Scanning the QR code on the CCCD card, what information do citizens get?

Information on the QR code includes the CCCD number (12 digits); old 9-digit ID card number (if any); First and last name; Date of birth; Sex; Permanent address; Date of issue.
Currently, the Ministry of Public Security and the Public Security of the country are still actively receiving applications for issuance of Citizen Identification Cards (CCCD) with chips to reach the goal of completing 50 million CCCD cards to citizens before July 1.

Since the implementation of the chip-based CCCD card, many citizens have received the card with the form and design, the features are said to be more beautiful and modern, and more convenient than before the ID card/CCCD card. that barcode. Notably, when citizens scan the QR code on the CCCD chip, a series of information will appear. Many readers wonder how to scan the QR code on the CCCD card? What is the meaning of the information obtained after scanning?… People can use the camera in their smartphone to scan the QR code. Photo: DANG LE To be able to scan the QR code on the CCCD card, people just need to have a smartphone and use the QR Code feature (with a QR code icon) in the Zalo application, or use the camera on their phone to Point the camera at the QR code area on the CCCD card to be able to extract this data. According to the provisions of Circular 06/2021/TT-BCA regulating the CCCD card model, the QR code is printed on the front, top right corner of the CCCD card. After scanning the QR code, citizens will know the following information: CCCD number (12 digits); previous ID card number 9 (if any); First and last name; Date of birth; Sex; Permanent address; Date of issue. Thus, the old 9-digit ID card number has also been integrated in the QR code, so people when going to handle administrative procedures will not need to present a confirmation of the old ID number for comparison. However, now when citizens transfer from 9-digit ID card to CCCD, they are issued with a certificate confirming the old ID card number. According to Circular 40/2019 of the Ministry of Public Security, when citizens carry out the procedures for granting, changing or re-granting CCCD cards, the citizen identification management agency where the application is received is responsible for issuing a Certificate of ID number to all cases of transferring from 9-digit ID card to CCCD card. In addition, in the process of handling administrative procedures and civil transactions, agencies, organizations and units can also use the QR code scanning function to check personal information and old ID card numbers of customers. people as a basis for settlement. The last sequence of numbers in the QR code scanning information of this CCCD card shows that this person is male, born on December 11, 1995, and the date of issue is February 27, 2021. Photo: DANG LE However, in a few practical cases today, after scanning the QR code on the CCCD card of some citizens, there is no information about the old 9-digit ID card number. In this regard, citizens should not worry because according to the Ministry of Public Security, the reason is that citizens do not declare information about their 9-digit ID number in the residential information collection form, so there is no population database in the population database. this information. The solution for this is that for cases where there is lack of information about the 9-digit ID number in the national population database and CCCD application, the local police will conduct search, verification, and supplementation. supplement and update information. For cases where citizens change from 12-digit ID card to CCCD card, cases of changing or re-issuing CCCD card where citizens have previously declared information about 9-digit ID number, in the citizen identification data there is information. In this case, the National Population Data Center will adjust the system software to automatically update and supplement information.