Topic: e-Government

Vietnam among 4 Southeast Asian countries moving from the "High" EGDI group to the "Very High" group.

The goal is to drive breakthroughs in digital transformation and foster the development of a digital society and economy

The HCI is a component of the UN’s E-Government Development Index, together with the Online Service Index and the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index.

A strategy on developing digital transformation platforms and applications to meet needs in e-government, the digital economy, and digital culture is being promoted by Viettel on a global scale. In the first half of 2022, its consolidated revenue in foreign telecommunications reached $755 million, up 9.7 per cent year-on-year.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has set a target that, by 2025, Vietnam’s e-government index, as ranked by the UN, will be among the four leading countries in ASEAN. Vietnam is also to have a safety and security index in the global network that is among the top 40 countries. The proportion of the digital economy in GDP is to reach 20 per cent, with the proportion of the digital economy in each industry and field to reach at least 10 per cent. By 2030, the construction of a digital government is to be completed.