The forum will offer a venue for experts, state managementagencies and businesses to meet and exchange views on models, solutions andresources to realise the city's digital transformation plan synchronously andeffectively.
Speaking at a press conference introducing the event onMarch 28, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan, who ishead of the organising board, said that the forum is an annual internationalevent chaired by the People’s Committee to collect ideas and recommendations ofboth domestic and foreign experts and speakers on the city’s socio-economicdevelopment fields in general and its key projects, targets and programmes inparticular.
The forum is expected to attract the participation of over900 delegates, including leaders of the Government, ministries and sectors, andrepresentatives from foreign diplomatic agencies and localities, and internationalorganisations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and AsianDevelopment Bank, and economists.
Last year, the digital economy contributed 14.4 percent ofthe city’s GRDP. HCM City is striving to raise the figure to 25 percent by 2025 and40 percent by 2030./.
VNA