People line up to apply for judicial record certificates at the Hanoi Department of Justice. (Photo: nld.com.vn) As per the document dated July 9, to promptly tackleexisting limitations and enhance administrative reform in receiving andprocessing requests for the certificates, ministers, heads of central-level andgovernmental agencies, and chairpersons of provincial people'scommittees are instructed to strictly comply with the requirements for theissuance as stipulated in Article 7 of the Law on judicial records.
Effective solutions should be implemented to put an end to the request for citizens’ judicial record certificates that do not conform to regulations. Specifically,the focus should be on implementing several tasks, such as raising publicawareness; taking corrective measures against the misuse of the request forthe submission of the certificates by organisations and businesses; andensuring the confidentiality of judicial record information in line with thelaw.
Furthermore, efforts are required to digitise and improve the judicial record database,connecting and sharing data to serve the certificate issuance.
Among many bodies mentioned in the directive, the Ministryof Public Security is tasked to collaborate with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministryof Information and Communications, and the People's Committee of Thua Thien-Hue provinceto study and develop a pilot solution for issuing the certificates on the VNeID(e-identification) app. Based on results of the work, a comprehensive report mustbe submitted to competent authorities serving the nationwide implementation./.