Citizens will be issued electronic identification as of July 1, 2024 in Vietnam

Citizens will be issued electronic identification as of July 1, 2024 in Vietnam (Internet image) 

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

On November 27, 2023, the National Assembly officially passed the Law on Identification 2023 to replace the Law on Citizen Identification 2014

Law on Identification 2023 officially takes effect from July 1, 2024. Thus, the Citizen Identification card will now have the new name "Identification card/ID card".

1. Citizens will be issued electronic identification as of July 1, 2024 in Vietnam

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.

- Each Vietnamese citizen is issued with 01 electronic identification.

- E-identification includes e-identity and the following information:

+ 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 specified in Clause 2 Article 22 of the Law on Identification 2023 which is integrated at the request of the citizen and must be certified by the national population database and the specialized database.

- E-identification is used to conduct administrative procedures, public services, transactions and other activities according to the citizen’s demand.

- The head of the identification-managing agency of the Ministry of Public Security has authority to issue e-identification.

- The Government shall provide for procedures for issuing ID certificates.

(Article 31 of the Law on Identification 2023)

2. What are the uses of e-identification in Vietnam?

According to Article 33 of the Law on Identification 2023, the uses of e-identification are stipulated 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.

3. What are the cases of locking and unlocking e-identification in Vietnam?

3.1. Cases of locking e-identification in Vietnam

E-identification shall be locked in the following cases:

(i) The person issued with e-identification wishes to lock it;

(ii) The person issued with e-identification violates an agreement on use of the national identification application;

(iii) The person issued with e-identification has his/her ID card revoked or seized;

(iv) The person issued with e-identification is dead;

(v) There is any request from the criminal proceedings agency or another competent agency.

3.2. Cases of unlocking e-identification in Vietnam

E-identification shall be unlocked in the following cases:

- The person issued with e-identification specified in Point (i) wishes to unlock it;

- The person issued with e-identification specified in Point (ii) has completely implemented remedial measures for violations against the agreement on use of the national identification application;

- The person issued with e-identification specified in Point (iii) has his/her ID card returned;

- There is any request from the criminal proceedings agency or another competent agency specified in Point (iv).

The head of the identification-managing agency of the Ministry of Public Security has authority to lock and unlock e-identification.

The Government shall provide for procedures for locking and unlocking e-identification.

(Article 34 of the Law on Identification 2023)

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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