A boost for digital-tech enterprises
VGP – PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently signed Directive 01/CT-TTg on digital-tech enterprises.
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By 2030, Viet Nam must have at least 100,000 digital-tech enterprises to develop the digital economy; build smart cities, e-administration, and national digital conversion.
The Directive selected four types of digital-tech enterprises including (1) groups, large-scale corporations which operate in digital technology and research on core technology; (2) IT enterprises with famous trademarks; (3) start-up businesses which apply digital technologies to produce new products and services; and (4) innovative start-up businesses on digital technology.
Especially, the Directive figures out 12 solutions to boost digital-tech enterprises including:
1. Building a national strategy on Vietnamese digital-tech business development by 2030 which will be submitted to the PM in 2020;
2. Building plans on Vietnamese digital-tech business development for every sector and locality in the 2021-2025 period and the 2026-2030 period;
3. Establishing a single unit in central level and a single unit in each locality to coordinate and support digital-tech enterprises;
4. Building a pilot policy framework under control for new products, services, and modals which apply digital technologies in Viet Nam in the 2020-2021 period;
5. Building policies and solutions to formulate a market for Vietnamese digital-tech enterprises including start-up businesses in crafting and implementing programs and projects on e-Government, digital transformation, smart urban areas, and smart farming.
In addition, the directive will focus on setting up a scientific and technological development fund, developing 5-10 national key digital-tech businesses, organizing a national forum on Vietnamese digital development forum, and honoring outstanding Vietnamese digital-tech businesses./.
By Kim Loan