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.
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
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.
HCM City’s steering committee for the smart city project hosted a meeting on September 9 to approve a draft plan of the project, which aims to develop the southern metropolis into a smart city.
Speaking at the meeting, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the People’s Committee and head of the project’s steering committee, said the city would collect the opinions of city authorities, experts, and its residents to issue a completed plan by the end of this year.
Read more: VN: HCM City approves draft for smart city project