VN eyes top 4 ASEAN countries in digital transformation index

VGP – Viet Nam expects to be in the top 4 ASEAN countries in terms of digital transformation index by 2025, according to a draft national digital transformation project developed by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC).

July 22, 2019 6:36 PM GMT+7

The draft project, which will be submitted to the Government this year at the request of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, covers three stages of digital transformation from now to 2030.

In the first stage, the MoIC plans to focus on fundamental infrastructure development, legal framework building, supporting businesses to carry out digital transformation, developing digital startups and human resources for digital transformation.

In the second stage, the MoIC will focus on improving competitiveness of the economy through deployment of new integrated digital ecosystems.

For the next stage, Viet Nam will work towards digital economy and society and develop new-generation digital industries, which will be fresh driving force for economic growth.

The draft project also sets goal to turn Viet Nam into one of the top producers of electronic and telecom equipment and one of the top exporters of software in the world./.

By Huong Giang