Vietnam Digital Transformation Awards 2020 to honour 58 products

Some 58 products will be honoured at the Vietnam Digital Transformation Awards 2020, the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA) said on October 9.
Vietnam Digital Transformation Awards 2020 to honour 58 products ảnh 1VDCA Chairman Nguyen Minh Hong at the press conference (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi (VNA)
- Some 58 products will be honoured at the VietnamDigital Transformation Awards 2020, the Vietnam Digital CommunicationsAssociation (VDCA) said on October 9.

The winners, including entries from 27 tech companies and31 State-owned enterprises in the field, will be announced at the awards ceremonyon October 18 in Hanoi.

Head of the Ministry of Information and Communications’ ComputerisationDepartment Nguyen Huy Dung said his agency will partner with units and enterprises todevelop digital solutions and expand markets.

VDCA Chairman Nguyen Minh Hong, head of the organisingboard, said the competition looks to successfully realise the Politburo’sResolution No 52 on policies and measures for active participation in the fourth Industrial Revolution andthe National Digital Transformation Programme.

The board received 232 entries during the four months since its launch.

Entries in the outstanding digital services andsolutions category are mostly in social media, mobile apps, e-commerce, e-payment, digital marketing, e-Government and smart urbandevelopment, and cyber-security and safety.

Meanwhile, companies with excellent digitaltransformation operations are in finance, banking, insurance, education and training,health care, social welfare, trade, transportation, post, construction, andreal estate.

State-owned enterprises that switched to a management environment based ondigital platforms and units providing digital solutions in remote, mountainous,and disadvantaged areas will also be honoured./.

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