Administrative reform gains from digital transformation in Party organisations

The “Party Member E-handbook” application stands out as a highlight. Implemented by Thai Nguyen Province since 2020, the app has achieved a registration rate of more than 92%, making the locality one of four selected by the central authorities for piloting.

Delegates attend the first Congress of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee for the 2025–2030 term. (Photo: THE BINH–TUAN SON)
Delegates attend the first Congress of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee for the 2025–2030 term. (Photo: THE BINH–TUAN SON)

Through the implementation of Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science and technology, innovation, and national digital transformation, and Decision No. 204-QD/TW approving the project on digital transformation within Party organisations from the central level to local Party committees and organisations, the task of digital transformation has generated substantive changes in the operations of Party agencies.

Thai Nguyen is among the pioneering localities to bring Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW into practice at an early stage through concrete and practical actions. The Resolution of the first Congress of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee identifies the development of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation across all sectors as one of the three strategic breakthroughs for development.

The Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee has thoroughly grasped the viewpoint that digital transformation must be closely linked with administrative procedure reform within the Party. Renewing leadership, direction, and management methods is identified as the central objective, with the aim of comprehensively transforming work organisation and working styles of cadres and Party members, gradually shaping a scientific, modern, data-driven working style. This, in turn, helps improve the quality of advisory work, reduce processing time, and better meet the leadership requirements of Party committees at all levels.

Under Plan No. 02-KH/TU dated 30 September 2025, the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee clearly assigned responsibilities to each Party committee, agency, and unit, while devising an implementation roadmap suited to local conditions. The implementation process has been carried out in a coordinated and systematic manner, gradually creating clear changes from the provincial level down to the grassroots.

A representative from the Office of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee said the province had uniformly deployed the new operational management information system transferred by the central level across Party agencies.

The system integrates functions such as digital signatures, task management, work schedules, and Party member management, and has been smoothly implemented in 96 Party agencies and organisations from the provincial level to the grassroots.

More than 3,800 cadres, civil servants, and public employees have been equipped with standardised end-user devices; over 4,100 digital signatures and thousands of encrypted digital signing devices have been issued, providing a solid foundation for handling work in the digital environment. Notably, the sending and receipt of classified documents via the network are conducted in a timely and secure manner, meeting high confidentiality requirements in the context of digital transformation.

On this technical infrastructure platform, many digital applications directly serving leadership and direction activities have been effectively deployed by the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee. The “paperless meeting room” model has been applied in meetings of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, the Standing Board, and the Standing Members of the Provincial Party Committee.

The operational management information system has been deployed in all Party agencies. All agencies and units submit daily reports on the system monitoring the implementation of resolutions, directives, and conclusions of the central level.

Approximately 30% of dossiers and documents have been digitised; data is centrally stored at the Provincial Party Committee’s Data Centre and integrated with the provincial Data Centre, creating an important foundation for information sharing and utilisation in management and administration.

Nguyen Trung Hoa, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee of Song Cong Ward, said that after more than four months of operating under the new model, the Song Cong Ward Party Committee had quickly stabilised its organisational structure, adapted to new governance methods, and focused on two key tasks: enhancing the leadership capacity of grassroots Party organisations and promoting digital transformation to improve management efficiency and the quality of services for the people.

To date, the ward has completed the standardisation of the Party member database on version 3.0 software; 100% of administrative documents are processed in the online environment; the rate of online dossiers has reached 82%, online payments nearly 99%, and electronic administrative procedure settlement has achieved 100%.

At the same time, the implementation of the project on developing population data applications, electronic identification, and authentication has enabled residents to use only a smartphone to complete most steps in administrative procedure settlement. This represents an important shift, contributing to the building of a service-oriented administration with citizens at its centre.

According to Nguyen Dang Binh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee, digital transformation is not merely about applying technology, but more importantly about renewing management thinking and working styles among cadres. Digital transformation within Party agencies is a challenging task with a heavy workload, but it is an inevitable step to renew leadership methods and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system.

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