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DNA testing is used in specific police cases in Vietnam and in attempts to identify war dead and adopted children. | DNA testing is used in specific police cases in Vietnam and in attempts to identify war dead and adopted children. | ||
In 2015, the FBI transferred DNA testing software to the Vietnam police. According to Interpol, Vietnam is planning a DNA database. | In 2015, the FBI transferred DNA testing software to the Vietnam police. According to Interpol, Vietnam is planning a DNA database. | ||
| + | In November 2023, Vietnam adopted a new law (Law No. 26/2023/QH15) allowing DNA to be added to its national Identity Database. According to this law DNA could be collected voluntarily or as a result of criminal proceedings or ‘administrative handling measures', from 1st July 2024. | ||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
*External links | *External links | ||
Revision as of 10:46, 19 March 2024
DNA testing is used in specific police cases in Vietnam and in attempts to identify war dead and adopted children. In 2015, the FBI transferred DNA testing software to the Vietnam police. According to Interpol, Vietnam is planning a DNA database. In November 2023, Vietnam adopted a new law (Law No. 26/2023/QH15) allowing DNA to be added to its national Identity Database. According to this law DNA could be collected voluntarily or as a result of criminal proceedings or ‘administrative handling measures', from 1st July 2024.
Resources
- External links
- Press articles
- The Register: Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards (20th February 2024)
- Tech Radar: Vietnam to collect biometric information (and DNA) for new ID cards (20th Fabruary 2024)
- Government News: Viet Nam to collect biometric information for identification from July (19th February)
- Thanh Nien Newspaper: Vietnam is gradually implementing a DNA and iris database system (7th February 2024)
- Saigon Liberation Newspaper: The Ministry of Public Security evaluates the DNA biometric solution for the identification database (6th February 2024)
- Fast Company: The Quest To Identify Vietnam's Unknown Soldiers Pushes The Limits of DNA Technology (20th July 2016)
- Fort Hood Herald: Legacies of war: 40 years after the fall of Saigon, soldiers’ children are still left behind (29th April 2015)
- Washington Post: DNA matches child born in Vietnam, father in Texas after 40 years (18th April 2015)
- International Business Times: Vietnam war babies still searching for birth parents 40 years on (2nd March 2015)
- Thanh Nien News: FBI to transfer DNA testing software to Vietnam police (17th March 2015)
- Thanh Nien News: HCMC demands DNA test for boy left in taxi (24th December 2014)
- Vietnam Breaking News: DNA tests link war dead to families (28th August 2012)
