Chuck Kuhn's Asia in Photos: Southern girls flock to Lam Dong to get married with foreigners

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Southern girls flock to Lam Dong to get married with foreigners

June 18, 2012

LookAtVietnam – In a short period of time, tens of girls from southwestern and southeastern provinces applied to become residents of the central province of Lam Dong, to get married with foreigners, said a Lam Dong official.
According to Mr. Vu Van Se, director of Lam Dong province’s Department of Justice, from May 2011 to May 2012, around 300 women got married with foreigners. Notably, most of them were women from southwestern and southeastern provinces who had just applied for residency in Lam Dong.
The official said that women from other provinces applied for residence in Lam Dong because the formalities for getting married with foreigners in Lam Dong are very convenient.
After receiving documents, the Lam Dong Department of Justice usually complete formalities within one day.
In this situation, the Lam Dong Department of Justice has combined with local police agency to verify the residency of women before fulfilling formalities for their marriage with foreigners.
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