What is the age of individuals eligible to be granted access to eID accounts in Vietnam?

What is the age of individuals eligible to be granted access to eID accounts in Vietnam? (Internet image)

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

1. What is the age of individuals eligible to be granted access to eID accounts in Vietnam?

Individuals and non-person entities eligible to be granted access to eID accounts in Vietnam are specified in Article 11 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP as follows:

- Vietnamese citizens who are 14 years of age or older; Vietnamese citizens who are under 14 years of age or wards may share the same eID accounts with their parents or guardians.

- Foreigners aged 14 years or older who enter in Vietnam; foreigners who are under 14 years of age or wards may share the same eID accounts with their parents or guardians.

- Agencies or non-person entities that are founded or successfully register their operation in Vietnam.

2. What are the uses of eID accounts in Vietnam?

- EID holders shall be entitled to log in eID accounts to access features and services of the VNelD application or electronic identification webpages.

- Access to eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system can be granted to carry out administrative procedures or public administration services in cyberspace and other activities to meet the demands of eID holders.

- Agencies, entities and persons shall be entitled to create accounts for use in their activities; must ensure authenticity and accuracy of the accounts that they create on their own; can decide the level and value of each of these accounts. Information required for creation of accounts are provided by account holders; or used by agencies, entities or persons for its original purposes with authorization from account holders.

- Level-1 eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system, once access to them being granted to eID holders who are Vietnamese citizens, shall have the value of providing proof of their information specified in clause 1 of Article 7  of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP; 

Once access to them being granted to eID holders who are foreigners, shall have the value of providing proof of their information specified in clause 1 of Article 8  of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP when these eID holders carry out activities or transactions requiring their personal information to be provided.

- Level-2 eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system, once access to them being granted to eID holders who are Vietnamese citizens, shall have the same value as ID cards when they perform transactions requiring ID cards to be presented; 

Shall have the value of providing information available on documents of citizens that are already synced to eID accounts to enable agencies and organizations having relevant competence to check when they perform transactions requiring these documents to be presented.

- Level-2 eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system, once access to them being granted to eID holders who are foreigners, shall have the same value as passports or international travel documents with respect to transactions requiring passports or international travel documents to be presented;

Shall have the value of providing information available in documents of foreigners synced to eID accounts to enable agencies and organizations having relevant competence to check when they perform transactions requiring these documents to be presented.

- As a holder of the eID account created by the electronic identification and authentication system, any eID holder that is a non-person entity can grant access to this account to its legal representative or authorized trustee.

eID accounts, once access to them being granted to non-person entities, shall have the value of providing proof of their eIDs when they perform any transaction requiring proof of information about them to be provided; shall have the value of providing information available in documents of these non-person entities synced to their eID accounts in order to enable agencies or organizations having relevant competence to check when they perform transactions requiring these documents to be presented.

- Value of access to level-2 eID accounts granted to any eID holder for use in their electronic activities or transactions shall be the same as value of the act of presenting papers or documents to provide proof of information integrated into eID accounts.

(Article 13 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP)

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