Vinh City implements Project 06 on developing population data applications

Colonel Cao Minh Huyen - Deputy Director of Nghe An Provincial Police Department opened the program, emphasizing the requirements and key contents of implementing Project 06 in Nghe An. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Opening the conference, Colonel Cao Minh Huyen -The Deputy Director of the Provincial Police, on behalf of the Provincial Project 06 Working Group, thoroughly explained and clarified the key contents and requirements of the Project, requiring the members of the Working Group of the Provincial Police and the People's Committees of Vinh City and Dien Chau District and the wards and communes assigned as pilot units to work seriously, provide specific and thoughtful guidance; report on pilot guidance results, clearly state any problems, difficulties and make recommendations.

Representatives of departments, branches and the People's Committee of Vinh city, Dien Chau district and wards and communes directed the conference to deploy Project 06/CP on population database. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Project to develop population data applications, electronic identification and authentication for national digital transformation was approved on January 6, 2022 under Decision No. 06 of the Prime Minister (referred to as Project 06). Based on Project 06, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 78 for implementation. Accordingly, the purpose is to focus on cleaning population data, developing digital citizens at the commune level, ensuring integration, connection, and information sharing betweenNational population databasewith the National Public Service Portal, the Administrative Procedure Information System; reviewing the provision of public services deployed at the commune level; focusing on propaganda and dissemination to each citizen. Along with investment in infrastructure and equipment and human resource training, the Plan also requires the mobilization of the entire political system from the provincial to the grassroots level, especially the heads of departments and branches and People's Committees at all levels.

Vinh City Police carry out procedures to issue citizen identification cards to students. This database will be integrated into the National Population Database. Photo courtesy of the Provincial Police.

Before deploying on a large scale in 460/460 communes, wards and towns, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee selected Vinh city and Dien Chau as 2 pilot localities, in which Vinh city selected 1 ward, Hung Phuc, and 2 communes, Hung Chinh and Nghi Kim; Dien Chau district selected Dien Chau town and 2 communes, Dien Thanh and Dien Thinh; pilot direction time is from July 20 to September 20, 2022.

Representatives of the Working Group implementing Project 06, Provincial Police deployed instructions on the process of entering population information into the database. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the conference, the representative of Vinh City People's Committee reported preliminary results after 2 months of pilot implementation in Hung Phuc and 2 communes of Nghi Phu and Hung Chinh. In addition to the preliminary results, the representative of Vinh City People's Committee pointed out some shortcomings and difficulties in the process of implementing new administrative procedures on the electronic system, digitizing data such as civil servants and people using and updating the public service system are still confused, the access infrastructure is still inadequate; the phenomenon of each person using multiple SIM cards or citizen identification cards still exists, the updating of birth and death registration information at the grassroots level with social insurance records is still inadequate; the funding for equipment at the commune level is still lacking...

Representatives of the Administrative Order Management Team, Vinh City Police, explained some problems when issuing citizen identification cards that are inconsistent with birth certificates or other documents. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Next, the representative of the Provincial Police Department guided the implementation of Project 06 on a large scale, stating the content and specific tasks for each department under the Vinh City People's Committee, wards and communes, network service providers and Vinh City Police; in which, striving for 3 communes and wards, directing Vinh City to complete cleaning of "correct, sufficient, clean, and alive" population data, the remaining localities to complete issuing citizen identification cards before September 30, 2022; striving for 80% of local people to use their own phone SIM cards by the end of 2022; completing the review and cleaning of data for 100% of households without owners...

Representatives of the Department of Justice of Vinh City People's Committee answered questions related to criminal records, adjusting citizen-related information and correcting household registration. Photo: Nguyen Hai

InAt the conference, representatives of the People's Committees of communes and wards assigned as pilot units reported on the implementation status, results of database review and some problems arising after 2 months of implementation in the area. Based on the dialogue, representatives of Vinh City Police and Provincial Police provided guidance and answered questions surrounding the implementation of Project 06 at the grassroots level; some new problems will continue to be proposed to competent authorities for handling.
Concluding the conference, Mr. Tran Ngoc Tu - Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee shared the difficulties of the grassroots level in implementing Project 06 through proposals of localities and units, but at the same time emphasized and assigned tasks. Based on the results of pilot direction in 3 wards and communes, the remaining localities must be more serious and drastic in implementing the project to complete the set targets.

Comrade Tran Ngoc Tu - Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee concluded by sharing the difficulties of the grassroots level in implementing Project 06/CP and assigning tasks to wards and communes. Photo: Nguyen Hai