Decree No. 216/2026/NĐ-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Criminal Record

DECREE

Detailed regulations and guidance on implementation of certain provisions

of the Law on Criminal Record

 

Pursuant to the Government Organization Law No. 63/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Criminal Record No. 28/2009/QH12 amended and supplemented by Law No. 68/2020/QH14 and Law No. 107/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Electronic Transactions No. 20/2023/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Data No. 64/2024/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Personal Data Protection No. 91/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Cybersecurity No. 116/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Digital Transformation No. 148/2025/QH15;

The Government promulgates this Decree on regulations regarding entry, exit, and residence policies for foreigners at the International Financial Center in Vietnam.

The Government issues this Decree to provide detailed regulations and guidance for implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Criminal Record.

 

PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 1. Scope of Application

This Decree provides detailed regulations on Article 11 concerning the criminal record database, Article 14 regarding the protection, storage of the criminal record database, and guidance on the responsibility for providing information to build the criminal record database, creating criminal records, updating criminal record information, procedures for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate, and utilizing criminal record information.

Article 2. Applicability

1. State agencies assigned to implement the construction, protection, storage of the criminal record database, and provision of criminal record information; collect, establish, update specialized databases, and connect, share information with the criminal record database.

2. Agencies, organizations, individuals granted authority to access, utilize criminal record information and other related agencies, organizations, and individuals.

 

Chapter II

CRIMINAL RECORD DATABASE

 

Article 3. Responsibilities of ministries and sectors in building, managing, operating, and connecting the criminal record database

1. The Ministry of Public Security shall be responsible for organizing the implementation of the construction, management, operation, protection, and storage of the criminal record database in accordance with the law.

2. The Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of National Defense, and relevant agencies and organizations shall be responsible for directing subordinate units to provide criminal record information in accordance with the Law on Criminal Record and this Decree.

Article 4. Principles for building, protecting, and storing the criminal record database

1. The construction, protection, and storage of the criminal record database must comply with the provisions of the Law on Criminal Record, this Decree, and other laws on data, electronic transactions, information access, cybersecurity, personal data protection, digital transformation, mandatory data sharing between agencies within the political system.

2. The criminal record database shall be constructed centrally; based on the principle of openness, ensuring connectivity, sharing, and effective utilization consistent with the National Digital Architecture Framework, National Data Architecture Framework, National Data Governance and Management Framework, Common Data Dictionary; adhering to technical standards and norms for data, information technology, and related regulations, cybersecurity standards, and disaster recovery capabilities; constructed, invested in, maintained, and upgraded according to economic and technical norms issued by competent state authorities; ensuring efficiency, simplicity, and convenience for agencies, organizations, and individuals in performing public services, administrative procedures, and other activities.

3. Existing criminal record data in connected and shared databases shall not be collected again. Every data entry is logged for access, modification, and updates, ensuring the ability to trace historical changes and data fluctuations.

Article 5. Construction of Judicial Record Database

1. Activities for constructing the judicial record database include:

a) Receiving, checking, classifying, and processing judicial record information;

b) Establishing judicial records;

c) Updating judicial record information into established judicial records;

d) Adjusting individual judicial record information within the judicial record database.

2. The judicial record database includes the following groups of information:

a) Information of individuals whose judicial records are established in accordance with Clause 4a, Article 2 of the Judicial Record Law. In this regard, personal identification number or passport number in cases where there is no personal identification number shall be used as original information to connect, reconcile, and synchronize data with the national population database;

b) Judicial record information on criminal records, execution status of sentences, and expungement of criminal records;

c) Information on prohibition from holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives.

3. The judicial record database must record the history of data updates and adjustments, including time, content, and subject implementing them, to serve the purpose of inspection, reconciliation, tracing the origin of data, and ensuring the integrity and transparency in data management.

Article 6. Connection and Sharing of Judicial Record Data

1. The judicial record database is connected and shares data with the national integrated database through various methods, platforms for connection and sharing of interlinked, automated data, ensuring proper purpose, authority, scope, object, and compliance with laws on personal data protection.

