Immigration Department pilots granting passports through e-portal
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese
citizens applying for passports without electronic chips will
be able to submit their forms online and receive by post.
Under a pilot scheme from May 15, they can access http://dichvucong.gov.vn
or http://dichvucong.bocongan.gov.vn to make online declaration, pay the fee and receive
their passports by post or collect them at the immigration offices, according to the
Vietnam Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
The scheme is applicable to those residing in the country having a valid chip-based identity card or a
valid 12-digit citizen ID card, a valid account on the Government Public
Service Portal, and the ability to pay online fees.
The move aims to reduce the
travel time for people and limit the negative phenomena while strengthening the
transparency of public administration.
If successful, the model will
be rolled out to provinces and cities nationwide.
The granting of ordinary
passports through government e-portal aims to realise the government’s project
on developing the application of population database, e-identification, and
e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period
with a vision to 2030 to serve administrative procedures and online public service provision, socio-economic expansion, and digital citizens development, among others./.