Vietnam consults ahead of biometric database law implementation

Government authorities in Vietnam have been sharing views with concerned parties on how to ensure the effective coming into force of a new law that allows the setting up of a multi-biometric database for identity verification.

This week, the Southeast Asian country’s Deputy Minister of Public Security, Nguyen Duy Ngoc, spoke at a conference in which he explained the raison d'être of the legislation which was passed by parliament last November, SGGP English reports.

According to the new legislation …

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