Promoting e-government model in Vietnam
(VOV) -More than one third of Vietnamese people have access to the Internet, facilitating the e-government model in Vietnam, participants were told at a symposium in Hanoi on August 28.
Leading experts and solution providers discussed directions and measures to leverage the operation of Vietnam’s e-government by adopting the latest technologies.
They encouraged public agencies to use modern communications and information technology (ICT) applications in order to improve public services, management capacity and connections among local governments and between the government and citizens.
They noted that sales of smartphone and tablet grew by 81% and 64%, respectively in 2012, making it easier for local people to access the Internet.
This year, Vietnam overtook India to secure second place on the Japanese market for information technology outsourcing, with local FPT firm among the top 100 software outsourcing manufacturers globally.
Thanks to IT application, 100% of all ministries and local governments have developed official online portals. More than half of them have applied document management software and online management systems.
Under Vietnam’s e-government development plan in the 2013-2015 period, about 50% of all tax reports are made in online forms.
An exhibition was also held the same day to give participants and visitors insights into the latest technologies used in the e-government model and other e-services.
According to Peter Garside, general manager of Scytl in the Asia-Pacific region, 20 countries have so far run internet-based voting and 18 of them have chosen the Scytl technology.