On the afternoon of 16/1, General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security, delivered a nearly one-hour concluding speech at the 2025 annual review conference on science, technology development, innovation, and digital transformation.

The Minister highlighted the significant progress in implementing science, technology development, innovation, and digital transformation initiatives within the public security sector. The VNeID application continues to receive new features, and both the National Public Service Portal and the Ministry of Public Security's online public service portal are increasingly better serving the needs of citizens and businesses.

Digital transformation within the sector, particularly the shift to electronic work environments, has brought about groundbreaking changes.

The Minister also underscored the need for heightened vigilance in data security, especially within critical units and agencies. He noted that international cybersecurity lessons indicate criminals do not target the best or most elite forces, but rather seek out the weakest and most unsuspecting points for infiltration.

"Do not complacently assume your house is secure with five to six locks, requiring each one to be opened individually. In cybersecurity, sometimes malicious actors will enter through a ventilation window. This analogy emphasizes the need for extreme focus and vigilance," the Minister directed.

General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security, at the conference. Photo: Hai Thu

VNeID reduces processing time from half an hour to a few seconds

Reporting at the conference, Major General Vu Van Tan, Director of the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order (C06), stated that in 2025, the Ministry of Public Security intensified the deployment of the VNeID application. This initiative aims to establish VNeID as the primary online communication channel between citizens and administrative agencies, fostering digital citizenship, a digital society, managing social order, developing the digital economy, and building a safe and healthy digital society.

According to the C06 Director, 100% of citizens have received personal identification codes. Over 87 million chip-embedded citizen identification cards have been approved and issued, along with 67 million VNeID accounts. Furthermore, 86.97% of citizens aged 15 and above now possess bank accounts, 20 million digital signatures have been issued, and 39.52% of the population has access to 5G networks.

The VNeID application has implemented over 50 utilities, serving more than 6 million daily users and integrating essential citizen documents, the C06 Director added. Biometric authentication has also been deployed at 18 airports for 1.2 million passengers, reducing processing time to three to five seconds.

Major General Vu Van Tan, Director of the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order. Photo: Hai Thu

C06 has also established data for individual identification, organizational identification, vessel identification, and location identification, with future plans for chemical and goods identification. It has cross-referenced and authenticated 2.1 billion search requests with the national population database.

Platforms encouraging citizen participation in the digital environment have been developed, such as: using citizen identification cards for medical examinations and treatment at 12,455 healthcare facilities nationwide; and using citizen identification cards to replace ATM cards, saving printing costs for each bank card.

Citizens have begun to develop digital communication habits and skills with state agencies, contributing 27.4 million comments on amending the Constitution and the documents of the 14th Party Congress.

In the coming period, C06 will continue to advise on groundbreaking solutions to accelerate digital citizenship. This includes developing and finalizing a Resolution on digital citizenship and completing five utility groups: citizen digital data storage; electronic identification and authentication, and digital signature provision; online public service implementation and administrative procedure resolution; e-wallets and social welfare payment channels; and official, secure, and effective communication channels between citizens and businesses.

An AI camera cluster on Tran Khat Chan street. Photo: Viet An

Also at the conference, Hanoi Police presented a one-month review since the official implementation of its AI camera system. This system comprises approximately 1,837 cameras strategically installed on 25 streets and 195 key intersections, targeting areas prone to traffic safety and urban order violations.

After one month, the AI camera system recorded, reviewed, and verified images of 6,351 cases with sufficient grounds to issue notices for violation processing (cold penalties). The most common offenses included: failure to obey traffic lights (4,215 cases, accounting for 66.36%, comprising 1,962 automobiles and 2,253 motorcycles); not wearing helmets (2,053 cases, accounting for 32.32%); and other violations such as stopping or parking in prohibited areas and not wearing seatbelts.

To reduce administrative procedures and facilitate citizens, the City Police announced the development and public disclosure of an end-to-end electronic administrative violation processing procedure for road traffic safety and order. This is accessible through the Digital Capital Citizen application – iHanoi, eliminating the need for citizens to visit police agencies.

Hanoi Police affirmed that the overarching principle behind the application of surveillance cameras and AI cameras is "prevention first". This technology assists functional forces in early risk identification, timely detection of violations, minimizing infractions, and preventing traffic congestion.

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