Persons eligible for issuance of ID cards as of July 1, 2023 in Vietnam

Persons eligible for issuance of ID cards as of July 1, 2023 in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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

1. Persons eligible for issuance of ID cards as of July 1, 2023 in Vietnam

- Persons eligible for issuance of ID cards are Vietnamese citizens.

- Vietnamese citizens from 14 years of age shall carry out procedures for issuance of ID cards.

- Vietnamese citizens under 14 years of age will be issued with ID cards if they have demands.

(Article 19 of the Law on Identification 2023)

2. Age eligible for replacement of ID cards as of July 1, 2023 in Vietnam

- A Vietnamese citizen issued with an ID card shall carry out procedures for replacement of the card when he/she reaches from 14 years of age, 25 years of age, 40 years of age and 60 years of age.

- An ID card which is issued, replaced or re-issued within 2 years before a citizen reaches the age eligible for replacement of ID cards shall remain valid until he/she reaches the subsequent age eligible for card replacement.

(Article 21 of the Law on Identification 2023)

3. Uses of ID cards as of July 1, 2023 in Vietnam

- An ID card is used to prove identification and other information integrated into the card of a card holder for performance of administrative procedures, public services, transactions and other activities in the Vietnamese territory.

- ID cards may be used instead of entry and exit documents in case Vietnam and a foreign country have signed a treaty or international agreement permitting citizens of the signatories to use their ID cards instead of entry and exit documents in each other’s territory.

- Agencies, organizations and individuals use ID cards or personal identification numbers to inspect information of card holders on the national population database, the national database and the specialized database according to regulations of law.

In case a card holder must present his/her ID card at the request of the competent agency, organization or individual, such agency/organization/individual must not request the card holder to present another document or provide information printed and integrated into the ID card; in case of any change to information on the ID card, the card holder must provide other legal documents proving the changed information.

- The State shall protect legitimate rights and interests of holders of ID cards in accordance with regulations of law.

(Article 20 of the Law on Identification 2023)

4. Contents stated in ID cards in Vietnam

- Each ID card has information printed on it and a place for storing encrypted information.

- Information printed on an ID card includes:

+ A national emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

+ A phrase “CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM, Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc” (THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, Independence - Freedom - Happiness);

+ A phrase “CĂN CƯỚC” (IDENTIFICATION);

+ Portrait photo;

+ Personal identification number;

+ Family name, middle name and first name;

+ Date of birth;

+ Gender;

+ Place of birth registration. 

+ Nationality;

+ Place of residence;

+ Date of issuance; date of expiry;

+ Issuing body: the Ministry of Public Security.

- Information encrypted and stored in the storage place on an ID card includes a portrait photo, fingerprints, iris of a citizen and pieces of information specified in Clause 1 through Clause 18 Article 9, Clause 2 Article 15 and Clause 2 Article 22 of the Law on Identification 2023.

- The Minister of Public Security shall provide for specifications, other languages, form, size and material of ID cards; encryption of information stored on ID cards; information displayed on ID cards about places of residence and cases of failure to collect or fully collect information specified in Clause 2 and Clause 3 of Article 18 of the Law on Identification 2023.  

(Article 18 of the Law on Identification 2023)

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