HCMC accelerates issuing chip-based ID cards for citizens
	Hanoi speeds up chip-based ID card issuance for residents
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The electronic chip mounted at the backside of the card can encode thousands of information fields relating to biometric information, fingerprints, etc. (Photo: VNE)

These are the very first chip-based ID cards available in Vietnam. Police authorities are currently eyeing to issue 5 million such smart cards nationwide by July 1. The issuance date is due on March 30 in big cities including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Binh Duong, etc., according to Major General To Van Hue, head of the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order (C06).

To meet such deadlines, police officers across the country must receive and process some 300,000 records every day. So far, the real number only reaches 200.000 records per day.

A number of localities have set up makeshift sites to speed up procedures. The police force at Vinh Tuy ward's cultural house is reportedly working relentlessly three shifts (from 7:30 am to 11 pm) all weekdays and weekends to "meet the issuance deadlines".

Fingerprints are also encoded into the card (Photo: VNE)

"The procedure for chip-based ID cards lasts for only 5-10 mins, which is way simpler than the bard-coded ones", a representative from Hai Ba Trung district police told Zing News.

According to Hue, the C06 Department can produce hundreds of thousands chip-based a day. The chip-mounted identities cards are more secure, and capable of encoding personal information confidentially and covering more information fields than bar-coded ID cards. The QR code on the front side of the card would facilitate checking procedures. In particular, individuals and organizations can use smart phone to scan for needed information in a matter of seconds.

Residents waiting at a cultural house in Hanoi for their turn to register information (Photo: Zing)

(Photo: Zing)

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