VNExpress-Mar 13
Mobile phone numbers linked to personal information that does not match Vietnam’s official national database will be locked beginning in April, the information ministry announced Monday. Deputy head of the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority Nguyen Phong Nha said such phone numbers have already begun receiving notifications of the plan. Telecom providers are warning unverified mobile phone number users with at least one text message a day for at least five days. The messages request that users update their personal data, according to Nha. If the registered personal information is not updated and verified after 15 days, the numbers will not be able to make outgoing calls or text messages. If the data is still not updated another 15 days after that, the numbers will not be able to receive calls or messages. If the data is then not yet updated another 30 days after that, the numbers’ contracts will be terminated.
Nha said the final date for telecom providers to notify misregistered users will be Wednesday, March 15. The phone number verification process is one of many steps mapped out by a government project on national database development and digitization. Among many goals, the project aims to foster social stability and prevent the inappropriate use of SIM cards. Read more at: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/phone-numbers-with-inaccurate-info-to-be-locked-starting-april-4580836.html
