The form of the chip-based citizen identification card issued by the Ministry of Public Security. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Public Security)However, the issuance of the chip-based citizen identificationcard will not be mandatory, and only carried out if parents or guardians wantthem.
The proposal was made under the draft Law on Citizenship Identity(amended).
The information was also posted on the official website of theministry last week for opinions from experts and interested parties.
For the children under six, whose birth has been registered,parents or guardians can go to the identity management agency and carry out theprocedures for granting chip-based citizen identification cards to the childrenif needed, the draft said.
Children under six years old do not have to provide biometricinformation, the draft said.
Under the draft, the ministry also proposes to integrate intochip-based citizen identification card some stable and frequently-usedinformation of citizens in addition to information in the citizen identitydatabase.
The data include information about health insurance card, socialinsurance book, driving license, diplomas, birth certificate and marriagecertificate.
The draft stipulates that the chip-based citizen identificationcard's integrated information is equivalent to the presentation of documentsissued by the competent authority.
According to the ministry, the move helps create favourableconditions for citizens in performing civil transactions, contributing to theimplementation of digital transformation and administrative reform.
In addition, the draft says that old-version identity cards, whichare still valid, were issued before the effective date of the law, can be useduntil the end of December 31, 2024.
Other papers issued using information from people's old-version identitycards remain legally valid.
State-management agencies are not allowed to prescribe proceduresfor correcting and changing information related to people's old-versionidentity cards and chip-based citizen identification cards, the draft said.
By the end of December 2022, the ministry had approved more than17 million electronic identification accounts for citizens and issued more than76.5 million chip-based citizen identification cards in the country.
The ministry said chip-based citizen identification cards togetherwith electronic identification accounts have brought many benefits, reducedmany types of documents for citizens and created a foundation for theimplementation of public service utilities./.
VNA
