What is the citizen identification management agency? What are the responsibilities of citizen identification management agencies in Vietnam?
What is the citizen identification management agency in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 8, Article 3 of the Law on Citizen Identification 2014, regulations on Citizen identification management agency are as follows:
Interpretation of terms
In this Law, the terms below shall be construed as follows:
1. Citizen identification means basic information about the origin and identity of a citizen in accordance with this Law.
2. Identity means distinctive and stable characteristics of a person’s appearance that distinguish such person from another.
3. Citizen identification archives means a system of dossiers and documents on citizen identification which are managed, classified and arranged in a certain order to serve information search and exploitation.
4. National population database means a collection of basic information about all Vietnamese citizens, which is standardized, digitalized, stored and managed in an information infrastructure to serve state management work and transactions among agencies, organizations and individuals.
5. Citizen identification database means a specialized database collecting information about Vietnamese citizen identification, which is digitalized, stored and managed in an information infrastructure, and constitutes part of the national population database.
6. Specialized database means a collection of information about one or several certain management field(s) of a ministry or sector, which is digitalized, stored and managed in an information infrastructure and connected to the national population database.
7. Information infrastructure of the national population database and citizen identification database means a system of equipment serving the production, collection, processing, storage, transmission and exchange of digital information about population and citizen identification, including telecommunications networks, the Internet, computer networks and databases.
8. Citizen identification management agency means a specialized agency of the People’s Public Security performing the management of citizen identification, the national population database and the citizen identification database.
Thus, the Citizen identification management agency means a specialized agency of the People’s Public Security.
What is the citizen identification management agency? What are the responsibilities of citizen identification management agencies in Vietnam?
What are the responsibilities of citizen identification management agencies in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 6 of the Law on Citizen Identification 2014, it is stipulated as follows:
Responsibilities of citizen identification management agencies
1. To accurately collect and update citizen’s information.
2. To promptly modify citizen’s information when having grounds to believe that such information is inaccurate or changed.
3. To post up and guide administrative procedures on citizen identification, the national population database and the citizen identification database related to agencies, organizations and individuals in accordance with this Law.
4. To ensure information safety and confidentiality in the national population database and the citizen identification database.
5. To fully, promptly and accurately provide information and documents about citizens upon request of agencies, organizations or individuals in accordance with law.
6. To grant, renew and re-grant citizen identity cards in accordance with this Law.
7. To settle complaints and denunciations and handle violations in accordance with law.
Accordingly, the citizen identification management agency has the following responsibilities:
- To accurately collect and update citizen’s information.
- To promptly modify citizen’s information when having grounds to believe that such information is inaccurate or changed.
- To post up and guide administrative procedures on citizen identification, the national population database and the citizen identification database related to agencies, organizations and individuals in accordance with this Law.
- To ensure information safety and confidentiality in the national population database and the citizen identification database.
- To fully, promptly and accurately provide information and documents about citizens upon request of agencies, organizations or individuals in accordance with law.
- To grant, renew and re-grant citizen identity cards in accordance with this Law.
- To settle complaints and denunciations and handle violations in accordance with law.
Who has the authority to issue citizen identity cards in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 27 of the Law on Citizen Identification 2014, it is stipulated as follows:
Competence to grant, renew and re-grant of citizen identity cards
The head of the citizen identification management agency of the Ministry of Public Security may grant, renew and re-grant citizen identity cards.
Accordingly, the head of the citizen identification management agency of the Ministry of Public Security may grant, renew and re-grant citizen identity cards
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