The Ministry of Information and Communications has approved a programme promoting the development and use of national digital platforms serving digital transformation and building of e-Government, digital economy and digital society, also knowns as the programme for national digital platforms development.

The programme aims to, first and foremost, build an accommodative digital ecosystem that is widely deployed to create soft infrastructure for the development of e-Government, digital economy and digital society and for each industry and region.

Ministry adopts national digital platform development programme

Secondly, it will bring together the best digital firms in Vietnam to invest in developing national digital platforms and form a network of digital platform developers as well as an extensive network of digital transformation supporters from local to central levels.

Thirdly, it will facilitate the formation of popular and competitive digital platforms domestically and internationally.

Ministries and branches have also been requested to update their digital platforms for national use if changes are made; and connect the digital platforms in the list with the National Data Sharing and Integration Platform to share and exchange data with local platforms.

MIC has asked localities to use the digital platforms developed by ministries and branches. If they have difficulties when using the platforms, they need to contact the platform runner for support.

The national digital transformation program and the national strategies on digital government, digital economy and digital society development all consider common used digital platforms as a breakthrough solution to promote digital transformation, help reduce costs and improve operation efficiency.

According to MIC, digital transformation is a new development method which helps speed up and shorten the time needed to become industrialized and modernized. The answer for digital transformation must be Vietnamese developed digital platforms, to benefit Vietnamese people.

Protecting safety for telecommunication and the internet users must be the responsibility of mobile network operators.

The ministry also released a list of 20 national digital platforms used nationwide for State management and delivery of public services./.