Vietnam, Hungary step up ICT cooperation

Vietnam wants to learn from Hungary’s experience in developing information-technology (IT) policies in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, said Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan.
Vietnam, Hungary step up ICT cooperation ảnh 1Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan (R) and Hungarian Minister of National Development Miklos Sesztak (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam wants to learn from Hungary’s experience in developing information-technology(IT) policies in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, said Ministerof Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan.

At a meeting withHungarian Minister of National Development Miklos Sesztak in Hanoi onSeptember 25, Tuan called on Hungary to share its experience in implementing programmesand projects on information and communication technology (ICT) application instate administrative management like e-Government, e-certification andinformation safety, among others.

He suggested the two sides to boost cooperation in theresearch and development of national database system, internet of things (IoT),icloud, artificial intelligence and smart cities.

Tuan said on the basis of cooperation agreements reached bythe two ministries, Vietnamese and Hungarian agencies and businesses haveexchanged experience in developing information safety laws and policies, andjoined hands in projects to build database for health care and social welfaresectors, and e-commerce.

These projects aim to reform and modernise Vietnam’s publicadministration, he stressed.

The minister briefed his guest on the development ofVietnam’s information and communications sector over the past time.

For his part, Miklos Sesztak said together with the memorandumof understanding signed by the two ministries in 2014 , the cooperationdocument inked during Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s visitwill serve as foundations for Hungary to cooperate and share its experience indigital applications with Vietnam.

Host and guest held that the consolidation andexpansion of cooperation in information and communications demonstrates the twosides’ efforts to promote the bilateral cooperation more practically andeffectively.-VNA 
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