Nghe An is one of three localities in the country that completed population data collection early.

On the morning of April 23, the Government held a national online conference to summarize the overall simplification project.administrative procedures, citizen documents and databases related to population management for the period 2013-2020. The conference was chaired by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, Head of Steering Committee 896.

At Nghe An bridge, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired. Attending were representatives of leaders of provincial departments and branches; leaders of People's Committees and police of districts, cities and towns in the area. Photo: D.C

57/57 tasks of the project have been completed.

According to the report of the Ministry of Public Security, although some tasks are being implemented behind schedule, overall, up to now, 57/57 (100%) of the tasks of Project 896 have been completed, the implementation process of the project has achieved many important results, leaving outstanding marks, especially the task of building a national database on population and the task of reviewing and simplifying administrative procedures related to citizen documents.

The Ministry of Public Security has issued specific procedures and regulations, associated with the responsibility of each level of police to "go to every alley, knock on every door, check every case" to update and supplement information, ensuring that the population information is "correct, complete, clean, and alive" before being entered into the database. As of March 5, 2021, the total number of permanent residents nationwide was 98,736,106 people, of which 86,603,192 DC01 forms were collected from 59/63 localities.

Taking photo for citizen identification card at the One-Stop Department of Nghe An Provincial Police. Photo courtesy of Kien Rose.

On February 25, 2021, the Government and the Ministry of Public Security pressed the button to launch the national population database system and the system for producing, issuing and managing citizen identification cards. Currently, the completion, supplementation and updating of data are being directed so that the system can officially come into operation; at the same time, the campaign to issue 50 million cards is being vigorously implemented.citizen identification cardCompleted before July 1, 2021, at the same time as the amended Law on Residence comes into effect.

To implement Project 896, Nghe An provincial leaders have directed departments, branches, sectors, and People's Committees at all levels to synchronously, resolutely, and resolutely complete the assigned tasks.

In particular, as the standing unit of the Steering Committee of Project 896, Nghe An Provincial Police has proactively and actively advised the Provincial People's Committee to direct and deploy many effective measures in the work. Completing the collection, updating, editing, and checking of population information with more than 3.6 million ballots, the error rate in collecting ballots is low, being one of three localities in the country to complete the collection of population data into the national database early compared to the regulations of the Ministry of Public Security.

Complete the issuance of 50 million electronic chip ID cards before July 1, 2021

At the conference, ministries, branches and localities presented papers, in which they pointed out a number of existing problems in the implementation of Project 896. Specifically, currently many units and localities have not proactively prepared technical infrastructure to ensure readiness to connect with the national population database; the construction of specialized databases is focusing on separate professional management, construction is done according to the funding, lacking synchronization, not calculating the connection and sharing with other units in need...

Based on the opinions of representatives of ministries, branches and localities, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, Head of Steering Committee 896, concluded the conference. Accordingly, he acknowledged the efforts of ministries, branches and localities in implementing the project, and affirmed that the results of Project 896 have created a foundation to improve the effectiveness of population management in a modern direction, deploy administrative reform plans, build and develop e-Government, towards digital Government, digital economy and digital society.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, Head of Steering Committee 896, concluded the conference. Photo: VGP/Le Son

The First Deputy Prime Minister said that although Project 896 has completed the goals and requirements set out in the 2013-2020 period. However, these results are only fundamental, many tasks need to continue to be promoted in the coming time. That is: Resolutely organize and complete the simplification of administrative procedures and citizen papers related to population management in all fields of state management. Connect the national population database with specialized databases; effectively exploit and use the national population database to serve the construction of e-Government, towards digital Government, digital economy, digital society. Maintain and ensure the regular operation of the national population database, especially the addition and updating of population information, ensuring that the information is "correct, sufficient, clean, and alive".

To effectively carry out the above tasks, it is necessary to have synchronous coordination among ministries, branches and localities. In particular, the Ministry of Public Security continues to accelerate the progress of completing the national population database, regularly maintaining the addition and updating of population information, ensuring "correct, sufficient, clean, and alive" information, ready to connect and share with ministries and branches to serve the construction of e-Government; complete the issuance of 50 million citizen identification cards with electronic chips before July 1, 2021. Urgently develop and complete documents guiding the implementation of the 2020 Law on Residence.