The HCM City Computer Association has signed a cooperation agreement with the municipal Department of Information and Communications to improve development of the city’s information technology sector.
HCA also on March 11 signed cooperation agreements with Panasonic, Sao Bac Dau Technologies Group, Luxoft Vietnam, Mat Bao Joint Stock Company, VinaCIS Corp, ROBO and others at a meeting of the city’s IT industry the same day.
A senior government official has expressed the hope that the country's information and technology (IT) officials would join hands in implementing Resolution 36a/ NQ-CP on e-government this year.
"I hope that the number of enterprises taking part in and allowed to take part in the implementation of the resolution will rise in the future," said Le Manh Ha, deputy head of the government office and general secretary of the National Committee on IT Application said at a new year meeting gathering IT associations and clubs in Ha Noi on Thursday.
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Vietnam's prime minister has approved a national broadband that aims to extend fixed broadband coverage to 40% of the population by 2020.
According to a Vietnam News report on Saturday, prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung wants 60% of those with broadband coverage to receive a minimum downlink speed of 25 Mbps. Under the plan, all public Internet access points will also be required to use a fixed broadband connection, with at least half wired up to a 50 Mbps service.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang on February 15 instructed to set up a hotline so that residents can directly contact him, in an effort to listen to genuine opinions and confidential suggestions for the city’s development.
“HCMC leaders are willing to receive opinions and talk to local residents about things related to the city’s development and their lives,” said Mr. Thang at a meeting by the city Party Standing Committee on works during the last Tet holidays and missions this year.
He proposed the Party Committee’s Propaganda and Education Department and related agencies to create the most advantageous conditions for the press, to convey information about activities of the Party and People's Committees so that they can supervise the city’s leaders.
Threats to information security are becoming more serious and may be used as a tool against the State to attack important infrastructure, freeze Governmental activities or destroy the economy.
Nguyen Thanh Hung, deputy minister of information and communications, spoke about these risks during a meeting on Wednesday regarding the implementation of information security laws and initiatives to ensure e-Government information security.