Officials will be disciplined if they require citizens to submit digitized documents.

The above content is stipulated in the Law on Digital Transformation, which was passed by the National Assembly this morning, December 11th.

The law sets minimum requirements for digital systems that are mandatory for information systems, digital platforms, databases, and digital services of state agencies; digital systems serving the public interest, essential digital services, and digital systems assigned by state agencies to provide public services.

Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung. Photo: National Assembly Media

For the digital systems of other organizations and businesses, the State encourages their adoption according to their capabilities and needs; ensures cybersecurity levels are appropriate; and has mechanisms for monitoring, detecting, warning, responding to, and restoring operations in the event of incidents, etc.

Digital systems and services must meet standards, regulations, and technical requirements regarding minimum accessibility for users, including people with disabilities, the elderly, and other vulnerable groups.

Officials and civil servants will be penalized if they require citizens to submit documents that have already been connected to, accessed, or used in national or specialized databases, as stipulated in the Law on Digital Transformation. Photo: National Assembly Media

State agencies are responsible for guiding and assisting citizens in the process of accessing services; publicly disclosing the procedures, processing times, and processing results in accordance with this Law and relevant laws;

In accordance with relevant laws, officials, civil servants, and employees who are required to submit additional documents should be handled in cases where the information system serving administrative procedures has already connected to, accessed, and utilized data from national and specialized databases.

Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung stated that, taking into account the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the draft Law has been reviewed and revised to stipulate legal action against officials, civil servants, and employees who request additional documents in cases where the information system serving administrative procedures has already connected to, accessed, and utilized data from national and specialized databases.

The law has been researched and supplemented with some fundamental and minimum requirements for digital systems, such as: Enhancing connectivity, sharing, and reuse of data to improve management efficiency, reduce duplication, streamline procedures, and enhance decision-making capacity;

Support for connectivity and integration from the outset, based on open standards, open architecture, and standard application programming interfaces (APIs) to facilitate data sharing and interoperability between systems; ensuring standard connectivity and data sharing with other systems;

Support for application programming interfaces according to technical standards and regulations; use of national data standards, open standards, and technical standards and regulations as prescribed; interoperability, integration, and data exploitation to serve the resolution of administrative procedures.

These regulations will address the difficulties and obstacles related to interoperability and synchronization in handling administrative procedures and providing online public services.

Source: https://laodong.vn/thoi-su/se-xu-ly-can-bo-neu-yeu-cau-nguoi-dan-nop-giay-to-da-duoc-so-hoa-1623044.ldo