Vietnam, Russia step up cooperation in e-government building

Vietnam and Russia have agreed to work together in building up e-government and cybersecurity.
Vietnam, Russia step up cooperation in e-government building ảnh 1At the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – Vietnam and Russia have agreed to work together inbuilding up e-government and cybersecurity.

In a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov in Moscow onDecember 11, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung stressedthat both nations have huge potential to bolster cooperation in the fields oftransport infrastructure, as well as information and technology, following theofficial visit of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Vietnam in November.

As Russia has considerable expertise in science and technology, and holdsparticular strength in cybersecurity, Vietnam hopes to learn from its experiencein building e-Government, Dung said.

He added that the Vietnamese Government Office is planning to build a centre tosupervise cybersecurity, expressing his hope that both sides will studycooperation opportunities and transfer security technologies.

Dung also told his host of the outcomes of his working session with Russianministries, sectors, and leading IT corporations. He said that his office andthe Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Mediasecured a memorandum of understanding on ensuring cybersecurity in e-governmentdevelopment.

Maxim Akimov,for his part, spoke highly of bilateral cooperation in the context of theEurasia-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement having taken effect in October 2016.

Currently, more than 70 million people are using e-government services. Havinga wealth of experience in the field, Russia stands ready to support Vietnam inspecific programmes, he stressed, adding that the country will considergranting scholarships and organising training courses for Vietnam in IT, e-government,and information safety, among others.

Dung has been leading a delegation from the Government office to Russia fromDecember 9-12. The delegation had working sessions with the Federal TaxService, the Federal Registration Service, the Department of Information andTechnologies of Moscow, Rostelecom – a leading digital service provider inRussia, Russian Railways, RusITexport, and Kaspersky Lab. They sharedexperience in database management, digitalisation, and services on portals ofstate-owned organisations. –VNA 
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