Biometric authentication to be applied at airports nationwide from November
The biometric authentication system for passengers who use electronic identity cards in the aviation security check process is scheduled to be deployed simultaneously at airports from November 2023, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Hanoi (VNA) - The biometric authentication system forpassengers who use electronic identity cards in the aviation security checkprocess is scheduled to be deployed simultaneously at airports from November2023, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Previously,CAAV officially deployed level 2 electronic identification (VneID)authentication for air passengers on domestic flights at airports nationwidefrom August 2.
Specifically, the CAAV required agencies andunits to apply the use of level-2 VNeID accounts for passengers boardingdomestic flights. For Vietnamese people, VNeID is equivalent to a citizen's identity card, while forforeigners, it is equivalent to a passport or international travel document.
Earlier, the use of the app was piloted at 22airports nationwide from June 1 to August 1. It proved effective in helpingmany individuals who lost or forgot their personal documents.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has agreed to proceed with the biometric identification (facial recognition), authentication and use of electronic chip-embedded citizen identity cards and passports and level 2 e-identification accounts for passengers at Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will pilot the use of level 2 electronic identification (eID) authentication for air passengers at airports nationwide from June 1 to August 1, it said in its recent report sent to the Ministry of Transport.
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At Cat Bi international airport (Photo: VNA) 