2. The connection and sharing of data between the judicial record database and related specialized databases to build the judicial record database is a mandatory activity carried out through the following methods:

a) Connecting through the National Data Sharing and Coordination Platform (NDOP) and secure connection points as prescribed;

b) Exploiting and querying data through Application Programming Interface (API) according to standards and procedures uniformly issued by the agency authorized to issue judicial record certificates under the Ministry of Public Security and the agencies managing specialized databases of ministries and sectors;

c) Automatically synchronizing data between the information systems of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of National Defense, and relevant sectors with the judicial record database.

3. Judicial record data is shared in the form of electronic data messages with legal validity as stipulated by laws on electronic transactions.

4. Agencies and organizations shall not request the provision of judicial record information again when such information is already available in the judicial record database and has been connected and shared.

In cases requiring verification or review of the accuracy of information or when extracted information is incomplete or inaccurate, the competent authority may request additional information or documents in accordance with the law.

5. Specialized databases must ensure information security and have technical standards compatible with the judicial record database before connecting and sharing data with it; shared data must be cleaned, ensuring accuracy and completeness; they must have legitimate sources, verified according to authority; reflect the current legal status and all fields of information accurately.

Article 7. Establishment and updating of judicial record databases

1. The Ministry of Public Security shall be responsible for receiving, inspecting, processing, and updating information into the judicial record database in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Ministries and sectors, during the course of performing their functions and tasks, if they generate sources of information as prescribed in Articles 15, 33, and 36 of the Judicial Record Law, shall be responsible for promptly creating, updating, digitizing data, and sharing it with the specialized database under their management to synchronize with the judicial record database managed by the Ministry of Public Security. Data synchronization shall be carried out within no more than one working day from the time the information is updated into the specialized database.

2. The establishment and updating of judicial record data must ensure:

a) Full, accurate, and timely reflection of the content of the information;

b) The data architecture and the judicial record data dictionary; using personal identification numbers or passport numbers in cases where there are no personal identification numbers as the identifying key;

c) Ensuring the capability for verification, reconciliation, and tracing the origin of the data.

3. The Ministry of Public Security shall be responsible for promulgating the data architecture and the judicial record data dictionary.

Article 8. Technical standards and assurance of operation of the judicial record database system

1. The judicial record database shall be constructed, managed, and operated in accordance with technical standards and norms on information systems, digital technology, and cybersecurity issued by competent authorities, consistent with the Government Digital Architecture and E-Government framework.

2. The technical standards and norms prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article must meet the following requirements:

a) Ensuring the architecture and structure of the information system to serve the unified, synchronized management, exploitation, and use of the judicial record database;

b) Ensuring stable, continuous, secure operation and scalability during the operational process;

c) Ensuring cybersecurity and data confidentiality throughout the processes of collecting, storing, processing, and exploiting judicial record data;

d) Ensuring interoperability, synchronization, connectivity, and integration with related information systems and databases according to technical standards, norms, and the National Data Architecture Framework;

e) Ensuring backup, recovery requirements, and system availability when incidents occur.

3. The Ministry of Public Security shall take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Defense, and relevant agencies to unify technical standards, data structures, formats, and connection and data sharing requirements for the construction, management, and operation of the judicial record database, ensuring two-way, seamless data connection and sharing in accordance with the law.

4. Investment, management, maintenance, and upgrading of the judicial record database system shall be carried out in accordance with the laws on public investment, state budget, and economic and technical norms approved by competent authorities.

Article 9. Responsibility for providing judicial record information on criminal records

The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice shall be responsible for providing judicial record information to the authority authorized to issue the Judicial Record Certificate in accordance with Articles 19 and 20 of the Judicial Record Law, and other information related to criminal sentences imposed before July 1, 2026, to build the judicial record database.

Article 10. Establishing Criminal Records for Convicted Persons

1. The competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall be responsible for establishing criminal records of convicted persons as stipulated in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Article 5 of the Criminal Record Law.

