The current context is an opportunity that Vietnam needs to quickly seize and take strong action to develop the digital economy and digital society, develop new business lines, open up new markets and create more new jobs, thereby making a breakthrough to change the national ranking. The task of developing the digital economy and society is placed at a high priority in national development strategies.

Digital development, with the creation of growth based on digital technology and digital data as input factors, becomes one of the new mainstream development methods for Vietnam to develop quickly, sustainably and inclusively, with the ability to adapt to challenges in a volatile and unpredictable world.

Developing the digital economy makes people wealthier, contributing to helping Vietnam overcome the low middle-income level by 2025, reach the upper-middle-income level by 2030 and reach the high-income level by 2045.

Developing a digital society also helps people be happier, participate in more comprehensive social activities, and enjoy more favourable social security policies, contributing to making Vietnam a safe, humane and digital country.

The strategy identifies institutions, infrastructure, human resources, people and businesses that play an important role in the development of the digital economy and digital society. The strategy sets out 17 groups of tasks and 8 groups of solutions, to bring digital technology and digital data to penetrate naturally by default into all aspects of business production and the business of enterprises and people's lives.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has been assigned to assume the prime responsibility for promoting the development of the digital economy and digital society; guide and urge ministries, branches and localities to organise the implementation of the Strategy and annually summarise and report to the Prime Minister on the implementation situation.

Bac Giang pays attention to human resource training and technological infrastructure for digital transformation

(BGO)- On February 23 at the provincial Convention Center, permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mai Son chaired a meeting and dialogue with the officials in charge of information technology (IT) and digital transformation. This was an online meeting with participation of 10 districts, city and 209 wards and towns.

Boosting digital economy

(BGO)- In the Resolution No 111-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee, digital economy is targeted at 25 percent of the province’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and among the 3 key pillars including digital government, digital society and digital economy by 2025. In order to reach the set target, the province has seen dramatic transformation from the traditional economy to digital economy.

PM believes in public, business support for national digital transformation

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed his belief that the public and business community will actively support the building of national database on population and management of citizen ID cards, contributing to promoting national digital transformation and socio-economic management in the next period.

Vietnam has 64,000 digital firms in total

About 5,600 digital technology firms were established in 2021, raising the total number of such firms in Vietnam to around 64,000, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Building digital government to better service

(BGO) - In 2020, Bac Giang ranked 10th out of 63 provinces and cities in digital transformation, of which, the value of digital government ranked 7th nationwide, the highest ranking of the 3 pillars. This result was gained thanks to the province’s efforts in construction of infrastructure and completion of specialized information system based on digital platforms and run by digital procedures.

Source: NDO