Professional Vietnamese Translation Services UK

If you are looking for a certified Vietnamese translator, or certified document translation in Vietnamese, you are in the right place. Our Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) translators work from Vietnamese into English for UK visas, universities, employers and courts, and from English into Vietnamese for documents that will be used in Vietnam. Every certified translation is issued in the format UK bodies ask for: a complete translation that mirrors the original page by page, plus a signed and dated Certificate of Translation Accuracy on our letterhead with our stamp.

A certified translation of a single Vietnamese certificate, such as a giấy khai sinh, costs from £45. Standard delivery is 48 to 72 hours, with 24-hour and 12-hour options when a visa deadline is close. Longer documents are priced per word. Get an instant quote for documents, or contact us for a Vietnamese interpreter, which we always quote in writing.

Census 2021 recorded 18,518 people in England and Wales with Vietnamese as their main language, and the UK and Vietnam trade under their own free trade agreement, so the documents we see range from birth certificates for family visas to business registrations and supplier contracts.

Every Vietnamese translation is completed by a native speaker of Vietnamese who lives in the UK and works with Vietnamese official documents every week. We select translators for their qualifications and their knowledge of Vietnamese civil, academic and legal paperwork: the certificates issued by commune and ward People's Committees, the degrees and transcripts of Vietnamese universities, and the notarised documents produced by Vietnamese notary offices.

Before a certificate is signed, a second qualified linguist revises the translation against the source under our ISO 17100 certified process, and your project manager checks every name, date and number. Names and place names keep their Vietnamese diacritics exactly as they appear on the document, family name and given name stay in the order the document uses, and the layout follows the original so a UK caseworker can match each field. Lingo Service is ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified and an ITI corporate member.

The full list of Vietnamese document types is further down this page; what is specific to certified Vietnamese work:

• Sổ hộ khẩu (household registration book): Vietnam stopped using the paper book at the end of 2022, but older books are still submitted as evidence of family relationships and past addresses, and we translate them in full.
• Giấy phép lái xe (driving licence), bank statements and land use right certificates for financial evidence.

Each certified translation is delivered as one PDF (source, translation and certificate), issued on our letterhead, signed, dated and stamped, with a hard copy by tracked post if you need it.

Most of our certified work runs from Vietnamese into English. We also translate from English into Vietnamese for documents that will be used in Vietnam: powers of attorney, company documents, employment contracts, adoption and family paperwork, and website or product content for the Vietnamese market. English to Vietnamese work is completed by native Vietnamese translators and revised by a second linguist. If your document will be presented to an authority in Vietnam, ask us about notarisation and apostille through our notarised translation service.

Not sure whether your document needs a certified translation? Send us a scan or photo and we will confirm what you need, free of charge, before you order.

Vietnamese is spoken by over 85 million people, primarily in Vietnam. The UK has a well-established Vietnamese community of approximately 55,000 residents, with significant populations in London, Birmingham, and Manchester. Strong business ties between the UK and Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies, create consistent demand for professional Vietnamese translation services.

Vietnamese documents present unique challenges for translation. The language uses the Vietnamese alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ), a Latin-based script with extensive diacritical marks that convey tonal distinctions essential for meaning. Vietnamese civil documents follow formatting conventions that differ from UK standards, and older documents may use pre-reform spellings or French colonial terminology.

Our Vietnamese translators are native speakers with expertise in Vietnamese administrative systems and UK immigration requirements. Whether you need birth certificates for visa applications, educational credentials for UK ENIC recognition, or business contracts for cross-border trade, our certified translations are accepted by the Home Office, UKVI, UK universities, and all official bodies.

We translate all types of Vietnamese documents:

• Civil registry documents, Giấy khai sinh (birth certificate), giấy đăng ký kết hôn (marriage certificate), giấy chứng tử (death certificate) from Vietnamese commune/ward offices
• Identity documents, Vietnamese passports (hộ chiếu), national ID cards (căn cước công dân/CCCD), household registration books (sổ hộ khẩu)
• Academic credentials, University degrees (bằng đại học), graduation certificates, academic transcripts (bảng điểm) from Vietnamese educational institutions
• Legal documents, Court judgments, contracts, notarised documents, powers of attorney (giấy ủy quyền), police clearance certificates (lý lịch tư pháp)
• Business documents, Business registration certificates (giấy chứng nhận đăng ký kinh doanh), company charters, commercial contracts, financial statements
• Medical records, Hospital records, vaccination certificates, health examination results

All translations include certification accepted by UK authorities for immigration and official use.

Accurate Vietnamese translation requires specific expertise:

• Tonal diacritics, Vietnamese uses six tones marked by diacritics. Missing or incorrect marks change word meanings entirely. Our translators preserve accurate romanisation
• Name conventions, Vietnamese names place family name first, followed by middle name(s) and given name. The given name (last word) is used for address. We clarify this for UK authorities
• Regional variations, Northern and Southern Vietnamese have pronunciation differences but share written standards. Documents may reflect regional administrative practices
• Household registration, The sổ hộ khẩu (household book) is a key Vietnamese identity document with no direct UK equivalent. We provide clear explanations
• Historical documents, Pre-1975 South Vietnamese documents and older records may use different formats. Our translators understand these historical contexts
• French influence, Some legal and medical terminology retains French loanwords from the colonial period

Our translators understand both Vietnamese bureaucratic systems and UK official requirements, ensuring your documents meet all standards for acceptance.