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Big steps forwards taken in national digital transformation: Official

2023 has been a successful year for Vietnam in digital transformation with many steps forwards, according to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung.
Big steps forwards taken in national digital transformation: Official ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – 2023 has been a successful year forVietnam in digital transformation with many steps forwards, according to DeputyMinister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung.

Delivering a report on the 7th meeting of the NationalCommittee for Digital Transformation on December 28, Dung said that this year,the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has placed Vietnam in the46th position out of the 132 countries and territories in terms of GlobalInnovation Index (GII), two places higher than the 2022 rankings, enabling thecountry to secure its position among the 50 leading countries in the field since2018.

Meanwhile, an e-Connomy SEA report released recently byGoogle, Temasek and Bain & Company showed that Vietnam remains the fastestgrowing digital economy in Southeast Asia for a second year in a row and isexpected to hold this position until 2025, the official noted. Particularly, digitalpayments expanded 19%, making Vietnam the fastest growing country in SoutheastAsia in the field.

He highlighted the country’s fruitful outcomes inadministrative reform and online public service provision, including thecutting and simplification of nearly 2,500 business regulations in 201 legaldocuments, the erasing and simplification of 528 out of the 1,086 administrativeprocedures.

Deputy Minister Dung said that in the year, State agencies have put sevennational databases into operations. In the 2021-2023 period, the Ministry ofInformation and Communications (MIC) directed telecommunications businesses toprovide mobile coverage in 2,433 out of the 2,853 service-lacking areas.

Currently, Vietnam has 13 data centre service provider and45 data centres with nearly 28,000 racks, he said, adding that the country has1.5 million workhands in the field of information technology anddigital technology.

The MIC has issued a programme to encourage the use of national digitalplatforms, he said, noting that to date, eight have been announced, drawing 150million regular users each month.

Meanwhile, the safety level of 2,074 out of the 3,192 systems, or65%, has been approved. The MIC has launched a management support platform toassist agencies and organisations in ensuring safety of their informationsystems. 

At the same time, the ministry has checked and labeled 4,770 websites astrustful network, including 3,823 websites of state agencies. Authorities haveblocked 9,073 websites that violate the law, including 2,603 fraudulentwebsites, protecting more than 10.1 million people from accessing infringingand fraudulent websites in cyberspace. The ministry also requests ministries, sectorsand localities to deploy network trust labeling for 100% of websites undertheir management no later than the second quarter of 2024.

According to the MIC, by the end of 2023, 81% ofadministrative procedures have been provided online, while the rate of administrativeprocedures processed online has reached 38.3%, saving 37 million working hours forthe people, equivalent 1.27 trillion VND (52.31 million USD)

Vietnam's digital economy has continued to grow rapidly at arate of about 20%, three times faster than GDP growth. However, this growthrate is forecast to slow down in the next few years.

The ministry has identified the digital economy as a new andpotential space for sectors, raising digital economy’s rate in the nationaleconomy to 20% by 2025 and 30% by 2030. Five promising sectors in the field areagriculture, tourism, garment and textiles, logistics, and processing-manufacturing.

Deputy Minister Dung said that in 2024, Vietnam must focuson finding new space and new development motivations to boost economic growthand labour productivity. In the year, the MIC will concentrate on universalisingdigital infrastructure and create digital applications to develop the digitaleconomy, he stated, clarifying nine major tasks in digital infrastructure andfive in universalising the foundational elements for the digital economy. Itwill order telecommunications enterprises and digital technology firms to solvesix major problems in creating digital applications, the official added./.
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Experts said close coordination among State management agencies, research institutes, universities, and businesses will improve training quality and serve the dual goals of quality education and practical research application.

To promote copyright protection, Vietnam is accelerating efforts to master core technologies and build integrated platforms capable of receiving, processing, distributing and protecting digital content on a unified system.

OVs hope the two countries can establish an interconnected cooperation mechanism in the technology supply chain, from sharing research, testing, and development infrastructure to training human resources, thereby forming a technology alliance able to compete with others in the ASEAN region and the world.

Part of the Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2026, the programme goes beyond conventional coding competitions by requiring participants to develop AI-driven solutions to business challenges in real time.

Many experts in Singapore expressed their hope that the General Secretary and President’s visit will pave the way for more substantive cooperation mechanisms between Vietnam and Singapore in high technology, innovation and human resources development.

Ho Chi Minh City currently hosts 143 science and technology enterprises, accounting for around 20% of the national total. Total factor productivity (TFP) contributes 59% to the city’s GRDP growth, with science and technology responsible for 74% of TFP growth.

Over recent years, NSTDA has built strong partnerships with Vietnamese research institutes and organisations in agriculture, biotechnology, energy and sustainable development. Notable examples include joint projects on cassava value chains, salt-tolerant rice, biotechnology products and an initiative on green energy cooperation and development in the Mekong basin.

Vietnam now needs more effective digital transformation to create higher productivity, new growth models and stronger competitiveness in the AI era, said participants at the plenary session of the Vietnam-Asia DX Summit 2026.

The project aims to transform VNeID into a modern, secure and highly scalable national digital platform capable of effectively serving citizens, businesses, agencies and organisations in handling administrative procedures, accessing online public services, conducting electronic transactions and using digital utilities.

More than just a major technology competition for engineering students, this year’s event provides a platform for innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) and practical industrial applications to converge.

Regional Representative of the UNODC for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Delphine Schantz, recommended that countries should treat the UN Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention) as a ‘starting point,’ instead of an ‘end goal.’

The inclusion of Vietnamese researchers in the 2026 Asian Scientist 100 list alongside Nobel laureates highlights Vietnam’s increasing integration into the global scientific community and its expanding research capabilities.

For Ho Chi Minh City, science, technology and innovation have been identified as key drivers of growth in the new development period. Biotechnology, therefore, is considered one of the sectors capable of generating high added value and promoting the transition towards a greener growth model.

Addressing the forum, Vietnamese Ambassador Tran Phuoc Anh expressed appreciation for the initiative to connect Vietnamese intellectuals in Singapore and make the most of the city-state’s strengths in science, technology and innovation.

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