dispatcher (asker) Jan 28, 2010:

Thanks, term "dấu chứng nhận Apostille" seems to be close to the right meaning.

Trung Le Jan 27, 2010:

Then I suggest "dấu chứng nhận Apostille".

dispatcher (asker) Jan 27, 2010:

Thanks for your comment. I think, that "con dau chung nhan lanh su" (stamp of consular legalization) is not fully the same as apostil, though it is somekind close to it. Anyway, I think, that it is better to remain this term as it is in English.

Hong Bui Jan 27, 2010:

From what I understand, the term is used for a sign established by the Hague Convention 1961. Vietnam is not a party in this convention, so it is likely that the kind of stamp is not used in Vietnam.

If this stamp is used for certifying foreign document only, then the most familiar term in Vietnamese would be "con dấu hợp pháp hóa lãnh sự" or "con dấu chứng nhận lãnh sự' (meaning the stamp used for authentication of foreign documents before those documents can be used in Vietnam)

dispatcher (asker) Jan 27, 2010:

I should clarify, that Apostil in the necessary for me meaning is somekind of big stamp on official document, used for legalization and certification of the document (it is different from notarization stamp).
It is important for me to know, whether such term or such kind of stamp is used in Vietnam or not. So far I think to translate it as it is in English ("Apostille or Apostil"), as this term is not or rarely used in VN.