What are cases of locking eID accounts in Vietnam?

What are cases of locking eID accounts in Vietnam? (Source: internet)

1. Cases of locking eID accounts in Vietnam

1.1. Locking Vietnamese citizen's eID accounts

- The electronic identification and authentication system automatically remembers and locks an eID account if

+ The eID holder makes the request for locking his/her account;

+ The eID holder is in breach of terms of use of the VNeID app;

+ The eID holder's ID card is revoked;

+ The eID holder dies.

The system can remember through the eID holder’s declaration made on the VNelD app or input of updated eID information into the electronic identification and authentication according to Article 10 of Decree 59/ 2022/ND-CP.

- If a procedure-conducting agency, competent regulatory authority or service user requests an eID account to be locked, the account locking request must be sent to the Police to seek their approval for such request.

Within 02 working days, the request-receiving Police’s head can approve the locking request, and notify this to the agency or entity making the account locking request and the eID holder. In case of rejection, a written reply with clear reasons for such rejection must be sent.

1.2. Locking foreigner's eID accounts

- The electronic identification and authentication system automatically remembers and locks an eID account if

+ The eID holder makes the request for locking his/her account;

+ The eID holder is in breach of terms of use of the VNeID app;

+ The eID holder's passport or international travel document is revoked;

+ The eID holder’s residence permit expires; the eID holder dies.

The system can remember through the eID holder’s declaration made on the VNelD app or input of updated eID information into the electronic identification and authentication according to Article 10 of Decree 59/ 2022/ND-CP.

- If a procedure-conducting agency, competent regulatory authority or service user requests an eID account to be locked, the account locking request must be sent to the Police to seek their approval for such request.

Within 02 working days, the request-receiving Police’s head can approve the locking request, and notify this to the agency or entity making the account locking request and the eID holder. In case of rejection, a written reply with clear reasons for such rejection must be sent.

1.3. Locking non-person entity's eID accounts

- The electronic identification and authentication system automatically remembers and locks an eID account if

+ The eID holder makes the request for locking its account;

+ The eID holder is in breach of terms of use of the VNeID app;

+ Its business is dissolved or closed under law.

The system can remember through the eID holder’s declaration made on the VNelD app or input of updated eID information into the electronic identification and authentication according to Article 10 of Decree 59/ 2022/ND-CP.

- If a procedure-conducting agency, competent regulatory authority or service user requests an eID account to be locked, the account locking request must be sent to the Police to seek their approval for such request.

Within 02 working days, the request-receiving Police’s head can approve the locking request, and notify this to the agency or entity making the account locking request and the eID holder. In case of rejection, a written reply with clear reasons for such rejection must be sent.

(Clause 1, 2, 3, Article 19 of Decree 59/ 2022/ND-CP.)

2. Cases of unlocking eID accounts in Vietnam

Unlocking e-ID accounts is specified in Clause 4, Article 19 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP as follows:

- The electronic identification and authentication automatically unlocks an eID account immediately when grounds for automatically locking that eID account no longer exist;

- If a procedure-conducting agency, competent regulatory authority or service user requests an eID account to be unlocked, the account unlocking request must be sent to the Police to seek their approval for such request.

Within 02 working days, the request-receiving Police’s head can approve the unlocking request, and notify this to the agency or entity making the account unlocking request and the eID holder. In case of rejection, a written reply with clear reasons for such rejection must be sent.

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