More meetings among government officials will be conducted online via TelePresence technology, following the success of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent online discussion.
The central government has been publicizing all issued directives, apart from classified ones, on the website www.chinhphu.vn.
The move has been hailed by individuals from all quarters for setting a good standard and contributing to a national administrative shakeup.
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The Ministry’s consultative meeting on e-government development held in Hanoi on March 20 drew representatives of many multinational groups like Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, IBM, Oracle, Sun, Nec, KT, Samsung and some international organisations such as the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) and the World Bank.
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"This may be good news for us," says farmer Tran Van Tinh of Thuong Tin District, Ha Tay Province.
"When my village, Hien Giang, gets internet access, I’ll be able to get information the same way that anyone in France or the US who has access to the internet can," he says happily.
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Vietnam’s top IT experts attended the event. Among them were famous names, such as Prof. Dang Huu, former Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Dr. Mai Liem Truc, Prof. Chu Hao, Dr. Do Xuan Tho (Chairman of the Vietnam Information Processing Association), PhD. Bach Hung Khang, and Pham Thien Nghe (Secretary General of the HCM City Computer Association).