Why can't VNeID be used as a replacement for a driver's license yet?

The Ministry of Public Security is leading the drafting of the Law on Traffic Order and Safety. This law is partially separated from the 2008 Road Traffic Law.

Currently, people are still required to carry vehicle registration documents when participating in traffic.

According to the draft regulations, when participating in traffic, drivers must carry four types of documents: vehicle registration, driver's license, certificate of technical safety and environmental protection inspection, and certificate of mandatory civil liability insurance.

Of the above documents, if the information from any document has already been integrated into the electronic identification account or the prescribed identity card, the driver does not need to carry it again.

For traffic police, the draft regulations stipulate that if vehicle documents have been integrated, inspection and control must be carried out by verifying the information and documents on an electronic identification account.

Also related to the integration of vehicle registration data, Circular 32/2023 of the Ministry of Public Security (effective from September 15) stipulates that when drivers provide information from their documents in their electronic identification account, traffic police will check and compare the information from those documents in the electronic identification account.

During the inspection process, if the electronic identification account shows signs of forgery, or if an individual or organization commits a violation that warrants temporary detention, revocation of use rights, confiscation, or other violations requiring verification of documents, the traffic police will request the presentation of those documents for processing according to the law.

Following numerous efforts by the police and the public, millions of driver's licenses have been integrated into the VNeID electronic identification application. However, currently, traffic police have not yet adopted the application for verifying information as a replacement for direct vehicle document checks.

Addressing this issue at a seminar discussing draft laws spearheaded by the Ministry of Public Security, Major General Pham Cong Nguyen, Director of the Department of Legal Affairs and Administrative and Judicial Reform (Ministry of Public Security), stated that any transition requires preparation time.

The preparations that the director referred to include infrastructure, databases, equipping management agencies with knowledge, and most importantly, changing people's habits.

The same applies to electronic identity cards (VNeID application). Only when citizens fully integrate their documents and change their habit of using paper documents, and when state management agencies are fully equipped with infrastructure (reading devices, terminals, etc.) and receive comprehensive training, will electronic identity cards be able to replace traditional documents.

During this transition period, the Ministry of Public Security has adopted an open approach regarding the methods by which citizens can access public services, so that they can see the benefits and conveniences offered and voluntarily switch.

Lawyer Ha Cong Tam, from the Hanoi Bar Association, stated that until the draft Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety is passed, and the documents integrated into the VNeID application are accepted as a replacement for hard copy documents, road users must still carry documents such as vehicle registration certificates and driver's licenses.

According to Decree 100/2019 (supplemented by Decree 123/2021), drivers of motorcycles and mopeds who do not carry vehicle registration or a driver's license will be fined between 100,000 and 200,000 VND. The fine will double for drivers of cars, tractors, and similar vehicles.

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