The Vietnam on World IT map 2008 report by the Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association last week said the country has made remarkably improvements in United Nations Public Administration Network or the UNPAN’s e-government index.
Vietnam’s 91st ranking in the 2008 e-government index is 16 grades higher than previous years. Of which, the Vietnam’s Web Measure index was 0.4448, higher than 0.2231 of 2005 and its telecommunications infrastructure index was 0.1081 compared to 0.0489 in 2005.
The index consists of web measuring, telecommunications infrastructure and human capital indexes. In the ASEAN region, Vietnam ranked sixth behind Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Brunei and head of Indonesia. A Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) report in July said the development of online public services had been promoted.
More than a half of 64 provinces and cities have developed primary public services such as online samples of administration documents for downloading. Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hau Giang province offer advanced public services such as online private enterprise and representative office registration. Of these, Ho Chi Minh City ranked top with eight services for enterprise registration. Out of the total 64 provinces and cities, Dak Nong, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Quang Ninh and Yen Bai provinces do not have provincial websites.
Meanwhile, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development offers 93 online services, the largest number of online primary services, Ministry of Justice followed with only 13 services and the MIC is the third with 11 services.
Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Education and Training (MoET) and Construction (MoC) websites have the largest hits. Of which, MoFA offered advanced online service such as visa exemptions for Vietnamese people living abroad.
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Quelle/Source: VietNamNet Bridge, 27.07.2008
