Digital transformation will be the focus to effectively control the pandemic and restore socio-economic development over the next two years, Vietnam Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh has confirmed.
He made the remark while attending the third edition of a national forum on the development of Vietnamese digital enterprises in Hanoi on Saturday (Dec 11)
Themed ‘Digital transformation - driving force for economic recovery and development’, it is a large-scale annual event of digital enterprises in Vietnam held by the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Digital transformation is a global matter and serves all people, meaning it requires a global and people-oriented approach, according to the PM.
He underscored that the national spirit must be part of digital transformation, adding that all sectors and businesses are requested to work to raise awareness of digital transformation, speed up the process and develop human resources in the field.
PM Chính said Vietnam's digital transformation has had some important initial results, including the development of commercial 5G networks. The digital economy contributes more and more to the national GDP, aiming to reach 20 per cent of GDP by 2025.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Mạnh Hung said Vietnam now has 64,000 digital technology enterprises. In 2021, their total revenue is estimated to reach US$135 billion, a year on year increase of 10 per cent.
Hung said: “Digital enterprises are the core to promoting Việt Nam’s digital transformation to convert all Vietnamese enterprises into digital enterprises, all Vietnamese organisations into digital organisations, and all citizens into digital citizens."
In 2021, more 'Made-in-Vietnam' digital products were created, helping address some current issues and raise Vietnam's rankings in digital technology.
He called on digital technology enterprises to engage in the development of national digital transformation platforms.
The Resolution of the 13th Party Congress and the 10-year socio-economic development strategy for 2021-2030 have identified digital transformation as the main driver of economic growth, according to the PM.
The economic recovery and development, in the context of the complicated development of the Covid-19 pandemic, depends largely on the results of national digital transformation, he said.
Digital transformation is one of the core factors to promoting socio-economic development, reforming growth models and improving national competitiveness. Developing and applying digital platforms is a breakthrough solution to promote the development of digital Government, digital economy and digital society.
“The digital transformation requests development in terms of institutions, infrastructure and human resources," said the PM.
The Prime Minister also pointed out six key fields in the implementation of digital transformation, including raising awareness about this issue, perfecting institutions, and developing digital technology enterprises, digital human resources and digital infrastructure.
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Quelle/Source: The Star, 12.12.2021
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