The conference jointly held via videoconference by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Microsoft Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in the world in early 2020, digitaltransformation has become an effective tool to maintain the global supplychains and speed up economic recovery.
In Vietnam, the national digital transformation programme to2025 with a vision until 2030 was approved by the Prime Minister in June 3, 2020with an aim to turn Vietnam into a digital country with stability andprosperity and a pioneer in the application of new technologies and models.
The programme has received response from businesses in allfields with the hope of avoiding being lagged behind.
According to Le Van Cuong, a technology expert, said that theapplication of cloud computing in production management has been popular inmany developed countries to ensure control over supply chains, distributionsystems and production chains as well as operations of businesses.
This is a good way to form smart enterprises and smartfactories in the future, he said, advising businesses to seek advice andinformation from State agencies, including the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Many experts underlined the need for businesses to changetheir mindset and improve their capacity in the digital transformation process.
Nguyen Trung Kien, a senior manager from Microsoft Vietnam,said that there are many ways to increase competitiveness for productionenterprises, including the application of CEO platform developed by Microsoft.
He noted that 90 percent of businesses involving in supplychains are likely to invest in technology to improve their professionalprocedures, while 30 percent are interested in investing in managementtechnology on digital platform. Digital transformation has become arequirement for enterprises which want to survive and develop, he added.
Kien also advised companies to continuously invest inresearching and developing new products toward higher professional levels andmake differences in the market, while seeking technological solution supportfrom digital service suppliers./.
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