2. In cases where additional information on the conviction record of a convicted person is required to establish a criminal record as provided for in Clause 1 of this Article, the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall request the relevant authority to provide such information in accordance with Article 16, Article 17 of the Criminal Record Law and Article 9 of this Decree. Article 11. Updating Information on Criminal Records Regarding Conviction Records for Cases Already Having Criminal Records.

1. The competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall update decisions, certificates, and confirmations regarding the execution process of judgments into the established criminal records in accordance with Articles 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and Clause 3 of Article 33 of the Criminal Record Law.

2. In cases where a person's criminal record has already been established but subsequently convicted by another effective judgment, the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall supplement the criminal record with information from subsequent judgments and the execution process of these judgments.

3. The competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates at the place where the criminal record was established shall monitor the updating of information on the execution process, and information about the automatic expungement of convictions in the criminal record.

Article 12. Updating, Searching, and Verifying Information Related to New Criminal Offenses

1. The competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall be responsible for receiving and updating information related to new criminal offenses provided by courts, prosecution offices, and investigative agencies as prescribed.

2. In cases where a convicted person has completed the principal punishment or probation period, supplementary punishments, civil obligations, and other decisions of the judgment, or the convicted person has exceeded the statute of limitations for enforcement of the judgment and has had sufficient time to automatically have their conviction expunged under the Criminal Code, the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall search for updated information as provided for in Clause 1 of this Article to determine whether the person has committed a new criminal offense during the period of automatic expungement as prescribed by the Criminal Code. During the search process, if there is insufficient basis for expungement, the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall verify at the judicial proceedings agencies regarding information related to new criminal offenses as stipulated in Clause 2 of Article 33 of the Criminal Record Law. Article 13. Updating Information on Criminal Records Regarding Automatic Expungement

Based on the results of searching and verifying new criminal offenses as provided for in Clause 2 of Article 12 of this Decree, the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall update information into the criminal record of the convicted person as follows:.

1. Update the criminal record of the convicted person as "expunged" if they fall into one of the following situations:

a) There is no information indicating that the person has committed a new criminal offense during the period of having a conviction as prescribed by the Criminal Code;

b) There is information related to new criminal offenses as stipulated in Point b and Point d of Clause 1 of Article 33 of the Criminal Record Law.

2. Update the criminal record of the convicted person as "having a conviction" if they have committed a new criminal offense during the period of having a conviction or before the expiration of the period for automatic expungement as prescribed by the Criminal Code.

a) There is no information about the person committing a new criminal act within the period during which they have a criminal record under the provisions of the Criminal Code;

b) There is information related to a new criminal act as prescribed in points b and d, Clause 1, Article 33 of the Law on Criminal Record;

2. Update the Criminal Record of the convicted person to indicate "having a criminal record" if the person commits a new criminal act within the period during which they have a criminal record or before the expiration of the period for automatic deletion of the criminal record as provided for in the Criminal Code.

Article 14. Responsibility for Providing Judicial Records Information on Prohibitions from Holding Positions, Establishing, Managing Enterprises, and Cooperatives

The Civil Enforcement Agency shall provide judicial records information regarding the enforcement of bankruptcy decisions issued against enterprises and cooperatives, including prohibitions on individuals holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives to the competent authority issuing the Judicial Record for the purpose of building a judicial record database.

Article 15. Establishment of Judicial Records for Individuals Prohibited from Holding Positions, Establishing, and Managing Enterprises, and Cooperatives

1. Provincial Police Departments shall be responsible for establishing judicial records for individuals prohibited from holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives as stipulated in Clause 3, Article 5 of the Judicial Record Law.

2. In cases where additional information about individuals prohibited from holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives is required to establish judicial records as provided for in Clause 1 of this Article, Provincial Police Departments requests the competent authority to provide information in accordance with the provisions set forth in Clause 1, Article 37 of the Judicial Record Law and Article 14 Article 11. Updating Information on Criminal Records Regarding Conviction Records for Cases Already Having Criminal Records.

