Minister of Information and Communication Trương Minh Tuấn has expressed hope that French businesses, with their advantages in capital and information and experience in international business, will continue investing in Việt Nam.
At a meeting with French Minister of State for Economy, Industry and Digital Technology Bertrand Pailhes during his visit to France from November 26 to 29, Minister Tuấn said that since the two countries set up their strategic partnership in 2013, bilateral co-operation had thrived in all fields, including information and communication technology (ICT).
ietnamese firms, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), should take advantage of the power of digital technology to boost sales and improve competitiveness, delegates said at a workshop held in HCM City yesterday.
Việt Nam has a high growth rate of internet penetration, with 52 million internet users or more than half of the population.
Vietnam has been ranked 89th among 193 surveyed countries in the UN e-government development index (EGDI).
Vietnam’s great efforts to develop e-government have been recognized: with 0.5143 points. It has seen a 10-grade promotion in the latest 2016 UN EGDI, the tool that measures people’s satisfaction about the government’s performance.
However, among ASEAN countries, Vietnam’s e-government has fallen one grade, from the fifth to the sixth, after Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Brunei.
Participants at a conference on governmental cybersecurity heard an urgent message yesterday: ensuring information security for each Governmental body is essential, especially as Việt Nam is developing an e-Government infrastructure.
The conference on confidentiality and information security toward the implementation of e-Government in Việt Nam was held yesterday by the Government’s Cipher Committee, aiming to raise awareness and work toward a more robust approach to cybersecurity.
Read more: VN: As e-Government develops, cybersecurity a must
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Thursday expanded its partnership with Vietnam under the Agency’s Global Procurement Initiative (GPI).
USTDA and the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) signed a grant agreement to cooperate on a feasibility study that will develop a database to track the past performance of contractors operating in Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said in a press release the same day.
Read more: VN: U.S. advances Global Procurement Initiative partnership in Vietnam