Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Traders at Ha Long 1 and Ha Long 2 markets inthe northern coastal province of Quang Ninh are now able to go cashless as theycan use digital payment services in a4.0 market model introduced in earlyJuly.
Viettel Quang Ninh isthe supplier of non-cash payment service in the two markets. Instead ofcash, traders use digital payments for shopping activities and service fees.
Allsmall traders in the two markets will make digital payments via Viettel Money – a form of fastpayment with conveniences developed by Vietttel.
Payment can be made via the phone number, QR code or banktransfer. Fees for electricity, water and environmental sanitationcan also be paid with a Viettel Money account.
Le Viet Ha, deputy directorof Viettel Quang Ninh, said to realise the goal of electronicpayment rates reaching 50% by 2025, following the Government’s direction,digital payments must become part of the daily life, in both urban and rural areas.
Therefore, paymentdigitisation in the markets is one of the solutions to achieve this goalsustainably, said Ha.
Viettel Quang Ninh has readied technology and human resources to coordinatewith Hạ Long city’s authorities to deploy cashless applications.
In April this year, HaLong city issued a plan to develop non-cash payment developments for the 2022-2025period, under which the city strives to have 90% of people aged 15 andover with transaction accounts and have non-cash payments in e-commerce reaching50%.
The average growth inthe volume and value of non-cash payment transactions is expected to expand by20-25% per year, while 100% of the tuition fees of educational institutions andschools in Ha Long will be paid by a non-cash method.
Ha Long city’s public administrationcentre has guided and supported citizens in making payment transactions onthe National Public Service Portal.
By July 14, over 1,400 citizens had paid taxes and other feesthrough the system, with a total amount of nearly 17 billion VND (over 727,400USD), accounting for 84% of total transactions.
Online payments are providing people with more choices aboutpayment methods, contributing to reducing people’s travel time and savingcosts for people and society.
Authorities of the northern province of Quang Ninh are striving to promote comprehensive digital transformation, especially in administrative reform, with the aims of luring more investment into the locality.
Since June 1, digitisation and data extraction platforms have been piloted at the provincial public administration service centre, and in the sectors of justice; labour, invalids and society; education and training; health care; and information and communication.
Over 9,300 enterprises in Quang Ninh have registered to use e-invoices.
Quang Ninh has so far provided 1,712 Level-4 online public services out of the 1,832 administrative procedures.
The rate of administrative procedure documents received and processed online via the online public service portal reached 62%.
Up to 1,180 online public services at level 3-4 of the locality have been synchronised on the national public service portal.
Local authorities have also paid attention to removing difficulties facing businesses, developing modern and synchronous infrastructure facilities, and enhancing regional linkages towards promoting economic growth and luring more investment.
Thanks to the acceleration of digital transformation in administrative reform, as of early June 2022, the province's non-budget investment attraction reached nearly 37.9 trillion VND (over 1.6 billion USD).
Last year, Quang Ninh topped Vietnam's Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI); and Satisfaction Index of Public Administration Services (SIPAS). It also ranked second in the public administration reform (PAR) index.
Quang Ninh is the province with 5 consecutive years of holding the first position in the PCI in 2017- 2021, and 9 consecutive years during 2013 - 2021 in the group of five provinces and centrally-run cities having the best performance of economic management in the country.
The locality posted an estimated growth rate of 10.66% in Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in the first six months of this year, which is 2.64 percentage points higher than the rate in the same period of 2021.
Quang Ninh collected over 27.18 trillion VND (1.17 billion USD at current exchange rate) for the State budget, an increase of 18% year-on-year.
Total social investment in the period is estimated at 42.3 trillion VND, up 10.9% from the same period last year./.