This is the new content of Decree No. 156/2016/ND-CP dated November 21, 2016 of the Government on amending the Decree No. 27/2007/ND-CP dated February 23, 2007 of the Government on e-transactions in financial activities.
In particular, digital certificates that are used in digital signatures in financial operations between organizations, individuals and financial authorities: Digital certificates issued by providers of public authentication of digital signatures; digital certificates issued by providers of authentication of digital signatures serving the agencies of the political system; foreign digital certificates that are accredited; foreign digital certificates that are accepted in Vietnam; foreign digital certificates that are accepted in international transactions.
Conditions, scope and eligible entities of each digital certificate in financial operations shall be specified in accordance with law on digital signatures and authentication of digital signatures.
Financial authorities entering into e-transactions shall be legally bounded by international treaties on digital signatures to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory. E-transactions in financial activities under the Ministry of Finance’s management for which digital signatures are compulsory shall be specified by the Ministry of Finance.
This Decree takes effect on January 10, 2017.
