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Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards (www.theregister.com)
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As if face, fingerprints, and iris scan weren't enough for Identification. Now the Vietnamese government wants its citizens DNA too.

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[โ€“] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Prime minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed the nation's Ministry of Public Security to collect the data in the form of iris scans, voice samples and actual DNA, in accordance with amendments to Vietnam's Law on Citizen Identification.

The law allows recording of blood type among the DNA-related information that will be contained in a national database to be shared across agencies "to perform their functions and tasks."

There are approximately 70 million adults in Vietnam as of 2022, making the collection and safeguarding of such data no small feat.

They will also no longer contain fingerprints โ€“ but there will be a QR code linked to a mass of identifying data.

Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee, Le Tan Toi, has expressed the belief that a person's iris is suitable for identification as it does not change over time and would serve as a basis for authenticating an identity.

Local media reported at the time of the amendments that changes were made to reflect trends in digital society management.

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