Applying digital transformation, digitizing databases

Photo caption — National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, a National Assembly delegate from Can Tho City, speaks. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

Speaking at the discussion group on the morning of November 4 to give opinions on the Draft Law on Temporary Detention, Temporary Imprisonment and Prohibition from Leaving the Place of Residence; Draft Law on Criminal Judgment Execution (amended); Draft Law on Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Judicial Records, National Assembly deputies hoped that the drafting agencies would seriously absorb the opinions, and that the reviewing agencies would continue to review and coordinate with the relevant agencies to pass these laws with the highest consensus.

Emphasizing that these draft laws serve the judicial work, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that these are difficult draft laws, so the drafting agencies and review agencies need to continue listening to the opinions of experts and scientists in these fields, to have multi-dimensional opinions to serve the law-making work.

Commenting on the Draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Judicial Records, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that it is necessary to refer to the model of other countries in looking up criminal records to ensure data integrity and avoid illegal editing. For example, the Singapore model helps increase reliability and reduce complaints in judicial records. Similarly, the Draft Law on Temporary Detention, Temporary Detention and Prohibition from Leaving Place of Residence; Draft Law on Criminal Judgment Enforcement (amended); Draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Judicial Records need to survey how to make the law meet the requirements of state management, security, order and social safety when promulgated. In Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security has been using the VNeID database, on that basis, in the near future, the National Assembly and the Ministry of Home Affairs need to study and apply it in the election of National Assembly Deputies and People's Councils at all levels.

For tasks previously assigned to the Ministry of Justice, such as issuing criminal records, now transferred to the Ministry of Public Security, the coordination responsibility between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Public Security needs to support data transfer until December 31, 2025.

The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that this is in line with the spirit of Resolution 18 on restructuring the apparatus and increasing management efficiency. However, currently 10% of data is erroneous due to manual transfer, so the draft should stipulate a roadmap for 100% transformation by 2026.

Many people are interested in the procedure for issuing criminal records. So how to simplify the documents, reduce time, and make the whole process online will create convenience for people.

Regarding the issue of data security, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said: The issue of data security risks with sensitive data and personal criminal records must also be taken into account in the revised Law on Judicial Records. It is necessary to supplement the issue of network security separately. According to the revised Law on Network Security 2018, the people are also very concerned. The National Assembly Chairman hopes that the drafting agencies will seriously take into account the opinions, and the inspection agencies will continue to inspect and coordinate with the relevant agencies to pass these laws with the highest consensus.

Agreeing to amend and supplement a number of articles of the Law on Judicial Records, delegate Pham Trong Nghia (National Assembly Delegation of Lang Son province) said that the amendment of the law aims to simplify administrative procedures, reduce compliance time and costs for people, increase the application of information technology, and at the same time remove a number of difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing the Law on Judicial Records 2009.

In fact, the Law on Judicial Records stipulates that there are two types of judicial records: Judicial Records No. 1 and Judicial Records No. 2. Different from Judicial Records No. 1, Judicial Records No. 2 shows both cleared and uncleared criminal records to serve the prosecution agency in the investigation, prosecution, and trial work and is issued at the request of an individual so that that person can know his or her criminal record information.

Also according to delegate Pham Trong Nghia, many individuals requesting the issuance of Criminal Record Certificate No. 2 do not stem from the need to know their criminal record information but from the requests of agencies and organizations, mainly to supplement their applications for entry visas, marriage, labor export, job applications, etc. This situation has affected personal privacy according to the 2013 Constitution and the humane policy of our State's criminal law, affecting the reintegration into the community of convicted people, especially those whose criminal records have been cleared.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/ung-dung-chuyen-doi-so-so-hoa-cac-co-so-du-lieu-20251104125809562.htm