TO SHORTEN THE TIME OF GRANTING DIGITAL SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION
This is the highlight content of the Decree No. 130/2018/ND-CP dated September 27, 2018 of the Government on detailing the Law on E-Transactions regarding digital signatures and digital signature certification services.
In accordance to this new Decree, the time of granting digital signature certification shall be shortened to 50 days after receiving a valid dossier of application for a license, instead of 60 days as before.
A public digital signature certification authority may provide digital signature certification services when meeting the following conditions:
- Possessing a license for provision of public digital signature certification services granted by the Ministry of Information and Communications.
- Possessing a digital certificate issued by the National Digital Signature Certification Authority.
Concurrently, the Government has unanimously upheld the license granted to a public digital signature certification authority is valid for 10 years. A digital certificate issued to public digital signature certification authorities is valid for 05 years.
This Decree takes effect on November 15, 2018.
