Decree 87/2020/ND-CP on electronic civil status database, online civil status registration

DECREE

Providing regulations on electronic civil status database and online civil status registration

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Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated June 19, 2015;

Pursuant to the Law on Civil Status dated November 20, 2014;

Pursuant to the Law on E-Transactions dated November 29, 2005;

Pursuant to the Law on Information Technology dated June 29, 2006;

Pursuant to the Law on Cyberinformation Security dated November 19, 2015;

At the proposal of the Minister of Justice;

The Government hereby promulgates the Decree on providing regulations on electronic civil status database and online civil status registration.

Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application

1. This Decree prescribes the creation, management, updating, exploitation and use of electronic civil status database; connection and share of data between the electronic civil status database and national population database, national public service portal, provincial-level public service portal and single-window e-information system, and other databases of ministries, sectors and localities; grant of civil status extract copies, certification of civil status information; online civil status registration.

2. This Decree applies to ministries, ministerial-level agencies and central state agencies; People’s Committees at all levels, domestic civil status registration or management agencies and Vietnamese overseas missions; organizations and individuals involved in the creation, management, updating, exploitation and use of the electronic civil status database.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

 1. Electronic civil status database means a database created on the basis of computerization of civil status registration work in order to archive civil status information of individuals that are registered in accordance with law provisions, on Internet environment by digital devices, through the shared electronic civil status registration and management software.

2. Shared electronic civil status registration and management software is a platform of the electronic civil status database, including civil status registration and management software, service and application software created, designed and provided by the Ministry of Justice for civil status registration or management agencies to register civil status, create, update, digitize, standardize and manage civil status data, exploit and use the electronic civil status database.

The shared electronic civil status registration and management software is connected with the provincial-level single-window e-information system; through the provincial-level single-window e-information system to connect with the national public service portal and provincial-level public service portal to support the receipt and settlement, follow the receipt, settlement and processing result of administrative procedures in civil status sector which are carried out by online registration.