The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has recently unveiled a draft revised Law on Citizen Identification, which is scheduled to replace the 2014 Law on Citizen Identification, adding regulations on management and issuance of citizen’s identity cards (ID cards), inclusion of more information in ID cards, and development of electronic identification (e-ID).

2023 will be a year of forming and exploiting data to create new values, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting on December 25 to review one year of implementing a project on developing the application of population database, e-identification, and e-authentication for the national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030 (Project 06).

According to Government Decree 59/2022/ND-CP dated September 5, 2022, providing electronic identification and authentication, foreign residents in Vietnam who are aged full 14 years or older are entitled to apply for e-ID accounts. Those who are aged under 14 years or currently under guardianship may be registered into e-ID accounts of their parents or guardians.