Philippines targets fake IDs; Vietnam eyes asset tracking

Homepage > News > Business > Philippines targets fake IDs; Vietnam eyes asset tracking The Philippines is warning citizens that printing digital national IDs on physical cards is illegal and punishable by prison time—while Vietnam is proposing one of the region’s most expansive digital identity frameworks, one that would assign state-managed electronic identities to physical objects, digital assets, and transactions, not just people. The Philippines’ PSA warns against unauthorized national IDs Digital national IDs printed on PVC cards are not valid in the Philippines, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)—the country’s primary statistical arm—said in an advisory, as reported by the local news outlet Cebu Daily News. The PSA said that such copies have no legal validity and warned that individuals who print, manufacture, or issue unauthorized national IDs will violate Republic Act No. 11055, or the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Act. Violators may face three to six years in prison and fines from PHP 1 million ($16,272) to PHP 3 million ($48,816). The advisory comes as many Filipinos continue to wait for their official physical national ID cards and rely on th...