At the working session (Photo: VNA) Hai Duong (VNA) – Hai Duong shouldfocus on developing telecom and IT infrastructure to serve the development of e-Government,e-commerce and digital economy, Minister of Information and CommunicationsNguyen Manh Hung said on October 1.
At a working session with leaders of the Red River Delta province, Hung, who isalso deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and EducationCommission, asked the local Department of Information and Communications tosurvey the areas that have demand for 5G services and devise plans to call for investmentfrom experienced telecom firms and major investors.
Apart from attracting external resources, Hai Duong needs to develop local businessesin the field, the official suggested, adding that the department should alsodesign plans and strategies on IT and telecom development to direct the flow ofinvestment.
The Ministry of Information and Communications will send experts and experiencedofficials to Hai Duong to help the province in this field, the minister pledged.
At the meeting, representatives of some telecom firms like Viettel, VNPT,Mobiphone and Misa JSC talked about obstacles that they face in building IT infrastructurein Hai Duong and made suggestions about how to address them.
They also promised to accompany Hai Duong in telecom infrastructure building inthe coming time.
According to Nguyen Cao Thang, Director of the provincial Department ofInformation and Communications, Hai Duong jumped seven places to rank 19th outof 63 cities and provinces in the Vietnam ICT Index 2019./.
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