Proposal to temporarily stop issuing new technology identity cards

That is the official proposal from the Standing Committee of the National Defense and Security Committee after a survey on "the implementation of policies and laws on citizen identification".

New identity card model.

Accordingly, the standing committee of this committee believes that while the Government is submitting to the National Assembly the draft Law on Citizen Identification, it is recommended to temporarily suspend the issuance of new technology identity cards, including 12-digit identity cards in Hanoi and some localities to ensure stability in the management and use of citizens' identity cards.

The Citizen Identification Law Project was first presented to the National Assembly at the ongoing session, and this morning, June 9, the National Assembly discussed the Law project in groups. Previously, the Prime Minister approved the project to produce, issue and manage identity cards using new technology, which was piloted by the Ministry of Public Security since September 2012, with initial implementation nationwide.

Currently, the Ministry of Public Security is actively investing in purchasing equipment and facilities to accelerate the issuance of identity cards using new technology. The Ministry of Public Security has actively directed the assurance of facilities and equipment, gradually implementing them in localities in accordance with the conditions and actual situation, and decided to organize the issuance of new identity cards in Hanoi from April 1, 2014.

Through a survey by the National Defense and Security Committee in a number of localities, although the majority of people agree and support the issuance of new identity cards, there are still problems arising due to the change of identity card numbers but socio-economic organizations have not been informed or are not ready to accept the new identity card numbers, making citizens' transactions difficult.

According to the Ministry of Public Security's report, from 1999 to present, the whole country has issued 68,124,934 identity cards (out of a total of 70,482,713 people eligible for identity cards), reaching 96.6%; of which 34,090,538 were newly issued, 18,034,383 were exchanged, and 16,000,013 identity cards were reissued.

According to Tuoi Tre