The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just reported to the Ministry of Transport on the use of level 2 electronic identification accounts for air passengers, replacing citizen identification. Previously, on May 25.5, Director of the Vietnam Aviation Administration Dinh Viet Thang chaired a meeting to research and implement the implementation of decrees and projects on electronic identification and authentication.
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The comments agreed to report to the Ministry of Transport to propose a plan to apply the use of level 2 electronic identification accounts for passengers traveling by plane accordingly, meeting the interests of passengers, and Timely compliance with the provisions of the law and improve the quality of aviation services.
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Regarding the long-term mission plan, deploying a level 2 personal electronic identification account authentication application for passengers when checking in for a flight combined with biometric authentication of all passengers. The Ministry of Transport has also required the implementation of biometric authentication when citizens check in for flights, to be completed in 2023.
Regarding the plan of immediate tasks, pilot accepting the use of level 2 electronic identification accounts for passengers checking in for flights, evaluating the effectiveness after piloting and reporting to the Ministry of Transport on problems. problems in implementation.
Specifically, the pilot will be carried out simultaneously at airports from June 1.6.2023, 1.8.2023 to the end of August 2, XNUMX for domestic flights; Accepting level XNUMX electronic identification accounts for passengers who check-in to replace their citizen IDs. However, only pilot with voluntary passengers.
Aviation staff participating in the pilot volunteered to use phones and electronic identification accounts at level 2; participating in the pilot commitment not to use passenger information for illegal purposes; At the check-in counter, the aviation security check flow, the pilot boarding point has a signboard, a notice board on the acceptance of level 2 electronic identification accounts when passengers voluntarily check in for flights.
When a passenger uses a level 2 e-ID account on an airplane, the check-in staff, aviation security checker, and boarding staff visually check the passenger's level 2 e-ID account.
For some special cases such as passengers with abnormal signs, passengers traveling with a special-cabin flight, etc., will combine the application of the method to check the truth and fakeness of the level 2 electronic identification account of the company. citizens as instructed by the Ministry of Public Security. By using a Level 2 personal identification account installed on the phone of the airline staff, scan the QR code on the passenger's e-ID account to determine the trust level of the e-ID account. passenger level 2.
After obtaining the approval of the Ministry of Transport, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam will deploy to relevant agencies and units the specific pilot plan mentioned above.
