Vietnam To Link Online Taxation Platform With National Digital ID

The Vietnamese government has established a goal to enable all taxpayers to utilize the country’s online taxation platform with their electronic identification by 2025.

In other words, the government of Vietnam wants to integrate its national digital ID and digitized tax management system.

Vietnam Integrates National Digital ID and Tax System

Vietnam wants to enable all of its taxpayers to log into the country’s online taxation platforms with their electronic identification by 2025.https://t.co/AxfPPXSPVR

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According to news outlet Vietnam Net, approximately 61.25 million people can already use their national digital ID called VneID to log in to the tax mobile application eTax Mobile and personal tax portal iCanhan.

The effort is part of a goal to make 90% of “tax administrative procedures” digital by 2030.

Vietnam Net reports:

It’s part of the department’s efforts to digitalise its tax management system, improve administrative services, and contribute to a fully integrated population database.

The department aims to give 100 per cent of taxpayers tax identification and electronic authentication by 2025, allowing them to use its electronic tax platforms.

So far, the department has launched 235 online public services, of which 122 have been integrated into the National Public Service Portal.

Vietnam isn’t alone in integrating its national digital ID into its tax system.

Biometric Update noted that India, Ethiopia, and Nepal have done similar.

Kenya and Nigeria have also considered the move.

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From Biometric Update:

Managed by the Ministry of Public Security, VneID is a cornerstone of the country’s plan for digital transformation. According to data from June, the digital identity app is being used more than 29 million times each month.

This year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also highlighted that implementing the national digital transformation plan will need more robust efforts, particularly Project 06 which focuses on population, identification and electronic authentication data.

In September, the government announced it would integrate the electronic health book and criminal record certificates into the VNeID application. Government agencies have been running a pilot for verifying patients against the national population database at Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital.

Earlier this year, Vietnam passed a new digital ID law that requires biometrics when residents apply for an ID card.

Vietnam: Iris biometrics scans will become a requirement for those enrolling in Vietnam’s digital ID scheme after the country’s legislature endorsed adjustments to a draft law.https://t.co/WchKXHPrSX

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Biometric Update reported in June 2024:

Vietnam is set to implement the Law on Identity in less than a week, marking a shift from the previous 2014 Law on Citizen Identification, which was last revised in 2020. This new legislation aims to enhance the efficiency of administrative procedures, facilitate the provision of online public services, drive socio-economic development, and establish a digital citizen identification system. From July 1, iris biometric details will be collected with fingerprints and facial images when citizens apply for an ID card, SGGP reports.

The Identity Law introduces several key changes, including the mandatory collection of biometric information for citizens applying for ID cards. A clause in the law mandates that assigned state agencies will collect identification data, including facial images, fingerprints, and irises, from applicants. The move is designed to bolster the security and accuracy of identity verification processes.

The introduction of this law is expected to have widespread implications across various sectors, particularly in banking, which is at the forefront of Vietnam’s digital transformation. With 87 percent of adults in Vietnam holding at least one bank account, according to VOV World, and 95 percent of transactions being processed digitally by many banks, the integration of advanced biometric data into identity verification processes is poised to further streamline digital banking services and enhance customer security.

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