3. Judicial records shall be established separately for each individual prohibited from holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives, containing the following contents:

a) The number and date of the decision declaring bankruptcy issued by the Court.

b) The information of individuals prohibited from holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives as specified in Clause 2, Article 37 of the Judicial Record Law.

Article 16. Updating Judicial Records Information of Individuals Prohibited from Holding Positions, Establishing, and Managing Enterprises, and Cooperatives

Where individuals prohibited from holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives already have judicial records, the competent authority issuing the Judicial Record shall update the judicial record with additional information pursuant to the Court's decision.

Article 17. Coordination for Verification and Provision of Information to Build Judicial Record Databases

1. During the process of updating judicial records information, if there are unclear or inaccurate personal information of convicted individuals or individuals prohibited from holding positions, establishing, and managing enterprises and cooperatives, the competent authority issuing the Judicial Record shall be responsible for searching, verifying information in the national population database, other specialized databases, or coordinating with the management agencies of the population and household registration databases to verify and clarify such information.

2. The management agency of the national population and household registration database shall be responsible for providing information according to the request of the competent authority issuing the Judicial Record as stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 18. Adjustment of Information of Individuals Subject to Judicial Records in Judicial Record Databases

1. Adjusting information of individuals subject to judicial records in judicial record databases involves correcting judicial record information when errors occur during the collection, updating, and management of information through data connection, sharing, and synchronization between judicial record databases and other databases, or upon request from the competent authority providing judicial record information or from individuals. Such adjustments must be within the authority, based on clear grounds, and recorded to ensure traceability of historical changes and data movements.

2. The competent authority issuing the Judicial Record shall receive, coordinate with the agencies specified in Clause 2, Article 24 of the Judicial Record Law to inspect, verify, and promptly adjust the information, and notify the results to the agencies or individuals who made the request.

Article 19. Protection of Judicial Record Databases

1. Judicial record databases shall be protected in accordance with the provisions of laws on personal data protection and cybersecurity during the processes of collection, updating, storage, processing, connection, sharing, exploitation, and deletion or destruction of data.

2. Measures to protect judicial record databases include:

a) Fire prevention and explosion prevention measures; disaster prevention measures;

b) Cybersecurity and information security measures;

c) Establishing mechanisms for recording, monitoring, and controlling access, exploitation, and processing of data;

d) Measures to prevent and stop unauthorized access, distortion, destruction, theft, or disclosure of data;

đ) Measures to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and consistency of judicial record data during processing;

e) Regularly backing up data at least twice (for data generated once a day, complete data once a week), storing and recovering data in case of incidents.

3. When discovering incidents or violations of personal data protection regulations related to judicial record databases, the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall promptly implement response, handling, and remediation measures.

4. The Ministry of Public Security is responsible for organizing the implementation of management, technical, and operational measures to protect judicial record databases.

Article 20. Storage of Judicial Record Databases

1. Judicial record databases shall be securely stored in the main and backup storage systems of the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates under the Ministry of Public Security. Data storage must ensure data recovery capability, regular inspection, and trial recovery to be ready for use. Judicial record databases shall be restored when data is destroyed, attacked by cyberattacks, or accessed illegally.

2. Judicial record databases shall be permanently stored.

3. Data storage devices about judicial records that are faulty or damaged when handed over to organizations or individuals for warranty or repair must be supervised by specialized staff and approved by the head of the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates under the Ministry of Public Security; storage devices after repair or replacement must be inspected by the competent authority to ensure system security and safety; when replacing storage devices, the old devices must be retained for management for a minimum of 12 months.

Article 21. Access to Judicial Record Databases

1. Police officers working at the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates may only access judicial record databases within their assigned responsibilities and tasks.

2. Investigative agencies may access and exploit information according to the provisions of Article 43 of the Judicial Record Law. State agencies, political organizations, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels may access and exploit information according to the provisions of Article 42 of the Judicial Record Law to serve personnel management, civil servant, and public official activities, and administrative procedure resolution.

3. Exploitation and use of information in judicial record databases must be in accordance with the purpose and authority, comply with personal data protection laws, and ensure principles as stipulated in Article 4 of this Decree.

