Authority to issue electronic identification accounts

VAN TU(Ninh Giang)

Reply:

According to Article 20 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP, the authority to grant electronic identification accounts and decide to lock and unlock electronic identification accounts is as follows:

- The Director of the Department of Administrative Police for Social Order of the Ministry of Public Security has the authority to issue electronic identification accounts; decide to automatically lock and unlock electronic identification accounts on the electronic identification and authentication system and request to lock and unlock electronic identification accounts of agencies at the department level or equivalent or higher.

- The Head of the Department of Administrative Management of Social Order of the provincial or centrally-run city police decides to lock or unlock the electronic identification account for requests received at the provincial police.

- The district-level police chief decides to lock or unlock the electronic identification account for requests received at the district-level police.

- The commune-level police chief decides to lock or unlock the electronic identification account for requests received at the commune-level police.
Thus, according to the above regulations, only the Director of the Department of Administrative Police for Social Order of the Ministry of Public Security has the authority to issue electronic identification accounts.