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Chip-based citizen identity and electronic identity programme

In operation Status as of 28 March 2023 · Funding type: Not published

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security reported 79.4 million chip-based identity cards at its March 2023 meeting. It separately recorded 23.5 million electronic-identity applications and 5.7 million activated accounts by 25 March. 1 NEC's March 2022 statement identifies its automated biometric identification system as a component selected by the ministry, using fingerprint and facial matching. NEC reported migrating 16 million legacy records. This identifies the biometric-system provider, not the manufacturer of every card or supplier of the entire programme. The sources do not publish the component's price, contract duration or retention terms. 2

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Buyer
Ministry of Public Security 1
Vendor
NEC Corporation and NEC Asia Pacific: automated biometric identification component only 2
Vendor based in
Japan and Singapore 2
Signed
Not published
Duration
Not published
Value
Not published
Funding
Not published
Procurement route
Not published
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
NEC describes fingerprint and facial matching and migration of 16 million legacy records. Contractual hosting and retention terms are not published in its release. 2

Timeline

  1. 28 March 2023: Recorded status is In operation.

Sources

  1. Vietnam Ministry of Public Security: Project 06 implementation meeting (28 March 2023)
  2. NEC: national-ID biometric system, company statement (9 March 2022)

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