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The two countries have started a feasibility study for the Vietnamese Government Information Data Center (GIDC) to determine whether or not one would be practical in the Southeast Asian country.

The absence of a common strategy and IT standards within Vietnam's government agencies is hampering its efforts to develop an effective e-government.

According to Mr. Pham Quoc Ban, Head of the Department of Information and Communications, the rating will help each state agency assess its own IT performance in comparison with practical requirements so as to work out more proper IT application plans in the coming years.

The Customs Department, State Treasury and Department of Planning and Investment are among the top units in the rating. Meanwhile, Tay Ho and Son Tay districts earn high scores for the implementation of infrastructure deployment and policies for IT application.

Hsiao Mei-li, director of international affairs at the institute, said Taiwan will help the Hanoi government establish a 5-10 year plan to gradually phase out the city's offline documentation system and introduce Taiwan's successful experience from the past 30 years in building an e-government system.

Fifteen teams from around the world were selected to pitch their smart cities solutions for Việt Nam at the Smart City Innovation Challenge (SCIC) Demo Day in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Smart City Innovation Challenge, launched in July this year, sought smart city solutions in 12 key focus areas identified by the city governments and the smart city steering committees of Việt Nam.

The US stands ready to sponsor, support and share its experience in building smart cities with Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular, US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius said.

Ted Osius made the statement at a workshop on Vietnam-US cooperation in developing smart cities jointly held by the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications, the US Embassy in Vietnam, and the US Trade and Development Agency in Hanoi on June 21-22.

Thales has signed an extensive deal with Vietnam’s VNPT to accelerate the country’s digital transformation with biometrics, smart city and other technologies.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed in the presence of the Prime Ministers of France and Vietnam, outline an ambitious set of goals around digitizing Vietnam’s economy, strengthening its cybersecurity and telecommunications infrastructure, and supporting digital identity. ‘Digital Identity & Biometrics’ is one of four “key digital topics” identified in the arrangement.

The two officials shared strategic operations, national programmes, and projects

As reported in Vietnam News, the UK and Vietnam are enhancing cooperation between the two nations in advancing the digital economy and digital transformation.

On Monday, Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, and the UK’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Chris Philp, signed a Letter of Intent on cooperation.

Under the new system, exporters in Viet Nam could apply for C/O for their products from the ministry through the site rather than using conventional mail.

Under the new system, exporters in Viet Nam could apply for C/O for their products from the ministry through the site rather than using conventional mail.

This was confirmed by representatives from DOC at a reception for Minister of Information and Communication Le Doan Hop during his visit to the US from June 9-14.

The visit aimed to promote Vietnam’s development potential in IT and Communication field, promote bilateral trade in ICT between the two countries, especially in training human resources and creating favourable conditions for IT companies to access the market and seek partners in the US.

The 2008 UN E-Government Readiness Survey, released on January 5, is the fourth edition of the index, and assesses 192 UN member states on their application of information and communication technologies to serve and interact with citizens.

"The wireless sector, especially 3G, has been the vital factor in the development of the Vietnamese telecommunications industry in the context of globalisation" said the head of the ministry's Authority of Radio Frequency Management, Doan Cong Hoan.

The rankings were based on electronic readiness, web assessment, human resources, infrastructure and e-participation.

"Viet Nam should promote IT progress, increase efficiency of e-government and administrative reform in parallel with investment and development of IT applications to help the country become a strong country in ICT," Nguyen Trong Duong, head of the Ministry of Information and Communications' ICT Industry Department, said at yesterday's 9th Viet Nam e-Government Symposium Conference.

Speaking during an online talk on IT strategy on Sunday, Hop said Viet Nam should become one of the 70 top ICT countries from 2015 - 2020.

The new year will be one of promoting digital transformation across all industries on a national scale. It will be the first year of implementing new strategies on digital infrastructure, data, technology industry and technology enterprise.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng made the prediction at a conference held on Wednesday.