Embassy legalisation for use in Vietnam
A Vietnamese office cannot test an Italian signature by itself, so it leans on a chain of people who can. The comune or the court that issued your paper is known to the Prefettura or the Procura. That Italian office is in turn known to the destination's mission in Italy. Each link signs for the one below it, and the last seal is the one read at the far end.
What the Vietnamese consular desk looks for
Embassy legalization for Vietnam from Turin follows a fixed order, and the order is the part people get wrong. The consular seal goes on last, over the Italian stamp, never beside it. If a translated text belongs in the bundle, bind it in before that final seal, because a seal covers the pages it was placed on. Vietnamese carries tone marks, and a name typed without them can read as another name, so hold one spelling across every page of the file.
The Turin → Vietnam route step by step
Order the original early, because everything else waits on it. The issuing body must have signed it by hand or with a registered digital signature, since the Italian office matches that signature and not the content. The Prefettura or the Procura stamps it next. The file then goes to the destination's mission for the final seal. Skip a link and the ones above it have nothing to stand on.
Cost and timing on this route
Budget for two payments and one long wait. The Italian charge is the €16 tax stamp per document, the same whether the paper runs to one page or ten. The consular fee sits on top and belongs to the destination. Standard handling runs 10–15 business days end to end, and the express lane runs 3–5. A bundle moves as one file, so the slowest paper sets the pace for all of them.
Points that belong to Vietnam alone
Document legalization for Vietnam is judged on the whole file, not on one stamp. Dates written the Italian way can be read the other way round abroad, so a clear day, month and year layout saves a query. Keep the original and the legalised set together, because a Vietnamese office holding only a copy has nothing to compare it with. And send the bundle complete: a page added after the seal sits outside it.