Vietnam: Is there a proposal to integrate into citizen identity information of health insurance cards, driver's licenses, birth certificates, marriage certificates?
Is it possible that from January 1, 2025, the identity card will be abolished in Vietnam?
Recently, the revised Draft Vietnam Law on Citizen Identity has important proposals related to the expiry date of identity cards, specifically in Article 45 of the revised Draft Vietnam Law on Citizen Identity with the following proposals:
- Valid identity cards issued before the effective date of the amended Vietnam Law on Citizen Identity shall be used until the end of 31/12/2024.
- In addition, the revised Draft Vietnam Law on Citizen Identity also states:
Issued legally valid documents using information from the Identity Card remain legally valid. State management agencies may not prescribe procedures for correcting and changing information related to identity cards and citizen identity cards in the above-mentioned documents.
Thus, the death of the identity card from January 1, 2025 is only a proposal.
Vietnam: Is there a proposal to integrate into citizen identity information of health insurance cards, driver's licenses, birth certificates, marriage certificates?
Proposal to integrate health insurance cards, driver's licenses, birth certificates, and marriage certificates into citizen IDs in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 23 of the Draft Vietnam Law on Citizen Identity (amended), the Ministry of Public Security has proposed to integrate information into citizen identity cards as follows:
Integrate information into citizen identification cards
1. Information integrated into citizen identity cards means information of citizens shown in documents issued by competent Vietnamese agencies and verified through national databases and specialized databases for integration into citizen identity cards at the request of citizens or management agencies. state.
2. Exploitation of information integrated into citizen identity cards shall be carried out by the following methods:
a/ Using specialized equipment to exploit the storage unit of the citizen's identity card;
b) Use information on citizen identification cards to exploit integrated information through specialized equipment connected to the national database on population and electronic identification and authentication systems.
3. Information integrated into citizen identity cards includes: Health insurance cards, social insurance books, driver's licenses, birth certificates, marriage certificates or other documents as prescribed by the Government.
4. The use of integrated information from citizen identification cards is equivalent to the use of papers containing such information in the performance of administrative procedures, public administrative services and other civil, economic and commercial transactions.
5. Citizens shall carry out procedures for integrating information into citizen identity cards at identity management agencies or through the issuance, exchange and reissuance of citizen identity cards.
6. The Government shall detail this Article.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Public Security proposed to integrate information into citizen identification cards.
The information integrated into the citizen identity card includes: health insurance card, social insurance book, driver's license, birth certificate, marriage certificate or another document as prescribed by the Government.
The integration of citizen identity cards is to reduce documents for citizens, facilitate citizens in performing civil transactions, implement digital transformation, reforming administrative procedures.
How valid is a citizen ID card in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 20 of the Vietnam Law on Citizen Identity 2014, the use value of citizen identity cards is as follows:
- Citizen identity card is a personal paper of a Vietnamese citizen which proves citizen identification of the card holder for conducting transactions in the Vietnamese territory.
- Citizen identity cards shall be used instead of passports in case Vietnam and a foreign country have signed a treaty or international agreement permitting citizens of the signatories to use citizen identity cards instead of passports in each other’s territory
- Competent agencies, organizations and individuals may request a citizen to produce his/her citizen identity cards for checking identification and information specified in Article 18 of this Vietnam Law; use personal identification numbers in citizen identity cards for checking information about the cardholders in the national population database and specialized databases in accordance with Vietnam Law.
When a citizen produces his/her citizen identity card at the request of a competent agency, organization or individual, this agency, organization or individual may not request the citizen to produce another paper to prove the information specified in Clauses 1 and 3 of this Article.
- The State shall protect the legitimate rights and interests of holders of citizen identity cards in accordance with Vietnam Law.
See details of the revised draft of Vietnam Law on Citizen Identity here.
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