Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has green-lighted a project to issue chip-based identity cards proposed by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).
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| Identity card with barcode is currently the most modern size in Vietnam |
The plan, which would be proceeded together with a national population database project, is slated for operation by early 2021, Minister of Public Security To Lam said at a meeting earlier this week.
According to lớn Major General To Van Hue, head of the ministry’s Department for Administrative Management of Social Order, chip-based identity (ID) cards are part of a citizen ID card project worth VND2.8 trillion (US$121.7 million).
He said the parallel execution of the two projects will save a large amount of money thanks lớn the use of joint technical infrastructure, servers, transmission lines, aao ước others.
To serve sầu the ID project, the MPS needs to collect information related lớn household registration, & database of image và biometrics.
The ministry sets up a roadmaps for issuing 50 million cards nationwide by July 2021.
Expectations
Chip-based ID cards are believed lớn contain information of 20 different fields lượt thích insurance, driving license, tax, health insurance, among mỏi others.
The card, which is designed to be encrypted, would store facial recognition features, fingerprints, and anthropometry, Major General Hue said.
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Notably, the card would be highly secure without counterfeiting and unauthorized installation. It can store much more information than identity (ID) thẻ with barcode that has been issued since năm nhâm thìn.
Current situation
Currently, Vietnamese citizens are using either nine-digit ID cards, 12-digit ID cards or the ID cards with barcode.
The lachạy thử kind which was introduced in năm 2016 is now available in 16 cities và provinces namely Hanoi, Vinch Phuc, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninc Binh, Thai Binc, Haiphong, Quang Ninh, Tkhô cứng Hoa, Ho Chi Minc City, Can Tho, Tay Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, & Quang Binch.
The Law on Citizen Identification in năm trước stipulates that people from 14 years old are eligible to lớn get an ID thẻ và it will be renewed when they turn lớn 25, 40, & 60.
Pointing out both pros and cons of this kind of thẻ, Major General Nguyen Thanh Hong, member of the National Assembly’s Commission for Defense and Security, said that it will be in line with the international trend thanks lớn the abolishment of procedures & papers but the project will cost a huge amount of money.
Over the past 63 years, the ID thẻ in Vietphái nam has undergone five times of changes. The first nine-digit ID thẻ made debut in 1957. It was renewed in 1964 & 1999. The 12-digit ID thẻ was introduced in 2012 và ID with barcode was churned out in năm 2016.
Chip-based or electronic identity cards promise to lớn supply a universal, nation-wide mechanism for user authentication.
Most European countries have started khổng lồ deploy electronic ID cards for government and private sector applications.