Mandatory connection and data sharing among agencies of the political system

(GLO)- On October 22, the Government issued Decree No. 278/2025/ND-CP regulating the mandatory connection and sharing of data between agencies in the political system.

Accordingly, this Decree comprises 5 chapters with 25 articles, regulating mandatory data sharing and connectivity activities between agencies within the political system from the central to local levels, ensuring the readiness for data connection and sharing; the national data architecture framework, the national data governance and management framework, and a shared data dictionary.

The headquarters of the National Data Center No. 1 in Hoa Lac, Hanoi . Photo: VGP

This Decree applies to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, central agencies of political organizations, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Supreme People's Court , the State Audit Office, the Office of the President, the Office of the National Assembly, central agencies of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, People's Committees at all levels; agencies, organizations, and individuals directly involved in or related to connecting and sharing data between databases and the National Data Architecture Framework, the National Data Governance and Management Framework, and the Common Data Dictionary.

According to the Decree, national master data refers to master data that is connected, shared, exploited, and used jointly by Party and State agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, and political and social organizations.

Integrating, synchronizing, and utilizing national master data is mandatory for agencies and organizations within the political system when building, updating, or operating databases and information systems.

The source of national master data is established or initiated on the principle of a single trusted data source. Each piece of data has only one trusted source.

Master data is established or initialized from a set of identification keys. The Minister of Public Security publishes the national master data catalog on the shared data dictionary system, based on agreement with agencies within the political system.

The government has just issued a Decree stipulating mandatory data connection and sharing between agencies within the political system. (Illustration: Internet)

The Ministry of Public Security issues key identifiers for master data and builds, manages, operates, and updates the national master data catalog, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and technical interoperability.

Meanwhile, specialized master data refers to master data that is connected, shared, exploited, and used internally within Party and State agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, and political and social organizations.

Central ministries and agencies are responsible for identifying, publishing, and updating their respective specialized master datasets and integrating them into the Shared Data Dictionary System. These specialized master datasets must comply with the principles stipulated in Clause 4, Article 5 of this Decree and must be scalable, integrated, interconnected, and retrievable with the national master dataset.

The Ministry of Public Security is responsible for providing technical guidance, inspection, and supervision of the construction, updating, and use of specialized master data to ensure consistency and the ability to integrate and retrieve data across the entire system.

According to the Decree, ministries, central and local agencies must standardize data, issue lists of specialized master data, lists of open data, and lists of common data in accordance with the National Data Architecture Framework, the National Data Governance and Management Framework, and the Common Data Dictionary for the databases specified in Appendix I of this Decree before December 30, 2025.

For databases and information systems that have been standardized according to the regulations in this Decree, data connection and sharing must be carried out through the Data Sharing and Coordination Platform. For the remaining databases and information systems, standardization according to the regulations in this Decree must be completed before December 31, 2026.

By December 31, 2026 at the latest, the mandatory connection and sharing of data between agencies within the political system will be implemented uniformly through the Data Sharing and Coordination Platform.

This Decree takes effect from the date of signing (October 22, 2025); it replaces Decree No. 47/2020/ND-CP dated April 9, 2020 of the Government on the management, connection and sharing of digital data of state agencies.

Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/ket-noi-chia-se-du-lieu-bat-buoc-giua-cac-co-quan-thuoc-he-thong-chinh-tri-post570032.html