The e-government project, scheduled through 2010, is being implemented in 16 districts and five departments in HCM City .
Software and online registration are used in processing investment licenses and managing representative offices of businesses.
The departments of Planning and Investment, Finance, Science and Technology, Culture and Information and the Judiciary are using 23 different software programmes for administrative purposes and 10 for public services.
More than 66 websites have been created for departments and agencies in city districts, which offer a wide range of information, from taxes to land sales.
Le Manh Ha, head of the Post and Telecommunications Department, said the city would continue to support local companies in trade promotion and investments as well as small-and medium-sized companies.
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Quelle/Source: Vietnam Economic Times, 14.02.2008
