Vietnam trials digital birth, death certificates


HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnam has piloted digital birth and death certificates in some parts of the country before issuing them nationwide in June, state television VTV reported on Thursday (April 20).

Authorities have issued 223 digital birth certificates and 31 digital death certificates in Hanoi and the nearby province of Hanam since Monday, Nguyen Thanh Hai, head of the Department of Civil Status, Citizenship and Certification at the Ministry of Justice told local online newspaper VnExpress.

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