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A seminar on data connecting and sharing serving digital government and governance took place in Hanoi on May 25 as part of the Vietnam - Asia DX Summit 2023.

Digital transformation is considered a catalyst for many businesses to transform and adapt to green and sustainable models. Recently, dual transformation (green and digital) has been mentioned by the European Union and is an important future trend.

The digital economy made up 15.38% of Ho Chi Minh City’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in 2022, surpassing the year’s target of 15%.

The northern province of Bac Giang has continued its efforts to accelerate digital government development and smart city building, according to Director of the provincial Department of Information and Communications Tran Minh Chieu.

The northern province of Hung Yen is undertaking a series of measures to build e-government, working towards digital government in accordance with the programme on digital transformation in 2021-2025 with a vision to 2030.

Vietnam is making efforts to boost digitalisation with a view to becoming a digital nation by 2030.

The northern province of Bac Giang plans to roll out more measures until the end of the year to modernise its administration system, focusing on building smart city, e-government and digital government, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mai Son.

Vietnam has set basic targets in digital transformation to 2025, towards the development of digital government, digital economy, and digital society.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 16 asked the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) to make greater efforts to contribute further to promoting socio-economic development and building an independent, self-reliant economy with active and effective international integration.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 8 described digital transformation as an important tool for the building of an independent and self-reliant economy and the extensive and effective integration into the world.

Vietnamese are willing to learn new digital skills in the coming years, according to a new research.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will exert efforts to create a modern and safe national digital infrastructure, and a new space for digital economic growth, and developing e-government towards the building of a digital government.

The Vietnam Security Summit 2022 opened in Hanoi on June 23 with three thematic sessions on measures to strengthen cybersecurity for digital government, the protection of corporate data security in the digital era, and the harnessing of the power of exponential technologies against the emerging cyber threats.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam recently signed a directive regarding e-Government development towards digital governance and transformation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 2 demanded accelerating implementation of the project on developing and applying the population data and electronic identification and authentication to serve national digital transformation.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An is paying attention to human resources in digital transformation, said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Tan Hoa on February 17 while chairing a conference on results of the digital government building in 2021 and a plan for digital transformation in 2022.

The acceleration of digital transformation in Indonesia can be driven through four main sectors, namely digital infrastructure, digital government, digital economy, and digital society, according to the Ministry of Communication and Informatics.

Digital government is oriented to be open for people, firms and other organisations to properly participate in the activities of and interact with state agencies, in a bid to jointly improve transparency and service quality, solve problems, and create value for society together.

Vietnam is playing catch-up in a global race to develop its own digital currency and experts believe this will not only help the country develop new technology but also present an opportunity for Vietnam to join the most technologically-advanced countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the State Bank of Vietnam to study and carry out pilot implementation of cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology in the 2021-23 period.