We are looking for experienced-based advice from the expat community in Vietnam... we (my VN wife and myself - native born Australian) will soon have our second child, to be born in VN. Prior to obtaining a birth certificate we must sign a document specifying the new-born's nationality, which can be other than VNese, even though born in VN. I have approached the Australian Consulate for advice how to go about this.. after all, it is only the Australian government who can confirm nationality but they have responded that the child MUST BE Vietnamese having been born in VN. However this seems not to the case for the VN government. We have one child already, we accepted VN nationality for her and then applied for citizenship by descent from the Australian government, which was granted. The VN govt has now banned children born with VNese nationality from have non-VNese names (other than family name), so we are trying to determine the outcome of claiming Australian nationality from birth (to the VN govt) and the effect this might have, if any, on the procedure for subsequently formalising Aust nationality with the Aust government. Any advice? Thanks!