Late last month, the government asked the Ministry of Post and Telematics to draft an e-government proposal for the next three years. The draft will be based on the results of implementing computerisation of the state administration, or the 112 programme, between 2001 and 2005. The prime minister had delayed his approval for e-government for the past three years due to vague targets in the proposal and programme failures.
The ministry’s National Institute for Post and Telematics Strategies will be responsible for drawing up a draft with more details on its implementation measures and clearer targets.
“The new proposal will be different in that it will be feasible to implement, with clear objectives and funding plans,” Nguyen Thanh Phuc, deputy director of the institute, said.
“The public is calling for real and efficient online government management,” he said.
Under the earlier e-government proposal, the ministry had aimed to make 50 per cent of government documents available online and to provide email and internet access for all state staff.
The proposal also aimed to ensure all state agencies have a website for transactions with residents and enterprises, with a target of 50 per cent of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City enterprises conducting their registration and tax works online, a quarter of local residents in major cities using electronic ID, and 40 per cent of all enterprises making customs declarations online. However, there was no information system catering directly to the prime minister, ministers or local authorities. Only a quarter of state employees used computers or software applications to complete work-related tasks. Only 15 per cent of staff in the ministries and provinces were dedicated to applying information technology in the workplace.
By the end of the period, there was no common information infrastructure, standard or software for all state agencies.
Quelle/Source: VietNamNet Bridge, 13.05.2007
