CONDITIONS FOR USING FOREIGN DIGITAL CERTIFICATES BEING ACCEPTED IN VIETNAM
On November 13, 2013, the Government issued Decree No. 170/2013/ND-CP on amending and supplementing several articles of Government’s Decree No. 26/2007/ND-CP dated February 15, 2007, detailing implementation of Law on E-transaction of digital signatures and digital signatures certification service and Government’s Decree No.
106/2011/ND-CP dated November 23, 2011, amending and supplementing several articles of Decree No. 26/2007/ND-CP dated February 15, 2007.
Accordingly, foreign organizations are granted certificates of recognition of foreign organizations providing certification service of digital signatures as meeting the following conditions: Subscribers using foreign digital certificates being accepted in Vietnam; foreign organizations providing certification service of digital signature with digital certificates being accepted in Vietnam in international transactions, the organizations must be established and operated legally at the country that the organization providing certification service of digital signatures registering for operation; the organizations must satisfy the list of applicable mandatory standards regarding digital signatures and certification service of digital signatures promulgated by the Ministry of Information and Communications, or international standards regarding digital signatures which are defined as having an equal information safety level, in the course of dossier verification, by the Ministry of Information and Communications and that foreign organization must be certified by an audit enterprise that professional operations abide by the prestigious international standards on certification service of digital signatures.
A foreign digital certificate will be accepted in Vietnam if subscriber is granted license for use of that digital certificate by the Ministry of Information and Communications; duration of license for use of foreign digital certificate being accepted in Vietnam does not exceed 5 years. Subjects entitled to apply for license for use of foreign digital certificates being accepted in Vietnam include: Enterprises with 100% of foreign capital as prescribed by law; foreign organizations and representative agencies operating legally in Vietnam.
This Decree takes effect on January 01, 2014.
