Is a citizen identity card number a personal identification number in Vietnam? What are citizen identity cards in Vietnam used for?
Is a citizen identity card number a personal identification number in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 of Decree No. 137/2015/ND-CP, personal identification number is a sequence of natural numbers consisting of 12 numbers, with a structure of 6 numbers, which is the birth century code, the gender code, the citizen's year of birth code, codes of province, centrally run city or country where the citizen registered his/her birth declaration and 6 remaining numbers is a random number range.
Clause 1, Article 3 of the 2014 Law on Citizen Identification of Vietnam stipulates that citizen identification means basic information about the origin and identity of a citizen in accordance with the 2014 Law on Citizen Identification of Vietnam.
According to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 19 of the 2014 Law on Citizen Identification of Vietnam on persons eligible for grant of citizen identity cards and citizen identity card number as follows:
Persons eligible for grant of citizen identity cards and citizen identity card number
1. Vietnamese citizens aged full 14 years or older are eligible for grant of citizen’s' identity cards.
2. The citizen identity card number is the personal identification number.
Thus, according to the above regulations, the citizen identity card number is the personal identification number.
Is a citizen identity card number a personal identification number in Vietnam? What are citizen identity cards in Vietnam used for?
What is the order and procedures for grant of citizen identity cards in Vietnam?
According to the provisions of Article 22 of the 2014 Law on Citizen Identification of Vietnam as follows:
The order and procedures for grant of citizen identity cards are provided as follows:
- An applicant for a citizen identity card fills in a declaration made according to a set form;
- A person assigned to collect and update information and documents checks and compares them with information in the national population database in order to accurately identify the to-be-holder of a citizen identity card; a citizen who has no information in the national population database shall produce lawful papers proving information to be written in the declaration according to a set form.
Persons serving in the People’s Army or People’s Public Security shall produce their identity cards granted by the People’s Army or People’s Public Security, enclosed with introduction letters of heads of their units;
- An officer of the citizen identification management agency shall take photos and fingerprints of the applicant;
- An officer of the citizen identification management agency shall issue a receipt stating the date of handover of the citizen identity card to the applicant;
- Citizen identity cards shall be handed to citizens within the time limit and at the place stated in the receipt; in case a citizen wishes to receive his/ her card at another place, the citizen identification management agency shall hand the card to him/her at the place requested by the citizen who shall pay mail charges.
In addition, for a person who suffers any mental or other diseases which deprive him/her of the ability to perceive and control his/her acts, his/her lawful representative shall appear together with him/her to carry out the procedures.
What are citizen identity cards in Vietnam used for?
Pursuant to Article 20 of the 2014 Law on Citizen Identification of Vietnam as follows:
Use validity of citizen identity cards
1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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 Law; use personal identification numbers in citizen identity cards for checking information about the card holders in the national population database and specialized databases in accordance with 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.
4. The State shall protect legitimate rights and interests of holders of citizen identity cards in accordance with law.
Thus, 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.
In addition, 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 Law; use personal identification numbers in citizen identity cards for checking information about the card holders in the national population database and specialized databases in accordance with law.
LawNet