Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA)HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - High-quality human resources will play adecisive factor in the success of the country’s digital transformation process,Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said at a conference held in Ho ChiMinh City on October 30.
“Thegovernment has identified digital transformation as one of the mostimportant long-term goals amid the COVID-19 outbreak,” said Minh, who is also Ministerof Foreign Affairs.
Thecountry aims to form a digital government, economy andsociety while simultaneously establishing digital businesses that have aglobal competitive capacity.
Inaddition to a high-quality workforce, science and technology application aswell as innovation are also important to reach these goals, according toMinh.
Digitaltransformation is affecting all fields, including health,education, transport, finance-banking, tourism, agriculture, logistics,environment and energy.
“Todevelop the digital economy where no one is left behind”, Vietnamwill need to address the lack of highly skilled human resources, he said.
Thecountry lacks at least 400,000 trained staff in the information technologysector, and IT training programmes have not met the demand, he noted.
Thegovernment has approved a national digital transformation programme whichsets a target of becoming a digital society over the next decade.
Thedigital economy is projected to make up some 20 percent of Vietnam’s GDP overthe next decade. The next five to 10 years will be an importantphase of digital transformation, according to Minh.
TheWorld Economic Forum predicts that by 2022 the digital economy will account for60 percent of the world’s GDP.
Thepandemic has disrupted the global supply chain and posed challenges to allsectors, but Vietnam should consider it “an invaluable opportunityfor speeding up digital transformation”, Minh said.
Minhspoke highly of the massive contributions made by HCM City to nationaldevelopment, especially in digital transformation.
DangMinh Khoi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese, noted that more than 5.3 millionVietnamese live in 130 countries and territories. Theoverseas Vietnamese business community includes at least 6,000people connected to Vietnam via technology and business fields.
Everyyear, about 500 overseas Vietnamese experts return to Vietnamto invest in many fields, he said. Overseas Vietnamese haveinvested in 3,000 projects with total registered capital of more than 4 billionUSD, creating many jobs.
NguyenThanh Phong, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said the cityhas dual goals of forming a digital government, economy andsociety, while establishing digital businesses that have a global competitivecapacity.
InJuly, city authorities introduced a scheme based on the nationaldigital transformation programme, he said.
Thecity aims to become a smart city with e-government, e-enterprises andan electronic society by 2030, he said. By 2030, the citytargets offering all public services online providedthrough multiple means, including mobile devices.
Adatabase will be set up that will assist in the development of ane-government, e-economy, and electronic society by 2030.
Thecity also wants to seek advice on how to make the most of the overseasremittances sent to the city, worth some $5 billion annually, according to Phong.
TranQuoc Phuong, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, said due to theglobal recession and financial instability amid the pandemic, digitaltransformation must be considered a top priority.
Thecountry needs to remove difficulties to access credit by people andbusinesses affected by the pandemic, as well as speed up the disbursement ofpublic investment, especially ODA, he said.
Dr.Nguyen Tri Hieu said that Vietnam should develop plans to become a digitaleconomy and not lag behind the “new normal” state of the world. To dothis, businesses need to have better access to capital.
Herecommended that the State Bank of Vietnam provide a credit packageof up to 300 trillion VND (12.96 billion USD) to support individuals andbusinesses affected by the pandemic.
Prof.Tran Ngoc Anh, a Vietnamese-American, noted that multinationalcorporations are diversifying the supply chain to reduce risks, which hasopened up new opportunities for Vietnam.
Thecountry should mobilise huge resources from overseas Vietnamese professors,doctors and researchers willing to share their knowledge and insights tobuild a specific strategy for socio-economic development, he added.
PhanThanh Son, Director of FPT Group’s Business Strategy Division, emphasised themajor role of science, technology and innovation in business development./.
“Thegovernment has identified digital transformation as one of the mostimportant long-term goals amid the COVID-19 outbreak,” said Minh, who is also Ministerof Foreign Affairs.
Thecountry aims to form a digital government, economy andsociety while simultaneously establishing digital businesses that have aglobal competitive capacity.
Inaddition to a high-quality workforce, science and technology application aswell as innovation are also important to reach these goals, according toMinh.
Digitaltransformation is affecting all fields, including health,education, transport, finance-banking, tourism, agriculture, logistics,environment and energy.
“Todevelop the digital economy where no one is left behind”, Vietnamwill need to address the lack of highly skilled human resources, he said.
Thecountry lacks at least 400,000 trained staff in the information technologysector, and IT training programmes have not met the demand, he noted.
Thegovernment has approved a national digital transformation programme whichsets a target of becoming a digital society over the next decade.
Thedigital economy is projected to make up some 20 percent of Vietnam’s GDP overthe next decade. The next five to 10 years will be an importantphase of digital transformation, according to Minh.
TheWorld Economic Forum predicts that by 2022 the digital economy will account for60 percent of the world’s GDP.
Thepandemic has disrupted the global supply chain and posed challenges to allsectors, but Vietnam should consider it “an invaluable opportunityfor speeding up digital transformation”, Minh said.
Minhspoke highly of the massive contributions made by HCM City to nationaldevelopment, especially in digital transformation.
DangMinh Khoi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese, noted that more than 5.3 millionVietnamese live in 130 countries and territories. Theoverseas Vietnamese business community includes at least 6,000people connected to Vietnam via technology and business fields.
Everyyear, about 500 overseas Vietnamese experts return to Vietnamto invest in many fields, he said. Overseas Vietnamese haveinvested in 3,000 projects with total registered capital of more than 4 billionUSD, creating many jobs.
NguyenThanh Phong, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said the cityhas dual goals of forming a digital government, economy andsociety, while establishing digital businesses that have a global competitivecapacity.
InJuly, city authorities introduced a scheme based on the nationaldigital transformation programme, he said.
Thecity aims to become a smart city with e-government, e-enterprises andan electronic society by 2030, he said. By 2030, the citytargets offering all public services online providedthrough multiple means, including mobile devices.
Adatabase will be set up that will assist in the development of ane-government, e-economy, and electronic society by 2030.
Thecity also wants to seek advice on how to make the most of the overseasremittances sent to the city, worth some $5 billion annually, according to Phong.
TranQuoc Phuong, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, said due to theglobal recession and financial instability amid the pandemic, digitaltransformation must be considered a top priority.
Thecountry needs to remove difficulties to access credit by people andbusinesses affected by the pandemic, as well as speed up the disbursement ofpublic investment, especially ODA, he said.
Dr.Nguyen Tri Hieu said that Vietnam should develop plans to become a digitaleconomy and not lag behind the “new normal” state of the world. To dothis, businesses need to have better access to capital.
Herecommended that the State Bank of Vietnam provide a credit packageof up to 300 trillion VND (12.96 billion USD) to support individuals andbusinesses affected by the pandemic.
Prof.Tran Ngoc Anh, a Vietnamese-American, noted that multinationalcorporations are diversifying the supply chain to reduce risks, which hasopened up new opportunities for Vietnam.
Thecountry should mobilise huge resources from overseas Vietnamese professors,doctors and researchers willing to share their knowledge and insights tobuild a specific strategy for socio-economic development, he added.
PhanThanh Son, Director of FPT Group’s Business Strategy Division, emphasised themajor role of science, technology and innovation in business development./.
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