Cabinet members will continue to fulfil their tasks with high responsibility following the 13th National Party Congress, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung at a Government press briefing for January on February 2.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has proposed to the Government a programme to support businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), to speed up digital transformation and restructuring starting from 2021, aiming to help them catch up with the world transformation trend, Deputy Minister Tran Quoc Phuong has said.
People in five cities and provinces will be able to pay traffic fines online from March 13, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung has announced.
The Government Report Platform will be launched on March 13, the first step towards forming a National Report Platform by the end of 2020, heard a meeting on March 10.
Four days after it was launched the national public service portal had by 4:00pm of December 12 been accessed by 2.3 million people, receiving 581 requests for supply of low- and middle-voltage power, 693 for driving licence swapping and international driving licence issuing, and 51 on re-issuing of health insurance cards.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 23 demanded ministries, agencies and localities to speed up the e-Cabinet building and not let difficulties in terms of finance, connection or sharing hamper the work.
The e-cabinet system, to be launched on June 24, will be a stride forward in Vietnam’s efforts to build the e-government, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.
Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung appreciated the US Agency for International Development (USAID) increasing its support for Vietnam over the past years during a working session with the agency’s leaders in Washington DC, the US, on April 10.
Vietnam saw positive developments in many socio-economic aspects in the first quarter of 2019, with a GDP growth of 6.79 percent and stable macro-economy, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.
The second summit between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the US in Hanoi from February 27-28 offered wonderful opportunities for Vietnam in many aspects, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said on March 1.
A conference was held on January 17 in Hanoi to discuss Vietnam’s readiness for open data and digital government (ODDG), as part of a World Bank (WB) support programme to speed up the development of e-government in the country.
The Ho Chi Minh City metro project has already disbursed more than 13.6 trillion VND (584.8 million USD) out of the 17.3 trillion VND (743.9 million USD) of its planned funding to date, according to Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.
Positive signs have been seen in the three areas of agriculture, industry, and service so far this year, while inflation was also controlled to under 4 percent as targeted.
Credit growth had stood at about 8.18 percent as of August 15, 2018 and is expected to be curbed at around 17 percent this year, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.
The Vietnamese agricultural sector should find out a right way of approach, consider market as the target and market standards as quality measurement to help agricultural products better meet both domestic and international market requirements.
Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will join hands to develop e-government system in Vietnam under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked on May 25 between Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung and RoK Minister of Interior and Safety Kim Boo-kyum.
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