Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

This Decree deals with the collection, updating, management, connection, sharing, provision and use of information in the National immigration database, online public services on issuance, management and control of passports of Vietnamese citizens, and entry/exit control through automated border control gates.

Article 2. Regulated entities

This Decree applies to regulatory authorities, organizations and individuals involved in the collection, updating, management, connection, sharing, provision and use of information in the National immigration database, online public services on issuance, management and control of passports of Vietnamese citizens, and entry/exit control through automated border control gates.

Article 3. Definitions

For the purposes of this Decree, these terms are construed as follows:

1. “National immigration database” means a collection of information about the exit and entry of Vietnamese citizens and entry, exit, transit and residence of foreigners in Vietnam that is digitalized, stored, managed and extracted through information infrastructure.

2. “online public services on issuance, management and control of passports of Vietnamese citizens” means public administrative services rendered by immigration authorities or passport issuing authorities on the public service portal.

3. “automated border control gate” means an equipment which uses the data stored in the electronic chip in Vietnamese passports and in the National immigration database to check and verify the identity and immigration conditions of an individual when he/she follows procedures at the border checkpoint.

4. “entry/exit control through automated border control gate” means the act of performing immigration procedures at an automated border control gate.