Vietnam works to integrate welfare benefits info into citizens’ personal identification accounts
The plan aims to enable people to receive state support through their personal identification accounts
Ho Chi Minh City launches mobile service booths to encourage chip-based ID adoption
Each travelling service booth is expected to process at least 300 documents per day
Vietnam activates national population database, citizen ID card management systems
The two systems will serve as comprehensive data hubs that store information with legal value of Vietnamese citizens
Vietnam’s PM approves nationwide roll-out of chip-based ID cards
This national ID card project will run synchronously with the national population database project
Saigon ‘beggar’ found with 12 ID cards
He makes some $22 per day from begging