No need to present original documents integrated on VneID when authenticating

In November 2025, many important Government decrees officially took effect, related to civil aviation management, identification of ethnic groups with special difficulties, social insurance and certification activities.

Amending and supplementing a number of regulations on authentication

The Government issued Decree No. 280/2025/ND-CP dated October 27, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 23/2015/ND-CP on issuing copies from original books, certifying copies from originals, certifying signatures and certifying contracts and transactions, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 07/2025/ND-CP.

According to the new regulations in Decree No. 280/2025/ND-CP, certifying a copy from the original means that the competent authority, organization or person as prescribed in this Decree, based on the original, certifies that the copy is true to the original.

Signature certification is the act of an agency, organization or competent person as prescribed in this Decree certifying that the signature in a document or paper is the signature of the person requesting certification.

Transaction authentication is the act of a competent person as prescribed in this Decree certifying the time and place of civil transaction conclusion, civil act capacity, voluntary will, signature or fingerprint of the parties participating in the civil transaction.

In particular, Decree No. 280/2025/ND-CP amended and supplemented Clause 9 of Article 2 of Decree 23/2015/ND-CP in the direction of expanding the subjects of certification.

Specifically, the person performing the certification is the Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune, ward, or special zone (Commune-level People's Committee); the person authorized or assigned to perform the certification task according to regulations; the notary of the Notary Office, Notary Office (notary practice organization); the diplomatic officer, consular officer of the diplomatic representative agency, consular representative agency, and other agencies authorized to perform consular functions of Vietnam abroad (Representative agency).

Thus, compared with the old regulations, Decree No. 280/2025/ND-CP expands the subjects of certification to include authorized or assigned persons to perform certification tasks according to regulations.

Decree No. 280/2025/ND-CP also amends and supplements regulations on certification authority and responsibility in the direction of clearly defining responsibilities for each subject of certification.

The Decree stipulates that the person requesting certification must not be required to present the original or copy of documents integrated on VneID, and also adds regulations on the obligations and rights of the person performing the certification.

This Decree comes into force from November 1, 2025.

Amendments to regulations on nationality registration and rights to aircraft

Decree No. 246/2025/ND-CP dated September 15, 2025 of the Government has supplemented the procedure for deregistration of aircraft nationality at the request of the person designated in the IDERA document - a document issued under the provisions of the Cape Town Convention, which clearly specifies the person entitled to request deregistration or export of aircraft.

Decree 246/2025/ND-CP adds Clause 3 to Article 8 of Decree 68/2015/ND-CP regulating cases of aircraft nationality cancellation.

Decree 246/2025/ND-CP stipulates: in case the IDERA document has been registered according to the provisions of this Decree, only the person designated in the IDERA document has the right to request the cancellation of aircraft nationality registration.

Along with that, Decree 246/2025/ND-CP added a number of regulations on procedures for deleting aircraft nationality registration at the request of the person designated in the IDERA document to Article 9 of Decree 68/2015/ND-CP.

According to regulations, the person requesting to cancel the registration of aircraft nationality shall submit 01 set of documents directly or via the postal system or via the online public service system to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and shall be responsible for the accuracy and truthfulness of the information recorded in the documents.

Application for deregistration of aircraft nationality and certification of export airworthiness at the request of the person designated in the IDERA document.

Decree 246/2025/ND-CP clearly states that within 5 working days from the date of receiving a complete application as prescribed, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall issue a Certificate of Deregistration of Vietnamese Aircraft Nationality according to Form No. 06 specified in the Appendix issued with Decree 246/2025/ND-CP and issue a Certificate of Eligibility for Export Flight according to Form No. 06a specified in the Appendix issued with Decree 246/2025/ND-CP in the case of deregistration of aircraft nationality at the request of the person designated in the IDERA document; revoke the Certificate of Vietnamese Aircraft Nationality; in case of refusal to issue, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam must respond to the applicant in writing according to Form No. 15 specified in the Appendix issued with Decree 246/2025/ND-CP.

In case the dossier is incomplete, within 2 working days from the date of receiving the dossier, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall issue a document instructing the applicant to complete the dossier according to regulations.

This Decree takes effect from November 1, 2025.

