On Monday, 1 June 2026, in Dili, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste organized the “Official Launch Ceremony of verify.gov.tl of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste”, under the high presidency of H.E. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, Minister of Transport and Communications (MTC) of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, H.E. Chea Vandeth, Minister of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) and Chairman of the Digital Government Committee (DGC) of the Kingdom of Cambodia, H.E. Verónica das Dores, Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, H.E. Céu Brites, Vice-Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and H.E. Expedito Dias Ximenes, Secretary of State for Social Communication of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and attended by leaders, delegations, and national and international guests totaling 500 Participants.

This ceremony marks an achievement resulting from the implementation of the “Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Fields of Post, Telecommunications, Information and Communications Technology, and Digital Transformation” between MPTC of the Kingdom of Cambodia and MTC of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, signed on 20 January 2025. This fruitful achievement clearly reflects the strong cooperation and firm commitment between the two countries to leverage technology to enhance public service delivery and support digital socio-economic development.

With the strong support of Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, MPTC deployed technical experts to assist with the development the national portal, verify.gov.tl, for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and integrate with relevant databases to enable verification of national driver’s licenses through this national portal.

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has selected the driver’s license as the first official document to integrate a QR Code for authenticity verification through verify.gov.tl. This initiative has enabled MTC of Timor-Leste to substantially reduce the cost of producing physical driver’s licenses, from USD 4.00 per card to just USD 0.10 per card.

It is also highlighted that Cambodia has currently integrated a verification QR Code into driver’s licenses through verify.gov.kh. This allows all drivers to officially use digital driver’s licenses and present them to relevant authorities whenever required. Digital driver’s licenses can be requested in less than one minute through the DG SuperApp by logging on via the dgconnect platform. Moving forward, MPTC of Cambodia will continue to cooperate with MTC of Timor-Leste to further share this experience and expertise.

The technical teams of both ministries will continue their cooperation to expand the implementation of verify.gov.tl to additional official public documents issued by relevant ministries and institutions of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, including Educational Certificates and Civil Registry Documents. The adoption of verify.gov.tl has also received approval and support from the Council of Ministers of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

On this occasion, H.E. Chea Vandeth and H.E. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening bilateral cooperation in the fields of post, telecommunications, information and communications technology, and digital transformation.

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