All medical facilities to accept chip-based ID card, e-identification app by 2030

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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnamese people are set to use their
chip-based ID cards and for medical checks by
2030, according to a document issued by the (MoH) on June 13. 

The ministry’s Decision No 2491/QD-BYT, which details key missions
for digital transformation in the health sector during the 2023-25 period, also
aims to connect the databases among all medical facilities, as well as of Vietnam
Social Security. 

These include birth and death certificates for essential
administrative procedures, reviewed vaccination data for management, and health
check records for the re-issuance of driver’s licences. 

Public health facilities will also need to digitalise information
on their personnel, facilities, pharmacies, hospital beds and medical
equipment.

Hospitals of level 2 (provincial and municipal) are also expected
to accept cashless payment methods, according to the document. 

The document also plans to connect the MoH’s database and the
National Database on Population to handle administrative procedures.

This means digitalising dossiers and reviewing the procedures
related to online public services in order to facilitate the processes for
citizens and businesses. 

The digital transformation project also set the goal to complete
the upgrade of the health ministry’s data centre on the basis of the existing
infrastructure. 

Cyber security is also a focus of the MoH’s data system and will
be periodically reviewed, as per regulations. 

Information on monitoring data security will also be shared
between the MoH’s data centre, the National Cyber Security Centre, and the
Ministry of Information and Communications.

A support network in case of cyber security incidents will also be
completed to promptly address the issues that pose a threat to the health sector’s
data systems./.