On January 23, news from Da Nang City People's Committee said that Chairman of Da Nang City People's Committee Pham Duc An requested departments, agencies, branches, and localities to promote propaganda about the legal value and benefits of using electronic copies certified from the original; guide and encourage people to electronically certify necessary documents and store them in personal data warehouses for reuse when needed.

Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Ho Quang Buu signed Official Dispatch 497/UBND-STP on promoting the implementation of electronic certification of copies from the original and digitizing, exploiting, and reusing electronic result data.
The official dispatch clearly states that in the past time, the People's Committees of communes, wards, and special zones have proactively deployed electronic copie authentication services from the original (resolving 10,257 dossiers), basically meeting the needs of individuals and organizations. However, the rate of returning electronic copie results for procedures for authenticating copies from the original is still low, not meeting the requirements of providing online public services.
The Chairman of the City People's Committee requests departments, agencies, and branches to strengthen the reception and use of electronic copies certified from the original when resolving administrative procedures under the authority of agencies, units, localities and affiliated units. Not requiring the return of originals or paper copies for papers that have validly certified electronic copies, unless otherwise provided by law.
The Public Administration Service Center strengthens monitoring, supervision and urging the receipt and use of electronic copies certified from the original in the process of receiving and resolving administrative procedures at the City Public Administration Service Center.
The Department of Justice shall take the lead in monitoring, guiding and urging commune-level People's Committees to promote the implementation of electronic copies from the original; promptly guide and remove difficulties and obstacles arising in the process of performing certification nghiep vu, ensuring 100% of the results of resolving procedures for certifying copies from the original issued and returned in the form of valid digital copies as prescribed.
People's Committees of communes, wards, and special zones strengthen propaganda and guide people and businesses to implement electronic authentication of all kinds of documents to serve online application submission.
Ensure 100% of certified copies from the original are returned electronic copies in parallel with certified paper copies (except in cases where individuals and organizations only request electronic copies from the original, paper copies are not returned).
Thoroughly grasp that officials and civil servants strictly and correctly implement the digitization of input dossier data, return electronic version results for 100% of procedure dossiers certified with copies from the original to enrich the administrative procedure data warehouse, serving the reuse of information and electronic papers.