Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the eighth meeting of the National Committee for Digital Transformation on April 24. (Photo: VNA) In his opening remarks, PMChinh, who is also Chairman of the committee, underlined the need to promote economic growth and restructuring the economy, efficiently tappingtraditional growth drivers and fostering new ones, including developingthe green, circular and digital economy; speeding up the national digitaltransformation; and developing digital government, digital economy, digitalsociety, and digital citizenship.
Attention must be paid to implementingthree strategic breakthroughs, including building and improving institutions,including those related to digital transformation; training human resources,particularly high-quality personnel serving digital transformation; anddeveloping infrastructure, including digital infrastructure, he said.
Digital transformation isa key task and a breakthrough step in achieving socio-economic developmentgoals, and contributing to reducing burdens for citizens and businesses,combating corruption and negative phenomena, the PM affirmed.
He said the action plan for 2024 issued by the National Committee for Digital Transformation has identified the four pillars of the national digitaltransformation work, including the information technology industry, digitalisationof economic sectors, digital governance, and digital data, which are important driversfor rapid and sustainable socio-economic development.
The PM demanded members ofthe committee, as well as leaders of ministries, sectors, and localities, to reportand evaluate national digital transformation efforts at the meeting, with specific evidence and statistics of what has been done, along with outstanding limitations, barriers, bottlenecks, and their causes.
He underlined the necessityto share good practices, experiences, and key solutions to best implement the tasks set out in the 2024 workplan of the committee, especially breakthrough measures./.
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