Vietnam adds facial recognition for online immigration to digital transformation plan

Online immigration is next on Vietnam’s digital transformation checklist, with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asking public security officials to explore using face biometrics and electronic passports as means to expedite digital immigration procedures.

VN Express reports that Chinh’s directive to the Ministry of Public Security asks that it “renovate administrative procedures and use technology and automation to process procedures for foreign visitors to Vietnam,” in the interest of tourism development. Other requests from the PM ask localities to make …

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