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HCM City has planned to invest a total of 1.1 million USD towards the application of information technology this year. IT is considering the industry one of the 10 key socio-economic projects, leading to the first stages in e-government, announced vice-chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Thien Nhan at a recent meeting for representatives from IT industry.

Read more: Vietnam: HCM City boosts IT investments with focus on e-Government

Policy makers at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday vowed to build an efficient administrative apparatus as a first step in an e-government master plan.

The symposium was held by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, (MPT) UNDP, Singapore’s Infocomn Development Authority-IDA, and the U.S Cisco Systems corporation.

Read more: Vietnam: E-Government master plan in the pipeline

Vietnam should reach an advanced level in its e-government programme by 2010, if the latest targets are met.

The advanced-level target, which is based on the progress of other Southeast Asian nations, was announced by the Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Mai Liem Truc, during a recent e-government conference in Hanoi.

Read more: Vietnam: Extra push on to meet e-government goal

How to formulate an information technology development strategy and an e-Government master plan in Vietnam was discussed at an IT symposium in Hanoi on Tuesday.

Read more: Vietnam: E-Government master plan in the pipeline