A corner of Da Nang city (Source: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – The People’sCommittee of the central city of Da Nang is pushing ahead with efforts to implement keytasks and solutions in building an e-government.
One of the central tasks is tobuild and implement a plan to carry out Resolution 43-NQ/TW of the Politburo ondevelopment of Da Nang to 2030 with a vision to 2045.
Under the plan, the city definesfive spearhead sectors, one of which is to develop information technology,electronics and telecommunications in combination as part of the digitaleconomy. The plan also sets the goal of turning Da Nang into an ecological,modern and smart city. By 2030, the city is to complete the building of a smartcity connected with the networks of smart cities in the country and in theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.
In particular, the city will upgradethe local e-government architecture framework to be compatible with the Vietname-government architecture framework (version 2.0) after the Ministry ofInformation and Communication approves and promulgates the framework.
Accordingly, the city will builda synchronous telecom infrastructure system along with regional andinter-regional core networks, and expand the 5G mobile service to cover theentire city and broadband connection to enterprises and households.
Other goals include upgrading thee-Government platform; completing the Local Government Service Platform (LGSP);connecting with the National Government Service Platform (NGSP) for sharingdata with ministries and central agencies; and putting into operation a dataservice portal to provide the municipal government’s information to the publicand businesses, especially information in the fields of construction, land, theenvironment, transport, public investment, education, health care, tax, customsand justice.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Le Trung Chinh said the city is resolved to reform its working styleto make the people and enterprises the centre of its work, and take the public’ssatisfaction as the measurement of the operation of the e-government.
In the 2019-2020 period, Da Nangwill work to complete the city’s public service portal in association withapplying mobile apps and digital signature on mobile gadgets. The city aims tohave at least 30 percent of online public services use digital signature inadministrative procedures, and have 100 percent of public services performedonline at third- and fourth levels.
During 2021-2025, the city willget itself ready in terms of infrastructure and database for the fullimplementation of smart city and connection with ASEAN smart city network. Thecity will continue to promote the use of technologies of the Fourth IndustrialRevolution (4IR) in enterprises and society.
To realize those goals, Da Nangwill mobilize all sources of resources and develop human resources for thework, and will launch extensive communication campaigns to raise publicawareness about the importance of building an e-government.
Da Nang was the first city inVietnam to launch an e-Government system in 2014, and transferred the system to16 cities and provinces in 2016.
According to a report, Da Nang’s e-Government system had beenused by 225 agencies and 4,000 users.
Da Nang had provided 1,200 online administration procedures,including one-stop shops, residential management, public transport and watersupervision through the e-Government system, while free wireless internetservices offer a maximum of 20,000 connections in public places, according to thecity’s information and communications department.
The city’s IT infrastructurewas available for smart connections for air control, water, garbage,meteorology and energy agencies. It could also provide earthquake and tsunamiwarnings, and data on flooding, erosion, sewage management and food safety.
Most recently, Da Nang earnedthe top place in the category of centrally-run provinces and cities ofthe E-Government Development Index 2018, which was announced at the end ofApril 2019. –VNA