 

Chapter III

PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATES

AND EXPLOITATION AND USE OF JUDICIAL RECORD INFORMATION

 

Article 22. Procedure for Requesting a Criminal Record Certificate

1. An individual requesting a Criminal Record Certificate in accordance with Clause 2, Article 45 of the Criminal Record Law shall proceed as follows:

a) In case of requesting a Criminal Record Certificate online, they shall fill out an electronic application form in accordance with the instructions on the National Identity Application or the National Public Service Portal;

b) In case of requesting a Criminal Record Certificate through postal service, they shall fill out an application form for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate along with a notarized signature of the applicant in accordance with the provisions of the law;

c) In case of requesting a Criminal Record Certificate directly, they shall fill out an application form for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate.

2. An individual requesting a Criminal Record Certificate in accordance with Clause 3 and Clause 4, Article 45 of the Criminal Record Law shall proceed as follows:

a) In case of requesting a Criminal Record Certificate for their parents, spouse, children, or a person under their guardianship, the application file shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article;

b) In case of requesting a Criminal Record Certificate for another person (who is not their parents, spouse, children, or a person under their guardianship), the application file shall include the documents specified in point b or point c of Clause 1 of this Article and a power of attorney certified or notarized in accordance with the provisions of the law.

3. An individual requesting a Criminal Record Certificate who is stateless shall have the following application file: the documents specified in point b or point c of Clause 1 of this Article and international travel documents issued by the country where the stateless person resides and approved by the competent authority of Vietnam.

4. An individual requesting a Criminal Record Certificate who is a Vietnamese origin person without confirmed nationality shall have the following application file: the documents specified in point b or point c of Clause 1 of this Article and a personal identification certificate issued by the competent authority of Vietnam.

5. An individual requesting a Criminal Record Certificate shall submit the application file directly to the competent authority issuing the Criminal Record Certificate at their place of residence or the nearest location.

6. An individual requesting a Criminal Record Certificate through postal service shall proceed as follows:

a) A Vietnamese citizen shall send the application file to the competent authority issuing the Criminal Record Certificate at their place of permanent residence; if there is no place of permanent residence, the application file shall be sent to the competent authority issuing the Criminal Record Certificate at their temporary residence; if residing abroad, the application file shall be sent to the competent authority issuing the Criminal Record Certificate before departure from Vietnam;

b) A foreigner residing in Vietnam shall send the application file to the competent authority issuing the Criminal Record Certificate at their place of residence; if they have left Vietnam, the application file shall be sent to the competent authority issuing the Criminal Record Certificate of the Ministry of Public Security.

7. The number of application files for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate: 01 application file per request for each type of Criminal Record Certificate.

8. Individuals exempted or granted fee reductions shall submit a copy or a certified copy of the document proving their exemption or reduction status together with the application file for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate.

Article 23. Acceptance of Application Files for Requesting a Criminal Record Certificate

1. For online application files for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate, the software for handling administrative procedures for issuing a Criminal Record Certificate of the Ministry of Public Security shall automatically check and within 08 working hours notify the individual requesting a Criminal Record Certificate whether the application file has been accepted or not, and the reasons for non-acceptance.

2. For direct or postal service application files for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate, the competent authority issuing the Criminal Record Certificate shall be responsible for checking the completeness and validity of the application file:

a) If the application file is incomplete, the authority shall request the applicant to supplement and complete the application file and specify the reasons according to the Supplement and Completion Application Form. The receiving authority shall not require additional documents to prove information already available in the national population database or the criminal record database;

b) If the application file for requesting a Criminal Record Certificate does not meet the conditions stipulated in Article 49 of the Criminal Record Law, it shall refuse to accept the file and specify the reasons according to the Refusal to Resolve Application Form;

c) If the application file is complete, accurate, and the fee for providing criminal record information has been paid as prescribed, the file shall be accepted and a Receipt of Application File and Appointment for Result Delivery shall be issued;

d) The time limit for issuing the Supplement and Completion Application Form, the Refusal to Resolve Application Form, the Receipt of Application File and Appointment for Result Delivery shall be within 01 hour for direct requests and within 01 working day for postal service requests from the date of receipt of the application file.