Identify ethnic groups that still face many difficulties and have specific difficulties.

Teaching Vietnamese to ethnic minority students in Quang Ngai . (Photo: Dinh Huong/VNA)

The Government issued Decree No. 255/2025/ND-CP dated September 29, 2025, identifying ethnic groups facing many difficulties and having specific difficulties in the 2026-2030 period.

According to the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, the purpose of issuing this Decree is to continue institutionalizing the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws on ethnic affairs in order to perfect the ethnic policy system, ensure unity, synchronization, effectiveness and efficiency of the system of legal documents; develop regulations to identify ethnic groups that are still facing many difficulties, with specific difficulties to continue to prioritize investment resources, support, properly implement key and key policies, solve the most pressing and urgent issues, prioritize support for poor households and ethnic minority groups with the most difficulties according to the provisions of Resolution No. 120/2020/QH14 dated June 19, 2020 of the National Assembly; at the same time, protect, preserve and sustainably develop ethnic minorities in many areas of socio-economic life, contributing to shortening the development gap between ethnic groups in the ethnic minority community.

The Decree consists of 9 articles regulating the subjects, principles, criteria and procedures for identifying ethnic groups facing many difficulties and having specific difficulties in the 2026-2030 period.

The Decree clearly states the process of identifying ethnic groups that are still facing many difficulties and have specific difficulties in the period 2026-2030 as follows: People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones (hereinafter referred to as People's Committees at the commune level) shall organize the review and statistical data on the total population, total number of households, number of poor households and near-poor households of each ethnic group in the locality according to Form No. 1 issued with this Decree, send the results including 1 electronic file and 1 paper file to the People's Committee of the province or city (hereinafter referred to as the People's Committee at the provincial level) within 15 working days from the date the People's Committee at the provincial level directs the deployment and organization of implementation.

After receiving the full review report from the People's Committee at the commune level, the People's Committee at the provincial level shall direct relevant agencies to synthesize, review, appraise and take full responsibility for the reported data according to Form No. 02 issued with this Decree, and send the results including 1 electronic file and 1 paper file to the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions within 30 working days from the effective date of this Decree.

Within 30 working days from the date of receiving the full report on the total population, total number of households, number of poor households, near-poor households of each ethnic group in the provinces, the Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions shall, based on the provisions of Article 4 of this Decree, direct the review, synthesis and issuance of a Decision approving the list of ethnic groups facing many difficulties and specific difficulties in the period 2026-2030 nationwide.

This Decree comes into force from November 15, 2025.

New regulations on late payment and evasion of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance

The Government issued Decree No. 274/2025/ND-CP dated October 16, 2025 detailing a number of articles of the Law on Social Insurance on late payment, evasion of payment of compulsory social insurance, unemployment insurance; complaints and denunciations about social insurance.

Social Insurance staff of Hung Yen province guide people through procedures to participate in Social Insurance. (Photo: Pham Kien/VNA)

The Decree consists of 4 chapters and 16 articles, including many notable provisions related to late payment and evasion of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance.

The Decree stipulates that cases specified in Clause 1, Article 39 of the Law on Social Insurance are not considered as evasion of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance when there is one of the following reasons as announced by the competent authority on natural disaster prevention and control, emergency, civil defense and disease prevention and control.

The Decree stipulates the amount and number of days of late payment of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 40 of the Law on Social Insurance. The Decree also stipulates the amount and number of days of evading payment of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 41 of the Law on Social Insurance.

The social insurance agency directly managing the subjects participating in compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance is responsible for determining acts of late payment or evasion of payment of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance; applying or submitting to competent authorities for application measures to handle acts of late payment or evasion of payment of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance.

Every month, the social insurance agency directly managing the subjects participating in compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance determines the amount of late payment of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance, the number of days of late payment of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance, the number of days of late payment of compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance, the amount of money the employer must pay is 0.03%/day for the amount of late payment of late payment of unemployment insurance; notifies the employer for comparison; organizes collection and management according to regulations.

The Decree takes effect from November 30, 2025./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/khong-can-xuat-trinh-ban-chinh-giay-to-da-tich-hop-tren-vneid-khi-chung-thuc-post1074129.vnp