They currently reside in A Doicommune in the mountainous Huong Hoa district of Quang Tri province.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ho Van Ven,a representative of the citizenship recipients, thanked the Vietnamese Partyand Government and vowed to comply with their guidelines and policies, as well as the country’s constitutionand regulations.
Following the ceremony, the newlyofficiated citizens received guidance on the application of birth certificates,identity cards, and marriage registration documents.
Vice Chairman of the provincial QuangTri People’s Committee Ha Sy Dong said that there are another 696 Lao migrants,living in Vietnam’s border region without marriage certificates, hoping toreceive Vietnamese citizenship.
To create optimal conditions forlocal residents to stabilise their lives and ensure security-order in the borderregion, the province is striving to complete procedures to grant Vietnamesecitizenship to them by the end of June 2019, Dong said. –VNA