Hanoi, Jan. 23 -- Vietnam's digital transformation accelerated sharply in 2025, with State agencies, banks, and financial institutions aggressively rolling out biometric tools, including fingerprint, facial, and voice recognition, to boost governance efficiency, stamp out fraud and money laundering, and bring greater clarity to financial transactions. Public reception has been largely positive, yet concerns remain over data security and personal privacy. As a result, biometrics have become not only a technological leap but also a litmus test for state governance capacity and civic responsibility in the digital age. As the Party identified breakthroughs in science - technology and innovation as a key driver of national progress, the master...