Hanoi (VNA) – France’s core experience and success in developing e-governmenthave been shared with the Vietnamese side during a meeting between officials ofthe two countries.
At their working session in Paris on April 19, Minister and Chairman of the Office of the Vietnamese Government Mai Tien Dung, General Secretary of French Government Marc Guillaume, Secretaryof State for Digital Affairs Mounir Mahjoubi,and representatives from French enterprises discussed the possibility of boosting link-up betweenthe two countries to help Vietnam develop e-government.
Both sides debated issues on the digital government development strategy andopen data in connection with state administrative reform, as well as issuesrelated to the management and an implementation roadmap.
French experts introduced non-paper policies and online transactions, and simplificationof documents in state agencies’ activities of France at all levels.
Theyunderlined the importance to digitalise documents and archives used in nationaland specialised databases of all-level state agencies.
Dung said in Vietnam, state agencies have implemented the digitalisation of documentsbut they have encountered many difficulties due to a large number of documents,while the country has not have technology solutions that are really suitableand effective.
TheFrench side’s experience will help Vietnam build important policies related to ITapplication, and develop e-government in a comprehensive and effective manner,he stressed.
Theapplication of information technology is very popular in France. According tothe United Nations E-Government DevelopmentIndex in 2016, France ranked second worldwide. The country hasbuilt e-government and provided online public services for local people andenterprises for long time.-VNA