Experts say digital transformation will help Vietnamese enterprises, especially small and medium-sized ones, adopt a more flexible and cost-effective business model in the post-coronavirus recovery period.

The ceremony to launch a campaign to drive digital transformation with cloud computing in Vietnam.

One of the pillars of such a process is cloud computing, the demand for which has been growing steadily in recent years.

Speaking at the event, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung said domestic firms have mastered telecommunications infrastructure and a similar feat must be achieved in relation to the digital infrastructure.

He underlined the importance of cloud infrastructure development, given that digital infrastructure is basically the combination of the telecommunications infrastructure and cloud computing.

Vietnam is one of the earliest countries to have adopted a set of criteria and technical specifications for cloud computing services and it is expected that more and more Vietnamese cloud providers will reach such standards in the future, in addition to the 11 companies attending the campaign launch.

VNG Cloud CEO Vu Minh Tri said that these 11 enterprises have mastered cloud computing infrastructure and technology, making the service affordable and independent of foreign providers.

At the event, these cloud providers pledged to cut their service costs by 20% in order to facilitate government agencies and businesses with faster digital transformation.

Agriculture under digital era

(BGO) – In the past, the agriculture was attached to the image of a farmer working hard on the fields. Nowadays, the technology application helps renovate the production. Via some simple operations, the farmer can use the remote control function to take care of the crops and animals as expectation to enhance the product output and quality.

Singaporean outlet names Vietnam fastest growing digital economy

Vietnam is the fastest-growing digital economy in the region, largely due to investment inflow which is still on an unprecedented rise, The Business Times has reported.

PM signs directive to promote digital enterprises

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a directive to promote the development of digital enterprises in Vietnam with a target of developing 100,000 tech firms by 2030.

Documents on national e-doc platform are required to be digitally signed

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has ordered that all documents sent and received on the national electronic document exchange platform must be digitally signed and authenticated in line with a circular on the use of digital signatures in government agencies.

Building digitalization map for concentrated farming area

(BGO) – The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has implemented the project to build the digitalization map for concentrated and specialized farming areas to cultivate key and signature products in the northern province of Bac Giang.   

Source: NDO