Vietnam is not in the Bluebook Table 2 for Foreign Jurisdictions. (as of 1/30/2025)
Per the Greenbook, Vietnam does not have a uniform format to cite to legal sources.
Some sources for citation:
My suggestions for citation format:
Constitution
Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ch. 2, art. 43, https://ccc.gov.kh/detail_info_en.php?_txtID=791 (unofficial English translation).
Short Form: Const. Vn..,art. 43.
This is a cite to the most current Constitution and Amendments (1992 Constitution, with the most recent amendments, the last of which was 2013.)
Statutes & Codes
Citing to an official version in Vietnamese:
The Official Gazette, can provide a Gazette number. Note that the issuing date of Nov. 27 is not the same as the dates of the Gazette issue this code was published in.
Criminal Code, Nov. 27, 2015, 100/2015/QH13, art. 159, The National Assembly, Official Gazette/1263&1270-12/2015 (Vn.).
The screenshot below shows the code translated into English by the Browser:
Citation to an UNOFFICIAL English translation:
Criminal Code, Nov. 27, 2015, 100/2015/QH13, art. 159, The National Assembly (Vn.), Wipolex, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/17225 (unofficial English translation).
You could cite to the official version in Vietnamese, put a semi-colon, and say see also the English translation:
Criminal Code, Nov. 27, 2015, 100/2015/QH13, art. 159, The National Assembly, Official Gazette/1263&1270-12/2015 (Vn.); see also https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/17225 (unofficial English translation).
Short Form:
Criminal Code, 100/2015/QH13 (Vn.).
Resolution
Resolution No. 58/1998/NQ-UBTVQH10 on Civil Services Related to Housing Established Before July 1, 1991, Aug. 24, 1998, Nat’l Assembly's Standing Comm. (Vn.), http://www.asianlii.org/vn/other/benchbk/reference/NQ58%201998.htm#nghiquyet58/1998dieu5 (unofficial English translation).
Order
Order No. 11/2007/L-CTN on the promulgation of Law, Dec. 5, 2007,President (Vn.), https://vbpl.vn/tw/Pages/vbpqen-toanvan.aspx?ItemID=3043 (unofficial English translation).
Decree
Decree 13/2023/ND-CP on the Protection of Personal Data, Apr. 17, 2023, The Government (Vn.), https://vietanlaw.com/decree-13-2023-nd-cp-on-protection-of-personal-data/ (unofficial English translation).
Decision
Decision No. 208/QD-TTg on approving the strategy on cultural diplomacy through 2020, Feb.14, 2011, Prime Minister (Vn.), https://vbpl.vn/tw/Pages/vbpqen-toanvan.aspx?ItemID=10748 (unofficial English translation).
Circular
Circular, Regulations on Information System Security in Banking Activities, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, Oct. 21, 2020, 09/2020/TT-NHNN, art. 33-36, https://thuviennhadat.vn/van-ban-phap-luat-viet-nam/circular-09-2020-tt-nhnn-prescribing-the-security-of-information-systems-in-banking-operations-457031.html (unofficial English translation).
Master's Thesis or Dissertation, Bluebook Rule 17.2.2
Example:
Tran Van Phong, Law on Legal Support for Businesses Through Practices in Binh Duong Province (2023) (Master's thesis, University of Law, Hue University) (on file with author).