3. The Minister of Public Security shall prescribe the forms for the Supplement and Completion Application Form, the Refusal to Resolve Application Form, the Receipt of Application File and Appointment for Result Delivery.

Article 24. Processing Applications for Issuing Criminal Record Certificates

The competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall be responsible for processing applications for issuing Criminal Record Certificates within the time limit prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 48 of the Criminal Records Law.

Article 25. Issuing Criminal Record Certificates

1. The competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall issue electronic Criminal Record Certificates at the National Public Service Portal and the National Identity Application to individuals requesting Criminal Record Certificates through online methods.

2. The competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates shall deliver paper Criminal Record Certificates directly or via postal services to individuals requesting Criminal Record Certificates through direct methods or via postal services. At the same time, the results of issuing Criminal Record Certificates will be updated and stored in the criminal record database and the electronic data management repository of organizations and individuals at the National Public Service Portal. Individuals receiving results via postal services must clearly register their address for receiving results, choose a postal service method with guarantees, and pay for the postal service when receiving the results.

Article 26. Exploitation and Use of Criminal Record Information to Support Litigation Activities, Management of Civil Servants and Public Officials, and Administrative Procedure Handling

1. The exploitation and use of criminal record information through connection and sharing shall be carried out in the following ways:

a) Directly accessing the criminal record database based on authorized permissions;

b) Through connection and data sharing as prescribed in Article 6 of this Decree;

c) Other lawful methods as prescribed by law.

2. Authorities and organizations exploiting and using criminal record information shall be responsible for:

a) Using the information for the intended purpose without exceeding the permitted scope;

b) Not providing or sharing with third parties without permission as prescribed by law;

c) Being liable under the law for the exploitation and use of information;

d) Ensuring information security during the process of connecting, exploiting, and using information, implementing connections and sharing according to technical requirements of the criminal record database managed by the Ministry of Public Security.

3. The Minister of Public Security shall stipulate procedures and formalities for the exploitation and use of criminal record information by authorities and organizations as prescribed in Article 7 of the Criminal Records Law.

 

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS

 

Article 27. Effective Date

1. This Decree shall take effect from July 1, 2026.

2. Decree No. 111/2010/NĐ-CP dated November 23, 2010 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Criminal Records Law shall cease to be effective from the date this Decree takes effect.
For applications for Criminal Record Certificates that have been received by the competent authority issuing Criminal Record Certificates or have been stamped by postal services before this Decree takes effect, they shall be processed in accordance with the then-effective laws on criminal records at the time of receipt of the application.

Article 28. Transitional Provisions

Article 29. Responsibility for Implementation

1. Ministries and sectors shall ensure technical infrastructure, information security, and protection of personal data before connecting their information systems to the criminal record database, ensuring the implementation of the Criminal Records Law and this Decree.

2. The Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Justice, and related sectors shall instruct competent agencies to review, establish, and digitize criminal record information formed before July 1, 2026, connect and share with the criminal record database managed by the Ministry of Public Security, ensuring the implementation of the Criminal Records Law and this Decree.

3. The Ministry of Public Security shall take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to guide technical standards and norms to ensure the connection and sharing between the criminal record database and the national population database, specialized databases, the National Public Service Portal, and the National Identity Application.

4. Ministries and agencies equivalent to ministries shall be responsible for reviewing, amending, supplementing, or abolishing administrative procedures within their jurisdiction; People's Committees of provinces and centrally-administered cities shall be responsible for reviewing and proposing amendments to administrative procedures requiring submission of Criminal Record Certificates that are inconsistent with the provisions of the Criminal Records Law and this Decree.

5. Ministers, heads of agencies equivalent to ministries, Chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-administered cities, and related agencies, organizations, and individuals shall be responsible for implementing this Decree.

- Ministries and agencies equivalent to ministries;