Vietnam's Public Security Minister presented the draft Law on Electronic Identification and Authentication to the National Assembly on October 26.
Vietnam Proposes Digital Identity Law to Combat Deepfakes and Online Fraud ↗
What happened
- The draft would prohibit using fake biometrics, technologically fabricated images, and other deceptive technologies to create or falsify electronic identities.
- Electronic transactions on banking, securities, telecommunications, postal, e-commerce and healthcare platforms would have to be linked to and authenticated against participants' electronic identities.
Why it matters to Signicat
- Mandatory identity linkage across banking and e-commerce in Vietnam is a market-shifting regulatory signal for identity vendors, but Vietnam is outside Signicat's core markets listed in the context.
Evidence from the source (3 quotes)
- “It would prohibit using fake biometrics, technologically fabricated images, and other deceptive technologies to create or falsify electronic identities.” source ↗
- “electronic transactions on platforms serving banking, securities, telecommunications, postal services, e-commerce, and healthcare would have to be linked to, and authenticated against, participants’ electronic identities.” source ↗
- “Ministers would specify which transactions in other sectors must also undergo electronic identity verification.” source ↗
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