The implementation of e-Government should go hand-in-hand with administrative reform rather than become simply an effort at computerisation, Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop told the 6th annual Viet Nam e-Government Symposium in Ha Noi yesterday.
The building of e-Government is part of Vietnam’s administrative reform strategy to help State agencies and local authorities at all levels perform their duties in a quick efficient and economical manner.
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The “Electronic One-Door” system, available through the Department of Information and Communications website at www.motcua.ict-hcm.gov.vn, is designed to cut the time and money residents spend following up their applications for various certificates.
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Organized by the National Steering Board for Information Technology, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the International Database Group, the two-day workshop aims to refresh the thinking on e-government on which efforts have been under way for some time now.
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This project was designed and implemented based on a Services Agreement (MSA) between the two parties signed on April 9 when Kevin Turner, Microsoft Corporation’s chief operating officer, first visited Vietnam.