Credit evaluation systems based on certain criteria with different purposes have been built and deployed in many regions and countries. Although these models were initially applied in the financial sector, the world tends to apply similar systems to different fields such as business administration, immigration, social security, environmental protection, crime prevention with the aim of promoting legal compliance and social responsibility. The process of building a socialist rule-of-law state in Vietnam, with the requirements of social governance, prevention and control of law-breaking activities, also needs to observe and follow that trend. This article approaches such a model from the perspective of interdisciplinary theories of legal science and some related sciences. Through conceptual analysis, identifying components of a citizen credit scoring system and the factors ensuring its operation, as well as highlighting its significance in the current context of Vietnam, the article aims to contribute to building a theoretical framework for designing and operating this system in Vietnam.
