PPP co-operation crucial to accelerating digital transformation

VOV.VN - Public-Private Partnership (PPP) co-operation is viewed as an effective measure to speed up digital transformation and green growth in businesses and localities, according to industry insiders.

The Dien dan doanh nghiep (Business Forum) newspaper cited the success story in digital transformation of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue as an outstanding example of the effective connection that can be made between businesses and authorities.

According to the newspaper, Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group has built and put into operation a Smart City Operation Center (IOC) in Thua Thien – Hue, thereby contributing to creating a transparent investment, production, and business environment to attract both local and foreign investors, including technology enterprises.

Co-operation with the locality offers an excellent opportunity for Viettel to pilot its technological solution towards commercialising and transferring those solutions to other localities, as well as making profits.

Pavel Poskakukhin, president of the Digital Sector Committee under the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Eurocham), underlined the importance of PPP in terms of supporting digital transformation, saying that for projects at national and local levels, no single business or administration can invest in technology solutions that can benefit the economy by themselves.

According to Poskakukhin, as a way of promoting PPP in digital transformation, many countries have decided to transfer some public services to the private sector. However, public services in Vietnam are still being managed by authorities.

PPP co-operation to support digital transformation has been effectively implemented among businesses. However, these links are still not popular between technology enterprises and localities.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), the Law on PPP investment came into force on January 1, 2021, although many ministries and localities have yet to implement any PPP projects in terms of technology.

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