What are the levels of eID account authentication in Vietnam 2023?

What are the levels of eID account authentication in Vietnam 2023? (Internet image)

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

1. What is eID account?

According to Clause 6, Article 3 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP, eID account refers to a collection of username, password or other authentication methods and is created by the electronic identification and authentication regulator.

2. What are the levels of eID account authentication in Vietnam 2023?

Specifically, in Article 24 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP, the levels of eID account authentication include:

- Level 1: Authenticate an eID account by a single factor of authentication defined in clause 9 of Article 3, and by a means of authentication defined in clause 10 of Article 3 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP, except biometric data.

- Level 2: Authenticate an eID account by two different factors of authentication defined in clause 9 of Article 3, and by a corresponding means of authentication defined in clause 10 of Article 3 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP, except biometric data.

- Level 3: Authenticate an eID account by two or more different factors of authentication defined in clause 9 of Article 3, and by a corresponding means of authentication defined in clause 10 of Article 3 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP, including a biometric datum.

- Level 4: Authenticate an eID account by checking factors of authentication, including portrait photo and fingerprint, against data available in the ID card or the citizen ID database or the national entry/exit database.

3. What is the duration of processing of registration requests for eID accounts in Vietnam?

Upon receipt of all valid request documents prescribed herein, the competent Police shall process the registration request for an eID account within the following duration:

(1) For any Vietnamese citizen who is holding a chip-based ID card: The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for level-1 eID accounts and level-2 eID accounts shall be 01 and 03 working days, respectively. For any Vietnamese citizen who does not hold a chip-based ID card: 

The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for eID accounts shall be 07 working days.

(2) For foreigners:

The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for level-1 eID accounts shall be 01 working day;

For level-2 eID accounts, if the applicant’s portrait photo and fingerprint is available in the national entry/exit database, 03 working days;

For level-2 eID accounts, if the applicant’s portrait photo and fingerprint is available in the national entry/exit database, 07 working days.

(3) For non-person entities:

- The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for eID accounts shall be 01 working day if verifiable information about the requesting entity already exists in the national database or specialized databases.

- The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for eID accounts shall be 15 working day if verifiable information about the requesting entity is not available in the national database or specialized databases.

(Article 17 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP)

4. Authority to grant eID accounts and issue decisions to lock or unlock eID accounts in Vietnam

According to Article 20 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP, the authority to grant eID accounts and issue decisions to lock or unlock eID accounts is as follows:

- Director of the Police Department on Administrative Management of Social Order under the Ministry of Public Security shall be mandated to issue eID accounts; issue decisions on automatic locking or unlocking of eID accounts on the electronic identification and authentication system, and requests for locking or unlocking of eID accounts of central department-, equivalent- or higher-level agencies.

- Directors of Police Sub-Departments on Administrative Management of Social Order under Police Departments of provinces and centrally-affiliated cities shall be mandated to issue decisions on eID account locking or unlocking requests filed to these Police Departments.

- Directors of Police Divisions of districts shall be mandated to issue decisions on eID account locking or unlocking requests that the Divisions receive.

- Directors of Police Sub-Divisions of communes shall be mandated to issue decisions on eID account locking or unlocking requests that the Sub-Divisions receive.

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