On the afternoon of June 22, the National Assembly continued to discuss the draft Law on Citizen Identification (amended) in the hall. After listening to comments, General To Lam - Minister of Public Security explained and clarified a number of contents mentioned and of interest to delegates.
Mr. To Lam assessed that this Law project is an important legal document in the management of population and identification, aiming to facilitate people in traveling, performing administrative procedures, civil transactions and many other utilities, meeting the requirements of digital transformation in our country.
General To Lam speaks.
Regarding the necessity of promulgation, the Minister of Public Security said that all opinions agreed to promulgate the Law on Identification and highly appreciated the Government's preparation of legal documents.
"Regarding the name of the draft law, the majority of delegates agreed on the name Law on Identification to ensure comprehensiveness, consistency with the scope of regulation and applicable subjects of the law," said Minister To Lam. In addition, some delegates proposed to keep the current name of the Law on Citizen Identification.
Regarding information in the national database, the database on connected identification, sharing and exploiting information, many delegates agreed with this regulation because they believed that this was an essential need in building a digital government and digital society.
Minister To Lam said the Government will absorb the opinions of delegates to continue revising and perfecting the draft law, and submit it to the National Assembly at the 6th session.
Previously, referring to the name of the draft law, delegate Nguyen Hai Dung (Nam Dinh) supported changing the law's name from the Citizen Identification Law to the Identification Law.
According to Mr. Dung, identity cards are not only issued to Vietnamese citizens but also to people of Vietnamese origin whose nationality has not been determined. Therefore, the name change ensures that all subjects are adjusted.
Delegate Tran Cong Phan (Binh Duong delegation) said that the drafting agency stated the number of 31,000 people of Vietnamese origin living in Vietnam, but their nationality has not been determined. While the Constitution stipulates that Vietnamese citizens are people with Vietnamese nationality, the issuance of citizen identification cards shows that they are Vietnamese citizens. These 31,000 people must be managed, but there must be a different type of card for them to distinguish them, because they are not yet Vietnamese citizens.
This delegate believes that they need to be managed and facilitated, but they are not issued citizen identification cards like Vietnamese citizens. Because of those 31,000 people, more than 81 million people share one card, and it is not acceptable to equate them.
Speaking in the debate, delegate Le Hoang Anh (Gia Lai province) expressed his agreement with delegate Phan's argument. He said that the term citizen specifically names people, while the term identity card does not specifically name people, because even crops and livestock also lead to traceability and identification for each type of plant and animal.
"If anyone has participated in or observed dog and cat raising groups or associations, they all have identification and identification for their pets. Therefore, further consideration is needed," Mr. Anh said.
Delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap) emphasized that granting identity cards to groups of people of Vietnamese origin without nationality living in Vietnam aims to ensure human rights for easy management.
According to him, most of these people have economic difficulties, no social security policies because they do not have permanent residence, their children cannot go to school because they do not have birth certificates, leaving a burden on society.
"If something happens, we don't know where this person is, and it will be difficult to track him down because there are no records," Mr. Hoa worried.
Because of the above shortcomings, Mr. Hoa recognized that it is very necessary for the authorities to issue identity cards to this group of people, so that they can have citizenship rights and enjoy policies like many other people.
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