On April 11, continuing the First Session, the National Assembly discussed at the hall about the draft Law on Civil Status Registration (amended).
Delegates emphasized that the amendment of the Law on Civil Status is necessary and urgent, in order to institutionalize the national digital transformation policy; simplify procedures, reduce compliance costs; and improve the efficiency of population management.
Speaking at the hall, delegate To Ai Vang (Delegation of Can Tho City) proposed that the Government assign functional agencies to review, distinguish and integrate documents and procedures stipulated in the amended Law on Civil Status and the Law on Citizen Identification in 2023.
According to the delegate of the Can Tho City delegation, this is an inevitable trend in the national digital transformation process, creating smoothness for state management agencies, reducing administrative procedures, and creating favorable conditions for people.
Delegate To Ai Vang proposed 5 integrated recommendations. In which, in terms of technology and data, this delegate believes that it is necessary to be 100% interconnected, synchronize implementation time and consistently use personal identification numbers as keys to retrieve civil status information on VNeID.
In terms of process and procedures, implement a one-stop shop integrating civil status services into VNeID, using VNeID to replace document extracts.
Regarding local management, delegate To Ai Vang said that it is necessary to share management rights with commune and ward levels. "Civil status justice officials and commune and ward police are granted common access to a population data management interface in the area to correct errors in civil status information for people right at the grassroots level and digitize old civil status books" - delegate of Can Tho City delegation stated.
Along with that, regarding solutions to support people, if civil status information on VNeID is incorrect compared to reality, people can take photos of original documents and send requests for correction directly on the application. Then, officials rely on that to approve instead of people having to go to the headquarters of state management agencies.
At the same time, it is necessary to integrate the 3-in-1 process such as birth registration, permanent residence registration and identification card issuance for children under 14 years old, which will reduce 2/3 of travel time and effort for people.
Thus, if the Government pays attention, functional agencies actively review, distinguish and integrate documents and procedures according to the provisions of the revised Law on Civil Status Registration and the Law on Citizen Identification in 2023, it will actively contribute to building an e-government with the people at the center, towards the goal that citizens only provide information once, and the State proactively serves.
At the hall, delegate Tran Van Tuan (Bac Ninh delegation) proposed that the Drafting Committee of the Draft Law should study and amend the provisions in Clause 8, Article 2 on the explanation/definement of "hometown of an individual" in the direction: Information about hometown must reflect "origin, origin" of each individual. At the same time, it is necessary to add to the draft Law 1 an article stipulating specific criteria to determine the hometown of each individual. It is proposed to transfer and merge the entire content of Clause 8, Article 2 into Point a, Clause 4, Article 15 on "birth registration" and edit it accordingly.
This delegate said that it is very difficult to build specific criteria for determining the hometown of each individual, because in modern society, the living and working conditions of each individual, family, as well as between generations, often fluctuate.
Therefore, the delegate also requested the Drafting Committee to further assess the meaning and necessity of determining and recording the hometown of an individual according to the Law on Civil Status Registration and related legal documents.
