Certified Vietnamese to English Translation
Native Vietnamese translators, correct diacritics and name order, and a signed Certificate of Accuracy that meets USCIS requirements. $24.95 per page, delivered in 24 hours.
How much does certified Vietnamese translation cost?
Certified Vietnamese translation costs **$24.95 per page** with standard delivery in **24 hours**. The price is the same for every language and every document type, and it includes a signed Certificate of Accuracy. If you are working against a deadline, expedited delivery is $39.95 per page (12 hours) and rush delivery is $59.95 per page (same day). Larger files are discounted automatically: 10% off for 10 to 24 pages, 15% off for 25 to 49 pages, and 20% off for 50 pages or more. See the full breakdown on our [pricing page](/pricing).
- Standard: $24.95 per page, 24-hour delivery
- Expedited: $39.95 per page, 12-hour delivery
- Rush: $59.95 per page, same-day delivery
- Notarization (optional): $24.99 per document, only when an embassy or state agency asks for it
- Mailed hard copy (optional): $13.95
Which Vietnamese documents do we translate?
We translate any Vietnamese personal, academic, legal or medical document into English, and English documents into Vietnamese. Most of our Vietnamese orders are civil records for family-based immigration, naturalization, adjustment of status and school or employment applications. These are the Vietnamese originals we see most often, named the way they appear on the document so you can match them to what you have:
- Birth certificates (Giấy khai sinh), including re-issued copies (bản sao) from the local People's Committee
- Marriage certificates (Giấy chứng nhận kết hôn) and divorce decisions or judgments from Vietnamese courts
- Death certificates (Giấy chứng tử) and death registration extracts (Trích lục khai tử)
- Judicial record certificates (Phiếu lý lịch tư pháp), the Vietnamese police certificate used in visa cases
- Household registration books (sổ hộ khẩu), which still appear in older family files
- High school and university diplomas and academic transcripts
- Medical records, vaccination records, bank statements and business documents
Why do Vietnamese diacritics and name order matter in a translation?
They matter because the name on your translation has to match the name on your passport and your USCIS forms, and Vietnamese handles names differently from English. A mismatch is one of the easiest ways to trigger a request for evidence. **Name order.** Vietnamese names are written family name first, then a middle name, then the given name, as in Nguyễn Văn An. On U.S. forms the family name goes in the last-name field even though it appears first in Vietnamese. Our translators keep the original order in the translated document and make the family name unambiguous, so an officer can match it to your application. **Diacritics.** Written Vietnamese uses the Latin-based chữ Quốc ngữ alphabet with tone marks and extra letters such as ă, â, đ, ê, ô, ơ and ư. The same letters with different marks can be completely different words or names. Many Vietnamese passports print names without diacritics, so we reproduce names exactly as your passport shows them when you give us a copy, and translate the rest of the text from the fully marked original. If the spelling of a name differs between two of your documents, we translate each one faithfully and do not silently correct it, because a certified translation has to reflect the source.
Do you handle Northern, Central and Southern Vietnamese?
Yes. Our native translators read documents from all three main regional varieties: Northern (Hanoi), Central (Huế) and Southern (Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon). Written Vietnamese is standardized, so official documents are consistent across regions, but vocabulary, place names and administrative terms can differ, and handwritten entries often reflect the writer's region. Document era matters as much as dialect. Records issued in the South before 1975 by the former Republic of Vietnam use different administrative bodies and formats from current documents, and some older records include French. Vietnam also retired the paper household registration book as proof of residence at the start of 2023, but older books remain common in family-based petitions and still need an accurate translation. We translate the document you have, with the terminology of the period it was issued in.
Will USCIS accept your Vietnamese translation?
Yes. Every certified Vietnamese translation we deliver meets the USCIS requirement in 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3): a complete English translation plus the translator's certification that they are competent to translate from Vietnamese into English and that the translation is accurate. That certification is the signed Certificate of Accuracy included with every order. We back this with a USCIS acceptance guarantee: if USCIS rejects a translation, we revise or redo it free of charge. **USCIS does not require notarization**, so you do not need to pay for it for a green card, citizenship or adjustment-of-status filing. Some embassies and state agencies do ask for it, and we add it for $24.99 per document when they do. Before filing, check your packet against our [USCIS document checklist](/tools/uscis-checklist) and read more about [USCIS translation services](/immigration/uscis-translation-services).
How accurate are online Vietnamese translators?
Free online tools are useful for getting the gist of a text, but they are not reliable for official documents and they cannot be used for USCIS on their own, because USCIS requires a translator's signed certification of competence and accuracy. Vietnamese is especially hard for machine translation. Meaning depends on tone marks, so a scan that loses or misreads diacritics can change a name or a word entirely. Many syllables are also used as both family and given names, and form fields on Vietnamese certificates often contain handwriting and stamps that automated tools skip or garble. Our translations are done by human, native-speaking Vietnamese professionals following an ISO 17100 compliant process, and each one is checked before delivery.
How do I order a Vietnamese translation?
Ordering takes a few minutes and happens entirely online. You do not need to mail us your original documents. For business, technical or marketing projects priced by the word, such as contracts, websites or manuals, [request a quote](/quote) and we will price the project individually. You can also read more about [how it works](/how-it-works).
- Upload a clear scan or phone photo of every page, including the back if it has stamps or notes
- Add a copy of your passport's name page if you want names spelled to match it
- Choose standard, expedited or rush delivery and pay online
- Receive your certified translation as a PDF by email, ready to upload or print
Frequently Asked Questions
The best translator for an official Vietnamese document is a human, native Vietnamese speaker who is fluent in English and can certify the translation. That combination is what USCIS and most U.S. agencies expect. At TAUSA, every Vietnamese translation is done by a native-speaking professional and comes with a signed Certificate of Accuracy.
Standard certified Vietnamese translation is delivered in 24 hours. Expedited delivery takes 12 hours ($39.95 per page) and rush delivery is same day ($59.95 per page). Larger business projects are scheduled individually when we quote them.
Real-time, spoken translation is interpreting, which is a different service from written document translation. If you need a Vietnamese document translated for USCIS, a court, a school or an employer, you need a certified written translation like the ones we provide, delivered as a PDF in as little as the same day.
Yes. We translate in both directions. English to Vietnamese is common for documents going to Vietnam or for Vietnamese-speaking family members, such as powers of attorney, school records and medical information. Personal documents use the same $24.95 per page price; larger business projects are quoted via our quote form.
No. USCIS requires a certified translation, not a notarized one. Notarization is only needed when a specific embassy, consulate or state agency asks for it, and we can add it for $24.99 per document.
Tell us when you order and upload your passport's name page. A certified translation must reflect the source document, so we translate each document faithfully rather than changing it. Flagging the difference up front lets us keep everything else consistent and lets you explain the variation in your filing if needed.
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