Identity Law: Remove hometown, fingerprints, add iris collection

Iris recognition technology

Regarding the Law on Identification that was just passed by the National Assembly on the morning of November 27, Article 15 of the Law stipulates information in the identification database. This includes identity information; biometric information (facial photo, fingerprint, iris, DNA, voice); Occupation (except for the People's Army, People's Police, Cryptography)...

Regarding biometric information on DNA and voice, the Law on Identification stipulates that this is collected when people voluntarily provide it or when the criminal proceedings agency or the agency managing the person subject to administrative handling measures in the process of handling the case according to its functions and tasks conducts an appraisal or collects biometric information on DNA and voice of the people, then shares it with the identification management agency to update and adjust the identification database.

Luật Căn cước: Bỏ quê quán, vân tay, thêm thu thập mống mắt - 1 — The National Assembly voted to pass the Law on Identification (Photo: National Assembly).

Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi said that current science has proven that along with fingerprints, a person's iris has a complex and unique pattern structure that does not change much over time.

Iris recognition technology (also known as iris sensor technology) is a method of using algorithms and images to identify a person based on the structure of the iris lines (where the human eye color is determined), which has been widely applied in many fields.

Currently, many countries have applied this technology to serve citizen identification, passport authentication, filling in authentication information via website...

At the same time, this technology is highly accurate, simple, easy to use, and does not require complicated operations.

Therefore, in addition to collecting fingerprints, the draft law has added regulations on collecting irises in identification information to serve as a basis for checking and authenticating each individual's information.

Support in cases where a person's fingerprints cannot be collected (in cases of disabilities or deformed fingerprints due to objective or subjective reasons...).

Remove hometown and fingerprint information

Accordingly, the newly passed Law on Identification also clearly states the changed information fields shown on the identification card.

Luật Căn cước: Bỏ quê quán, vân tay, thêm thu thập mống mắt - 2 — According to the Law on Identity Cards, information about hometown and fingerprints will be removed.

Including facial photo; personal identification number; last name, middle name and given name; date of birth; gender; place of birth registration; nationality; place of residence; card issue date and expiry date.

Thus, compared to the 2014 Citizen Identification Law, the fields for information on hometown and fingerprints have been removed and do not need to be shown on the ID card.

People who are granted ID cards include Vietnamese citizens from 14 years of age and older who must carry out ID card issuance procedures; Vietnamese citizens under 14 years of age are granted ID cards upon request.

The identity card has the value of proving the identity and other information that has been integrated into the identity card of the cardholder to carry out administrative procedures, public services and transactions in the territory of Vietnam.

Identity cards are used instead of immigration documents in cases where Vietnam and a foreign country sign international treaties or agreements allowing citizens of the signatory countries to use identity cards instead of immigration documents in each other's territories...

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