An aerial view of central Da Nang City. (Photo: VNA)This was the 12th consecutive year it had secured first place in theratings of Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces, according to a report of theVietnam Association for Information Processing (VAIP) and the Ministry ofInformation and Communications’ Department of Information Technology.
The coastal resort city posted a total score of 0.9238 in last year’srankings; 12 percent higher than that of the runner-up - neighbouring ThuaThien-Hue province (0.8147). The northern province of Quang Ninh came thirdwith a score of 0.6909, followed by the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho (0.6845)and Ho Chi Minh City (0.5852).
It scored 1.00 in the category of IT application, leaving all othercities and provinces in its wake. The second highest score went to Quang Ninhand Can Tho (both 0.48).
Da Nang also ranked fifth in the national IT Industry Index, after HCMCity, Hanoi, and northern Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces, and among the top5 in the sale and distribution of IT products and services, together withHanoi, Can Tho, HCM City, and the Mekong Delta’s Long An province.
The result is expected to lay a basis for the city to move to the nextlevel in its digital transformation process.
During the 2021-2025 period, the city plans to ready itself in terms ofinfrastructure and databases for the full implementation of its smart city effortsand connection to the ASEAN smart city network. It will continue to promote theuse of technologies from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in enterprisesand in society.
Da Nang looks to build a synchronous telecoms infrastructure systemalong with regional and inter-regional core networks, and expand the 5G mobile coverageto the entire city and broadband connection to all enterprises and households.
It will also upgrade the e-Government platform; complete the LocalGovernment Service Platform (LGSP); connect with the National GovernmentService Platform (NGSP) for sharing data with ministries and central agencies;and put into operation a data service portal to provide information from themunicipal government to the public and businesses.
The city aims to have at least 30 percent of online public services usingdigital signatures in administrative procedures and have 100 percent of publicservices performed online at the third and fourth levels.
Da Nang was the first city in Vietnam to launch an e-Government system,in 2014, and transferred this system to 16 cities and provinces around thecountry in 2016.
A report revealed that Da Nang’s e-Government system had been used by225 agencies and 4,000 users.
The city had provided 1,200 online administration procedures, includingone-stop shops, residential management, public transport, and water supervision,through the e-Government system, while free wireless internet services offer amaximum of 20,000 connections in public places, according to the city’sinformation and communications department.
Its IT infrastructure is available for smart connections for aircontrol, water, garbage, meteorology and energy agencies. It can also provideearthquake and tsunami warnings, and data on flooding, erosion, sewagemanagement, and food safety.
Launched in Vietnam in 2005 and based on UN criteria, the Vietnam ICT Indexassesses technical infrastructure, human resource infrastructure, ITapplication, online public services delivery, and the IT industry in cities andprovinces.
It has secured a prestigious reputation over the years and serves as afoundation for the ministry and local authorities to adopt suitable policies todevelop the ICT sector and the IT industry nationwide./.
VNA
