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What information does the chip-mounted citizen ID contain? Lost what to do?

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According to the goals of the Ministry of Public Security, as of July 1, 2021, nearly half of the Vietnamese population will use chip-mounted Citizen Identification Card, replacing ID card or Barcode Citizen ID.

Fingerprinting for people at the Go Vap District Police. Photo: Thanh Chung – VNA What information does the chip-mounted citizen ID contain? The biggest difference of chip-mounted Citizen Identification compared to other types of identification such as Identity Card or Barcode Citizen Identification is the chip located on the back of the card. The chip contains information about the identity of each citizen, such as: Full name; date of birth; home town; fingerprint, retina, image, identification features … At the same time, in the near future, the chip on the citizen’s ID card also contains information related to insurance, banking, driver’s license … of the user. use. In addition to the chip, the new model Citizen ID card also has a QR code on the front of the card. When scanning this code will display information about the name of the issuer, the old ID number (In the case where the 9-digit ID card was used), the issuer will no longer have to bring it The identity card number of the identity card with A4 paper is very easily crumpled as it is nowadays. Is losing a citizen’s ID with a chip “dangerous”? As mentioned above, the citizen’s ID with chip shows a lot of personal information of the grantee, and also integrates many other specialized information about insurance, banking … Therefore, many people expressed worry that if you accidentally lose this ID card, or have your card stolen, will your personal information be easily leaked out … In fact, only authorities are equipped with specialized chip readers to extract information. Therefore, people can be completely assured that, if the identity of the chip-mounted citizen is lost, the person who finds it is difficult to read the information of the lost person that the chip on the card is keeping. Unlike chips, QR codes are easily scanned, just using an App on a smartphone. However, the QR code does not contain too much information that needs “security” as on the chip. On the contrary, the fact that the ID card attached to a chip stores a lot of information will help people later when they go to do administrative procedures, make transactions with banks, real estate, insurance, apply to study for their children …, No need to bring a variety of papers, just use this card.

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