PM believes in public, business support for national digital transformation
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has
expressed his belief that the public and business community will actively
support the building of national database on population and management of
citizen ID cards, contributing to promoting national digital transformation and
socio-economic management in the next period.
Chinh, who is also Chairman of the National Committee on Digital
Transformation, made the statement while chairing a nationwide teleconference
on January 18 on the implementation of a project on developing a population, ID
and electronic identification management app in service of national digital
transformation for the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030.
Earlier, the project was approved by the PM under Decision
No.06/QD-TTg signed on January 6, which also outlines 52 tasks for the effort.
A working group for the project led by Minister of Public
Security To Lam also debuted at the event.
PM Chinh lauded the Ministry of Public Security for completing the
ID digitalisation for 98 million citizens, printing and sending over 50 million
chip-based ID cards to residents. It also successfully piloted the connection with
databases of several ministries, agencies, cities and provinces nationwide to
ensure social safety and order.
He asked ministries, agencies and localities to promptly build
their own plans and roadmaps to carry out the project with key tasks such as
stepping up online public services, especially 25 key services for residents
and businesses.
They were required to connect databases on nationwide household
records, social security, vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 testing, and insurance with
the national database on population.
The leader also suggested linking the national database on
population with those on businesses, taxation, customs, banking,
driving licence, health care and education.
In the immediate future, relevant ministries and agencies were
tasked with building and submitting resolutions and decrees on investment,
building, integration and sharing of databases related to population to the
Government while providing online public services for residents and
businesses./.