On September 05th, 2022, The Government issued Decree No. 59/2022/ND-CP on e-identification and e- verification for individuals, and organizations, whereby, there are some new notable following contents:
+ Implementation of e-identification and register required e-identities:
– Vietnamese agencies, organizations, citizens; foreign organizations, and individuals residing and operating in the Vietnamese territory shall register for e-identification through “VNelD” which is an application on digital devices; “dinhdanhdientu.gov.vn”, “vneid.gov.vn” are websites for identification developed by the Ministry of Public Security.
– Organizations and individuals shall register the following information:
+ Required e-identities for Vietnamese citizens include:
- Personal information: Full name, middle name, and first name; personal identification number; Date of birth; Gender.
- Biometric information: Portrait photo; Fingerprint.
+ Required e-identities for Foreigners include:
- Personal information: Full name, middle name, and first name; identification number of the foreigner; Date of birth; Gender; Nationality; Number, symbol, date, month, year, type of document, and passport’s issuance or other international traveling documents.
- Biometric information: Portrait photo; Fingerprint.
+ Required e-identities for organizations include:
- E-identification of the organizations.
- Organization’s name includes Vietnamese name, abbreviated name (if any), and foreign language name (if any).
- Date, month, and year of establishment.
- Head quarter address.
- Personal identification number or identification number of a foreigner; full name, middle name, and name of the legal representative or head of the organization.
+ Registering e-identification account:
– For individuals:
Install the VneID application and input the e-identities information, and also provide a portrait photo.
– For organizations:
The legal representative, the head of the organization (who already has a level 2 e-identification account) logs in to the VNelD application to register an e-identification account for the organization; provides information according to the instructions on the VNelD application, and sends a request for an e-identification account to the competent identity and electronic authentication agencies via the VnelD application.
Implementation term: 07 days at most for individuals and less than 15 days for organizations.
This Decree takes effect from October 20th, 2022
