Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung has signed a Prime Ministerial decision approving a program to encourage private enterprises to take part in developing telecommunications and other infrastructure for national digital transformation through 2030, according to a report from the Vietnam News Agency.

The program focuses on new types of digital infrastructure with high growth potential, including data centers, cloud computing, physical–digital infrastructure, digital utilities, and digital technologies such as services and high-quality broadband connectivity.

It aims to harness the strengths of the private sector, mobilize all social resources, and use them effectively for developing digital infrastructure.

The private sector is expected to invest in new, modern, large-scale data centers meeting international and green standards, with a designed capacity accounting for at least 50% of the total national capacity serving the public.

The program also aims to attract at least two global technology giants to invest in and operate big data and artificial intelligence data centers in Vietnam, while establishing at least two leading private enterprises in digital infrastructure construction and operation, comparable with advanced countries, capable of joining global value chains and driving the domestic digital ecosystem.

To achieve these targets, the program seeks to issue detailed guidelines, organize the shared use of inter-sectorial technical infrastructure at local levels, streamline and simplify administrative procedures, and apply full-process online public services for digital investment, business, and infrastructure construction.

It also aims to complete a transparent and enabling legal framework to encourage investment in digital infrastructure, while mobilizing resources to support greater participation of private enterprises in the field.