Over 4.22 million e-ID accounts in Hanoi activated

As of June 28, out of the over 6.22 million e-ID accounts that have been created in Hanoi, more than 4.22 million were activated, according to the deputy director of the Hanoi Police Major General Nguyen Hong Ky.
Over 4.22 million e-ID accounts in Hanoi activated ảnh 1More than 4.22 million e-ID accounts in Hanoi are activated. (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) 

Hanoi (VNA) – As of June 28, out of the over 6.22 million e-ID accounts that have been created in Hanoi, more than 4.22 million were activated, according to the deputy director of the Hanoi Police Major General Nguyen Hong Ky.

Speaking at a meeting on the city’s administrative reform, digitalisation, and the implementation of the project on developing the application of population database, e-identification, and e-authentication for the national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030 (Project 06), Ky said that in the first half of this year, police effectively granted chip-based ID cards for people in the city.

Director of the city’s Home Affairs Department Tran Dinh Canh said that the municipal People's Committee issued 30 decisions to announce the list of new administrative procedures, and amended, supplemented, and removed ones.

As of June 10, 2023, the total number of administrative procedures that local competence of agencies and units are responsible for handling is 1,875, with 1,385 processed by city-level, 339 by district-level, and 151 by commune-level agencies.

Over 4.22 million e-ID accounts in Hanoi activated ảnh 2Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

At the meeting, director of the city’s Department of Information and Communications of Hanoi Nguyen Viet Hung said that the city has developed and issued regulations on the management, operation, and exploitation of information systems and databases.

By the end of 2025, public service users will not have to pay fees if submitting dossiers online.

According to Hung, some districts have realised the role of digital transformation and are proactive in proposing and implementing digital transformation tasks. Departments, departments, branches, People's Committees of districts, towns and communes, wards and townships continue to maintain and operate their portals to provide information to people and enterprises.

Up to 99.5% of the enterprises in the city submit electronic tax declarations, over 99.1% of the businesses pay taxes electronically, and all the tax refund records are processed electronically.

Up to now, the city has granted 12,188 digital signatures to officials and civil servants of the city.

The city’s departments and agencies are exchanging online documents with ministries, and central agencies branches as regulated.

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh said that the city's administrative reform has made many positive changes.

He said the city's administrative reform index is always in the top ten best performers in the country. In 2022, Hanoi ranked 3rd out of the country's 63 provinces and centally-run cities, jumping seven places from the position in 2021.

Hanoi's provincial Digital Transformation Index jumped 16 places in 2021.

Thanh thanked leaders, heads of units, and localities for having the right awareness of administrative reform, digital transformation, and Project 06.

He said in the coming time, the city will take drastic directions and measures to achieve breakthroughs in the implementation of administrative reform, digital transformation, and Project 06.

Departments and agencies were asked to focus on reviewing, reducing, and simplifying regulations and administrative procedures related to investment, production, and business activities.

“The city will continue to improve the efficiency of online public services, creating the most favourable conditions for people and businesses, better connecting with national databases, further sharing data with ministries and agencies, and ensuring safety for information systems and personal data," he said./.

VNA

See more

UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Vietnam Patrick Haverman speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)

Report flags gaps in Vietnam’s AI push in public sector

A report funded by UNDP and conducted by the Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS) found that 87% of AI-integrated public sector projects remain dormant, while 70% of surveyed businesses and organisations rated their AI efforts as minimally effective.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the first meeting of the Government steering committee for the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, and Project No. 06 on March 18. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister pushes for streamlined, data-driven government

Project 06 has shown tangible results, he said, highlighting the country has completed the issuance of 100% of chip-based citizen ID cards, activated over 61 million electronic identity accounts, and provided 40 utilities on the VNeID application. Online public services have been perfected, with 58 out of 76 essential online public services now available.

