the translator and the office that issued the record, which is what a USCIS officer compares with the form.
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Vietnamese documents we translate most often
Birth certificate
The birth certificate, with the registry book number and any later copy stamp kept as printed.
Marriage certificate
The marriage certificate, with the committee, the entry number and the date of registration.
Divorce papers
The divorce decision or the court judgment, with the date the marriage legally ended.
Judicial record
The judicial record, number 1 or number 2, translated complete with its reference.
Academic transcript
The school record and the university transcript, with the 10-point scale explained for a WES or NACES file.
Degree or diploma
The graduation certificate, with the institution, the qualification and the year of award as issued.
Driving license
The driving license, with the vehicle classes, for a state DMV or an exchange.
Passport
The photo page and the machine-readable strip, set out as printed rather than paraphrased.
Medical records
Discharge papers, clinic notes and test results, with the hospital named and the diagnosis as written.
Court documents
Judgments and decisions, laid out so a US court can follow the original page.
Powers of attorney
Powers of attorney and sworn statements, with the certifying officer's reference kept where it appears.
Household registration
The household registration book, with every member and the address translated as the book records them.
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What a certified Vietnamese translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
From, per document
$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
How It Works: 3 Steps to a Certified Translation
A simple route from a phone photo to a certified PDF prepared for the receiving authority.
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- Language pair and deadline
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Certified PDF, often the same day when ordered before 4pm ET, with printed copies available on request.
- Certification page and translator credentials
- Layout, stamps and seals mirrored
- Certification wording the receiving body asks for
What comes with a certified Vietnamese translation
A Vietnamese order comes back with a statement of accuracy signed by the translator, and the office named on the record is repeated on the certificate beside it.
What the certification includes
- Signed statement of accuracy: the translator's name, signature and date, their CIOL or ITI membership number, our company stamp and our contact details.
- Tone marks: Vietnamese writes six tones and the marks change the word, not the emphasis, so the same three letters carry five different meanings under five different marks. Every mark is carried across, because a name or a place stripped of them reads as a different one.
- Copy stamps: the round seal and the certified-copy stamp mark a certified copy, and they sit across the text rather than beside it. Where they cannot be set as text they are described in brackets, with the issuing committee named.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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Prices are per document and start at $54 — see what a translation costs.
The Vietnamese documents US applicants send
Vietnamese records are issued by a commune or district people's committee, by a department of justice or by a court, and the office is printed at the foot of the page above the seal. The table below sets each record against what the page carries and against the English it becomes.
Birth certificate
- What usually appears
- Giấy khai sinh from a commune or district committee, with a book number and a copy stamp
- What we do with it
- Translated in full, with the book number, the copy type and the seal kept in place
Police record
- What usually appears
- Phiếu lý lịch tư pháp number 1 or number 2 from a department of justice
- What we do with it
- Translated complete, with the certificate number and which of the two forms it is
Academic record
- What usually appears
- Học bạ or a university bảng điểm, marks out of 10 and a classification line
- What we do with it
- Every subject and mark translated, with the 10-point scale explained
Court document
- What usually appears
- Bản án with the court, the case number and the date it took effect
- What we do with it
- The court's own order kept, with the case number left where it appears
A copy issued years after the event carries its own stamp and date, and both are translated. The certificate names the committee or department behind the page we worked from, so the reader is not left guessing which office issued it.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The commune stamp and register number were reproduced and the name order was explained, which is exactly what the caseworker had queried before.”
Nguyen L.
“The judicial record certificate came back with the issue number and both dates visible, and the sponsorship application went through.”
Tran T.
“A handwritten reference was transcribed and certified within 24 hours.”
Aisha B.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Vietnamese documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates Vietnamese records into English at our US offices, and the certificate is signed by the translator who did the work. Send a scan of every page, seals and reverse included, and say which office will read the translation, so the English is arranged the way that office expects.
A single certificate is $54, translation, signed statement and PDF together. Past 400 words the rate is $0.12 per word into English, and a Vietnamese version of a US document is $0.14. Several documents sent together are priced on the words in the whole set.
A page paid for before 4pm ET on a weekday is usually returned that day. A family set, such as a birth certificate with a household book, normally takes the next business day. A judgment or a long medical file is quoted with a date rather than a guess.
Yes. USCIS reads the certificate rather than the language, under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3): the translator's competence, a signature, the date and contact details, and every page of the original in English. A page whose seal sits over the text is covered by a description at that point.
Number 1 is issued to the person named and shows both spent and unspent convictions; number 2 is issued to an agency that requests it and shows unspent ones only. A US filing usually wants number 1, and the certificate states which form was translated.
It is the household registration book, which listed everyone living at an address and their relationship to the head of the household. It was replaced by a national residence database, but older books are still in files and still asked for, and every member is translated as recorded.
Vietnamese writes six tones, and the mark changes the word, so the same letters carry five different meanings. Every mark is kept as printed, and where a passport or a US form gives a romanized spelling without marks, that spelling is added beside the name.
Family name first, then the middle name, then the given name, and that order is kept as printed with a note saying which part is which. Where the person goes by the given name in the United States, that is noted rather than rearranging the name.
No. Scans are enough, and a photograph works if the page is flat and the seal readable. The originals stay with you, which matters where a commune issued a single certified copy. The PDF comes back by email and is printed for each copy of the filing.
Yes. That is the direction most filings need, at $0.12 per word past the 400-word allowance and $54 for a single page. The English is written to be read by an American officer, not as a literal rendering of Vietnamese sentence order.
Yes, at $0.14 per word. Certificates and powers of attorney are the usual orders, and the Vietnamese is set with the figures and dates as the US original has them, so the two documents can be read together.
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