Hanoi (VNA)– The Ministry of Finance (MoF) continued leading the country in E-GovernmentDevelopment Index 2018 in the category of ministries and ministerial-level agencies.
According to a reportassessing the application of information technology of ministries andministerial-level agencies, governmental agencies and centrally-run cities andprovinces, released at a conference in Hanoi on April 25, the MoF was followedby the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Information andCommunications, much higher than the 17th and 7th position of the 2017 index, respectively.
Among the governmentalagencies, the Vietnam Social Security maintained its top position, followed bythe Vietnam News Agency and the Vietnam Television.
Meanwhile, in terms ofcentrally-run provinces and cities, the central city of Da Nang topped thelist, followed by its neighbouring province of Thua Thien-Hue, and the northernport province of Quang Ninh.
The rankings witnessedgreat efforts by several localities, including Ninh Binh (from the 50th to 16th position), and Hau Giang (from the 59th to 27th place).
At the conference,participants analysed the implementation of online public services and shareexperience in building an online public service provision and management systemeffectively.
Do Thanh Huyen, publicmanagement policy analyst from the UN Development Programme in Vietnam, saidthat the popularization of e-government services remains limited in Vietnam.
Therefore, agenciesand units should intensify disseminations on the presence of their onlinepublic service portals as well as information about policies and procedures toincrease the public’s access to online public services, she suggested.
Head of the Institutefor Policy Studies and Media Development Nguyen Quang Dong stressed the need toimprove the quality of online public services to reduce costs and transactionduration, and increase the transparency and openness.-VNA
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