Vietnamese AI startup raises 1 million USD from leading investors. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam's AI startup secures 1 million USD from major investors

Filum AI announced on March 18 that it had secured funding from regional prestigious investment funds, including Nextrans, VinVentures, and TheVentures, as well as strategic investors: Hung Tran (founder of Got It and AIforVietnam.org), Tran Anh Dung (founder of MOG) and other individual investors.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the first meeting of the Government steering committee for the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, and Project No. 06. (Photo: VNA)

PM orders translation of Resolution No.57 into reality with tangible results

Chairing the first meeting of the Government steering committee for the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, and Project No. 06 on March 18, PM Chinh, also head of the committee, laid stress on the significance of the resolution, which serves as the guiding principles for the country’s socio-economic development in the new era.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs a meeting to review the activities of the National Committee for Digital Transformation and Project 06. (Photo: VNA)

PM asks for accelerated implementation of Project 06

The directive states that the Politburo has identified "the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation as a key breakthrough, a main driving force for rapidly developing modern productive forces, perfecting production relations, innovating national governance methods, socio-economic development, preventing the risk of backwardness, and propelling the country to significant development and prosperity in the new era."

At the launch of the Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2025, the third edition of the annual programme. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2025 launched

This year's theme centres on Project ViGen, an endeavour to create high-quality, open-source, Vietnamese datasets for the training and enhancement of large language models (LLMs) so AI models can better understand Vietnamese culture, context, and expressions.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the policy forum “Taking the Lead: Vietnam’s Proactive Strategy for Semiconductor & AI Advancement in the New Era” on March 14. (Photo: VNA)

PM urges global partners to support Vietnam's AI, semiconductor development

Seeing institutional frameworks as both "bottleneck of bottlenecks" and "breakthrough of breakthroughs,” Vietnam is mapping out policies to develop the AI and semiconductor industries. The Government has pledged to slash at least 30% of cumbersome administrative procedures, step up decentralisation, enhance implementation capacity, and promote self-resilience and creativity among stakeholders, PM Pham Minh Chinh said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh serves as head of the Government steering committee for the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation. (Photo: VNA)

Government steering committee set up to drive Vietnam’s sci-tech, innovation development

It is tasked with studying and proposing the Government and the PM national strategies, policies, and solutions for developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation. Besides, it is in charge of overseeing the implementation of project No. 06 on developing the application of population data, identification, and e-authentication data, as well as administrative reform efforts.

Vietnam accelerates 5G commercialisation

Vietnam accelerates 5G commercialisation

The Ministry of Science and Technology has been assigned to speed up 5G commercialsiation, conduct research on 6G technology, develop telecommunications satellites, and upgrade the national telecom backbone infrastructure.

AISC25 launches to drive sustainable development initiative (Photo: VNA)

AISC 2025: AI, semiconductors to power Vietnam’s growth

Speaking at a seminar titled “The convergence of semiconductors and artificial intelligence: a breakthrough for a new cycle of opportunities”, part of the 2025 Artificial Intelligence and Semiconductor Conference (AISC) held in Hanoi on March 13, Duong highlighted the significant role of AI and semiconductors in accelerating Vietnam’s development in the coming years.

Aitomatic founder Dr. Christopher Nguyen speaks at the AI-Semiconductor Conference. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam positioned for major breakthrough in AI, semiconductor: experts

AISC 2025 shows the strong interest of the international community and affirms Vietnam as a strategic destination in high-tech fields, he said, adding the combination of national vision and international investment needs from developed economies such as the US, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (RoK) has created significant attractiveness of the event, opening up important opportunities for the development of the AI and semiconductor industries in Vietnam.

A performance at Ha Long Carnaval 2024 (Photo: VNA)

Ha Long Carnaval to take place on May 1

Themed "Connecting heritage, leading the way to shine", the festival will feature a grand opening ceremony, DJ performances, and a high-altitude fireworks display.

At the MoU signing ceremony between UTS and PTIT in 2023. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, Australia unite to launch strategic tech centre

The centre, to be based at the prestigious Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) in Hanoi, will serve as a cutting-edge research hub, fostering collaboration between the two nations in strategic technologies and cybersecurity, including 5G and emerging 6G technologies.