Amendments to regulations on renewal and revision to digital certificates in Vietnam as of July 1, 2024

Amendments to regulations on renewal and revision to digital certificates in Vietnam as of July 1, 2024

The digital certificate requested to extend or change the information content must be valid.

- Effective period of digital certificates:

+ Renewed digital certificates shall be effective no more than 5 years from the time of successful renewal;

+ Revisions to information in digital certificates shall not change the effective period of such digital certificates.

- In case of renewal or revision to digital certificates:

+ Subscriber management organizations shall request renewal of digital certificates of subscribers at least 10 days before the expiry date of such digital certificates;

+ Subscriber management organizations shall request revisions to the information in digital certificates of subscribers within 5 working days when:

++ Subscribers change their working titles, positions, or departments, but their working units or branches remain the same.

In case subscribers change working units or branches, subscriber management organizations shall carry out the procedure for revoking the digital certificates at the previous units or branches and issue new digital certificates to the subscribers at their new units or branches (if they wish to continue using digital certificates);

++ Subscribers change their citizen cards/citizen identification cards/passports;

++ Subscribers changes their addresses, emails, or phone numbers.

- Subscriber management organizations shall send 1 set of applications for renewal or revision to the information in digital certificates, including applications for renewal or revision to the information in digital certificates following Appendix No. 03 enclosed herewith.

More details can be found in Circular 16/2023/TT-NHNN taking effect on July 1, 2024.

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