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Lang Son takes lead in digital transformation

The Ministry of Information and Communications is taking the northern mountainous province of Lang Son a leading locality in terms of digital transformation, heard a conference held on June 28.
Lang Son takes lead in digital transformation ảnh 1Customs inspection of vehicles entering and leaving the Huu Nghi international border gate area on the digital border gate platform. (Photo: VNA)
Lang Son (VNA) - The Ministry of Information and Communications is taking the northern mountainous province of Lang Son a leading localityin terms of digital transformation, heard a conference held on June 28.

The province has successfully implemented itsdigital border programme, cloud platform, digital citizen application, andvirtual assistance.

Lang Son is also the first locality to transfer 100% ofschool activities to a digital platform, and is ranked 6th nationwide in termsof successful transactions on Vietnam's e-commerce platforms.  

The provincial Department of Information and Communicationssaid Lang Son’s pilot digital border gate platforms at the Huu Nghi and TanThanh border gates saw 100% of trucks declared online as of June 27, with theirdeclaration duration taking only about 2 to 5 minutes.

Lang Son takes lead in digital transformation ảnh 2Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and Head of the provincial Steering Committee on Digital Transformation, Ho Tien Thieu, speaks at the meeting
(Photo: VNA)
The conference reviewed Lang Son’s digital transformationprogress in the first half of 2022 and set out tasks and orientation for the rest of the year./.
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