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Vietnam leaped up four ranks to stand at 15th on the 2010 connectivity scorecard, which was recently announced by Nokia Siemens Networks.

The Connectivity Scorecard is a global ICT index -- the first of its kind to rank 50 countries worldwide not only on their deployment of ICT infrastructure but also to measure the extent to which governments, businesses and consumers make use of connectivity technologies to enhance social and economic prosperity.

Read more: Vietnam climbs to 15th in world connectivity ranking

Vietnam’s connectivity scorecard increased four notches compared to last year, jumping from the 19th position to the 15th among developing countries, according to the Connective Scorecard 2010 report.

Connectivity Scorecard is a global ICT index – the first of its kind to rank 50 countries on ICT infrastructure and ‘useful connectivity’ – the extent to which governments, businesses and consumers use connectivity technologies to enhance social and economic prosperity.

Read more: Vietnam increases IT connectivity

HCM City has become the first locality in Viet Nam to provide online public services at the fourth level, the highest in the e-government system.

The service of licensing press conferences, seminars and other meetings online has been launched by the city's Department of Information and Communications at http://www.ict-hcm.gov.vn.

Individuals and enterprises can now submit their files and receive licences via the internet.

Read more: Vietnam: HCM City takes lead in e-public services

The Smart E-health Network on www.thuoc.net, which aims to minimise doctor errors and support patients during their treatments via digitised statistics, was recently introduced.

Nguyen Tuan Quang, chief engineer of the network, said this network would be the first online tool to help doctors digitise their statistics, manage patients' medical records, write out online prescriptions and exchange information with colleagues and drug stores.

Online prescriptions would help prevent errors such as incorrect drug names and problems due to bad handwriting, said Quang.

Read more: Vietnam: Medical care goes online

The Ministry of Information and Communications’ survey of online public services supplied by government agencies in 2009, showed a sharp increase.

Only three provinces didn’t take part in the survey, including Dak Nong and Hoa Binh, which don’t have a website and Ninh Binh, which was upgrading its website at the time of survey.

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