The northern province of Bac Giang will continue paying attention to promoting digital society, said the director of the provincial Department of Information and Communications, Tran Minh Chieu.
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.
Vietnam ranks seventh among the countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of digital society, behind Australia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has released the banking sector’s plan to implement the national strategy on developing a digital economy and digital society by 2025, with a vision to 2030.
Vietnam wishes to continue receiving close coordination and assistance from the Japanese Government and businesses in promoting their strategic partnership on digital transformation, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Huy Dung said on October 12.
Vietnam ranks seventh among the countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of digital society, according to the Digital Society Index released in August by the GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide.
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.
The northern province of Bac Giang is planning to focus on accelerating digital transformation and building an e-administration, a digital economy and a digital society, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
The third Make in Vietnam Digital Product Awards has returned for the third consecutive year, aiming to honour impact digital products contributing to the acceleration of e-government, digital economy and digital society in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City has identified promoting all-round digital transformation as one of the important tasks to recover and develop the local economy this year.
Quang Ninh province is working to strongly develop the digital economy and establish itself into a role model in comprehensive digital transformation at the provincial level.
The northern province of Quang Ninh is set to ramp up digital transformation in all fields this year, firstly in health care, education, industry, tourism, transport, and logistics.
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.
At least 95 percent of total households in Hanoi are expected to use at least one smartphone by 2025, according to a postal-telecommunications infrastructure development plan serving the city digital transformation programme to 2025 with a vision to 2030.
Vietnam plans to outlay 2.87 quadrillion VND (124.5 billion USD) on public investment in the 2021-2025 period, up 120 trillion VND compared to the previous estimate.
Da Nang is drafting a plan on digital transformation which is viewed as momentum for the central city to address bottlenecks in development and complete its smart city building by 2030.
The Military Industry-Telecoms Group (Viettel) moved up 32 places to the 325th in the 2021 list of the world’s 500 most valuable brands recently released by the brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance.
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