Digital conversion and make-in-Vietnam story
Monday, 2021-02-15 09:14:04
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NDO – Although the COVID-19 epidemic has had a significant negative impact on socio-economic operation since the beginning of 2020, national digital conversion in a number of countries has taken place in a stronger and more comprehensive manner, especially in economic, commercial, educational, cultural, administrative and transportation activities. In particular, Vietnamese tech companies have quickly adapted and responded effectively to COVID-19.
Affirming the role of digital technology
On June 3, 2020, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed Decision No. 749 approving the "National Digital Transformation Programme by 2025, with a vision to 2030", its target being to turn Vietnam into a digital country by 2030, with stable and prosperous development and pioneering the testing of new technologies and models. Of which, the scheme plans to fundamentally and comprehensively renovate the management and administration of the Government, as well as the production and business activities of enterprises and the living and working of the people, while developing a large-scale, safe and humane digital environment. The national digital conversion programme also aims to both develop digital the government, the digital economy and digital society, and help Vietnamese digital enterprises be more capable of integrating further into the international arena with a number of basic specific indicators set by 2025 and 2030. According to experts, digital and tech enterprises are the core, responsible for building the foundation as well as leading the national digital transformation process. Currently, domestic tech giants and ICT corporations like VNPT, Viettel, FPT, CMC and VNG are actively participating in the process of building platforms and digital conversion ecosystems in Vietnam. Amid the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic since the beginning of 2020, the role of Vietnamese tech enterprises has been further promoted, especially in the programme on tech enterprises and Make-in-Vietnam products launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).