National Assembly passes Law on Identity Cards: Do people have to re-issue their CCCD cards?

The National Assembly has officially passed the Law on Identification, effective from July 1, 2024. The Law consists of 7 chapters and 46 articles.

Accordingly, regarding transitional regulations, the newly passed Law on Identification clearly states that citizen identification cards issued before the effective date of this law are valid until the expiration date printed on the card. Citizens, when in need, can be issued a replacement identification card.

In case the ID card is still valid, it can be used until December 31, 2024.

Legal documents that have been issued using information from identity cards and citizen identification cards shall retain their validity; state agencies shall not request citizens to change or adjust information on identity cards and citizen identification cards in issued documents.

The National Assembly voted to pass the Law on Identification (Photo: National Assembly).

Citizen identification cards and national identity cards that expire from January 15, 2024 to before June 30, 2024 will continue to be valid until June 30, 2024.

Regulations on the use of citizen identification cards and national identity cards in legal documents issued before the effective date of this Law shall be applied as for identity cards issued under the provisions of this Law.

Transitional provisions

Before the National Assembly voted to approve, on behalf of the National Assembly Standing Committee, presenting the verification report, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi said, accepting the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly Standing Committee directed to revise and supplement the transitional regulations for citizen identification cards and identity cards in Clause 3, Article 46 as follows: "Citizen identification cards and identity cards that expire from January 15, 2024 to before June 30, 2024 will continue to be valid until June 30, 2024".

Accordingly, Clause 2 of Article 45 is added to stipulate the effective date as follows: "The provisions in Clause 3, Article 46 of this Law take effect from January 15, 2024"; at the same time, some contents of Article 45 and Article 46 are revised to ensure specificity, clarity and suitability with reality.

The name of the Law on Identity Cards reflects its scientific and comprehensive nature.

According to Mr. Toi, there are opinions that in recent times there have been many changes in the form, content and name of the ID card, so it is recommended to consider the name of the law, and at the same time, it is recommended not to change the name of the law and the name of the card to ID card.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi (Photo: National Assembly).

However, according to Mr. Toi, through discussion, most of the delegates' opinions and the opinions of the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed with the name of the draft law and the name of the identity card that has been explained.

The National Assembly Standing Committee believes that the use of the name Law on Identification clearly demonstrates scientific nature, both covering the scope of regulation and subjects of application of the law, and being consistent with the trend of digital society management.

By fully integrating information scientifically in the ID card along with the form and method of digital management to ensure popularity, changing the name to ID card will help make state management more scientific, serving the digital transformation, digital economy , and digital society of the Government.

At the same time, create favorable conditions and support for people to participate in social activities as well as administrative and civil transactions more and more conveniently.

Mr. Toi also said that the National Assembly Party Delegation had asked for the Politburo's opinion on this content and received consensus and high unanimity from the Politburo on using the name of the Law on Identification and ID card as submitted by the Government.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly finds that the name adjustment to the Law on Identification and Identification Cards is appropriate for the purpose of management and serving the people.

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