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Workshop discusses population database, digital government

An international workshop on population database and digital government was held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on October 20, with the theme of developing and exploiting the national database on population to better serve people and enterprises.
Workshop discusses population database, digital government ảnh 1Director of the Administrative Procedure Control Department Ngo Hai Phan speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)
Thai Nguyen (VNA) – An international workshop on populationdatabase and digital government was held in the northern province of ThaiNguyen on October 20, with the theme of developing and exploiting the nationaldatabase on population to better serve people and enterprises.

Director of the Administrative Procedure Control DepartmentNgo Hai Phan said that in the first nine months of 2023, the rates of administrative procedures processed online in ministries and sectors, andlocalities were 22% and 39%, respectively.

The transition from paper documents to electronic records reached 81% inministries and sectors and 70% in localities.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Vinh, Director of theNational Population Data Centre under the Ministry of Public Security, saidthat at present, the national population database is connected to andshared with 15 ministries and sectors, one State-owned enterprise, threetelecom businesses, and all 63 provinces and cities.

Participants discussed effectivemodels and achievements in digital transformation and the development of online public services to improveuser satisfaction. They also optimised the nationalpopulation database to develop e-commerce and the digital economy.

The workshop looked at ways to build a culture of privacy inthe digital age, and ensure cyber security and information security to meet thecountry's key data connection requirements./.
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