The Hanoitimes - Once becoming operational, these systems will help cut paper costs, reduce verification for authorities and travel time for citizens as well as saving public fund. The Ministry of Public Security has officially put into operation the national database system on population and citizen identification management on February 25 with the attendance of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The event was held in the form of online conference between the Ministry of Public Security and the public security agencies of 63 provinces and cities throughout the country. Prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave speech at the launching ceremony of National database system on population and citizen identification issuance and management systems. Photo: VGP. At the launching ceremony, Prime Minister Phuc took part in the experience features and effects of the national database system on population and electronic chip-mounted citizen identification cards. The "National Population Database" and "Citizen Identity Card Production, Issuance and Management" are two important projects implemented by the Ministry of Public Security. Once becoming operational, these systems will help cut paper costs, reduce verification for authorities and travel time for citizens as well as saving public fund. According to preliminary calculation, the national database system on population will help decrese the cost for preparing the application and declaration by VND4,864 billion (US$212,000). Participants to the opening ceremony. Photo: VGP. The Ministry of Public Security has reviewed, built, and amended relevant legal documents to be consistent with the creation of a national database on population. The ministry has also basically completed the collection of population information nationwide in accordance with the Law on Citizenship. The national population database system is designed to connect and to allow other information systems to use …
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Citizen chip-mounted identity cards must use advanced technology
The Minister of Public Security will decide the form and material for citizen chip-mounted identity cards. Under a request from the Prime Minister, the cards will use advanced technology to ensure security and safety. The Government Office on October 7 sent a document to Minister of Public Security, conveying the Prime Minister’s instructions on the form of citizen chip-mounted identity cards to be used in Vietnam. The Ministry of Public Security will issue 50 million identity cards prior to July 1, 2021. The Prime Minister stressed that the technology to be utilized for new identity cards must be advanced technology which allows electronic transactions and saves costs for everyone. This also helps speed up the national digital transformation process, striving for a digital government, economy and Ministries, branches and provincial/municipal people’s committees have been asked to to cooperate with the Ministry of Public Security in deploying chip-mounted identity cards, using information on the cards and building platforms to be integrated into cards before granting cards to citizens. The project on producing, granting and managing citizen identity cards, capitalized at VND2.696 trillion, was approved by the Prime Minister on September 3, 2020. The plan aims to improve state management efficiency, create favorable conditions for citizens when following administration procedures and conducting civil transactions, and serve the fight against criminals. Under the project, to be implemented in 2020-2022, a unified citizen identity system will be built and put under control by the Ministry of Public Security, which comprises hardware (biometric identification system, server, workstations, peripherals, storage devices, security devices), software (commercial software, applied software), training service and infrastructure setting. The representative of the Ministry of Public Security at an online conference held on September 9 discussing the card …
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MoPS makes impressive breakthroughs in forming national population database
Receiving the task of establishing the national population database, the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order (PC06) under the Ministry of Public Security selected the joint venture named VNPT – HADIC – GTEL ICT to design and then build this database. The project to form a citizen ID card issuance and management system is assigned to the joint venture of GTEL ICT – Tecapro – Egov and the joint venture of MK Group. Aiming at being modern, synchronous, highly secured, and money-saving, the two systems are centrally designed and located in Hanoi, with a backup one in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Both exploit the fingerprint biometrics technology for ease of tracking the origin of a person. Notably, the second system shares data with the first one while consistently ensuring level-4 data security in accordance with the Government’s regulation. Identification via digital signature is also used to maintain the completeness of the database. The national database on population is the one of the cores in establishing an e-government and a digital government, society later. Therefore, participants in developing this database must be IT capable and fully experienced in doing large complex national projects. Being the leader in the project, VNPT concentrates its most powerful human resources of 3,000 high-leveled employees to perform necessary tasks nationwide. The joint venture of VNPT – HADIC – GTEL ICT then select the multi-layer and multi-techno architecture to ensure the tightest security possible. Other state-of-the-art technologies in the world are also chosen to form this database to offer the greatest convenience to users while allowing adjustments in the future. Meanwhile, MoPS cooperated with related organizations to research the optimal method to produce chip-and-QR-code attached citizen ID cards that are pleasing to the eye. These cards must also follow international standards and meet technical criteria. At present, the …
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