What is the electronic identity of Vietnamese citizens according to the latest regulations from July 1, 2024?
- What is the electronic identity of Vietnamese citizens according to the latest regulations from July 1, 2024?
- Vietnam: What are the regulations on information systems connected with the electronic identification and authentication system to extract information about the e-identity owner?
- Vietnam: What information does an e-identification include?
- What are the uses of e-identification in Vietnam?
What is the electronic identity of Vietnamese citizens according to the latest regulations from July 1, 2024?
Pursuant to Article 3 of the Law on Identification 2023, the electronic identity of Vietnamese citizens is as follows:
“Electronic identity” means a collection of information of a Vietnamese citizen which is included in the identification database and used to electronically determine such citizen via the electronic identification and authentication system and make electronic identification. Such information contains:
- Personal identification number;
- Family name, middle name and first name;
- Date of birth;
- Gender;
- Portrait photo;
- Fingerprints.
Where:
“Identification database” means a specialized database which collects information about identification of all Vietnamese citizens and Vietnamese residents of undetermined nationality, and is standardized, digitalized, stored and managed in an information infrastructure to serve state management of identification and transactions among agencies, organizations and individuals.
“Electronic identification and authentication system” means an information system used to register, create and manage eID accounts, and implement e-authentication.
“Electronic identification” means an identification of a Vietnamese citizen which is shown via an electronic identification account opened by the electronic identification and authentication system.
What is the electronic identity of Vietnamese citizens according to the latest regulations from July 1, 2024? (Image from the Internet)
Vietnam: What are the regulations on information systems connected with the electronic identification and authentication system to extract information about the e-identity owner?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 32 of the Law on Identification 2023, information systems include:
- State agencies
- Political organizations
- Socio-political organization
- Public service provider
These information systems shall be connected with the electronic identification and authentication system to extract information about the e-identity owner, thereby serving online processing of administrative procedures and public services and other state management activities in conformity with its functions and tasks which have been assigned via the electronic identification and authentication platform.
An e-identity owner may extract and share his/her e-identity and other information integrated into his/her e-identification account on the electronic identification and authentication system with another organization/individual via the national identification application or other forms according to regulations of law.
Vietnam: What information does an e-identification include?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 31 of the Law on Identification 2023, it is clearly stated as follows:
Electronic identification
1. Each Vietnamese citizen is issued with 01 electronic identification.
2. E-identification includes e-identity and the following information:
a) Information specified in Clause 6 through Clause 18 and Clause 25 Article 9, Clauses 2 and 4 Article 15 of this Law;
b) Information specified in Clause 2 Article 22 of this Law which is integrated at the request of the citizen and must be certified by the national population database and the specialized database.
3. E-identification is used to conduct administrative procedures, public services, transactions and other activities according to the citizen’s demand.
4. The head of the identification-managing agency of the Ministry of Public Security has authority to issue e-identification.
5. The Government shall provide for procedures for issuing ID certificates.
Thus, E-identification includes e-identity and the following information:
- E-identity:
+ Place of birth.
+ Place of birth registration.
+ Place of origin.
+ Ethnic group.
+ Religion.
+ Nationality.
+ Blood group.
+ 9-digit ID card.
+ Date and place of issuance, date of expiry of the ID card, the citizen ID card, or the 12-digit ID card which has been issued.
+ Family name, middle name and first name, personal identification number, 09-digit ID card number, nationality of parents, spouses, children, legal representative(s) and the represented person.
+ Place of permanent residence.
+ Place of temporary residence.
+ Current place of residence
+ Phone number and email.
+ Identity information
+ Occupations, except for People's Armed forces, People's Public Security forces, and ciphers
- Information integrated into an ID card of a citizen consists of information of his/her health insurance card, social insurance book, driver's license, birth certificate, marriage certificate or another document decided by the Prime Minister, except for information on documents issued by the Ministry of National Defense at the request of the citizen and must be certified by the national population database and the specialized database.
What are the uses of e-identification in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 33 of the Law on Identification 2023, uses of e-identification are as follows:
- E-identification is used to prove identification and other information integrated into an ID card of a citizen issued with e-identification for implementation of administrative procedures, public services, transactions and other activities according to the citizen’s demand.
- During processing of administrative procedures and public services and implementation of transactions and other activities, if it is detected that information printed on an ID card or information encrypted and stored on the storage place of the ID card is different from that on e-identification, the agency/organization/individual shall use information on the e-identification.
The Law on Identification 2023 comes into force from July 1, 2024, except for Clause 3, Article 46 of the Law on Identification 2023.
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