Types of e-transactions of regulatory agencies in Vietnam

Types of e-transactions of regulatory agencies in Vietnam

Pursuant to the Law on Electronic Transactions 2023 (taking effect on July 1, 2024), types of e-transactions of regulatory agencies include

- E-transactions within a regulatory agency.

- E-transactions among different regulatory agencies.

- E-transactions between regulatory agencies and other agencies, organizations and individuals.

Types of e-transactions of regulatory agencies in Vietnam (Internet image)

Management of data and common databases in Vietnam

Management of data and common databases in Vietnam according to the provisions of Article 40 of the Law on Electronic Transactions 2023, specifically is as follows:

(1) Data in regulatory agencies shall be uniformly and hierarchically organized according to regulatory agencies’ responsibility for management to improve e-transactions; shared to serve the operation of regulatory agencies, people and enterprises according to regulations of law.

(2) Common databases in a regulatory agency shall include national databases, databases of Ministries, central and local authorities.

(3) Management of national databases shall be as follows:

- National databases containing master data shall be used for reference and synchronization between databases of Ministries, central and local authorities.

- Master data in national databases can be officially used and have the same legal value as that of printed documents provided by competent authorities, unless otherwise provided for by law;

- Data in national databases shall be shared with Ministries, central and local authorities to handle administrative procedures, reform administrative procedures, simplify administrative procedures for people, enterprises and targets for socio-economic development;

- The Prime Minister shall approve the list of national databases. The list of national databases shall include names of national databases, targets for establishment of national databases, coverage of national databases, information on master data of national databases stored and shared, users and uses, information created and updated on national databases, methods of sharing data from national databases;

- The Government shall provide regulations on establishment, update, maintenance and use of national databases; regulations on sharing national databases with databases of other agencies of the State.

(4) Management of databases of Ministries, central and local authorities shall be as follows:

- Databases of Ministries, central and local authorities are common information collections of Ministries, central and local authorities;

- Master data in databases of Ministries, central and local authorities shall be officially used with the legal value equivalent to that of printed documents provided by Ministries, central and local authorities, unless otherwise provided for by law;

- Ministries, ministerial agencies and agencies affiliated to the Government and the Provincial People’s Committees shall provide regulations on the list of databases; regulations on establishment, update, maintenance and use of their databases.

The list of databases of Ministries, central and local authorities shall include names of databases; description of uses, coverage and contents of each database; how data is collected and updated and sources of data collection of each database; list of items of databases including open data and shared data.

(5) The State shall cover part or whole of costs for construction and maintenance of national databases, databases of Ministries, central and local authorities and other agencies of the State.

Mai Thanh Loi

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