To address this, the Steering Committee for Digital Transformation in the Party organisation and building sector issued Plan No. 16-KH/BCĐ on July 16, 2026, launching a “100-Day Campaign” to carry out digital transformation tasks. The campaign aims to drive fundamental, substantive, and measurable improvements in the sector’s management and operational processes through a digital data platform.
Transforming working methods
In the work of Party organisation and building, every piece of data is directly linked to the advisory, management, and decision-making functions of Party committees. Consequently, relying on paper-based records, manual data aggregation, and fragmented, step-by-step information processing is no longer sufficient to meet the growing demands for timeliness, accuracy, and efficiency.
With the goal of achieving fundamental, substantive, and measurable change, Plan No. 16 focuses on shifting from manual, paper-based record-keeping to the management of data and unified digital processes. Moving forward, the operational, advisory, oversight, and decision-making activities within the Party organisation and building sector will increasingly be based on real-time data.
Party committees and organisations are actively advancing digital transformation within the work of Party building and organisation. A vast volume of data is being digitised, gradually laying the foundation for transitioning operational and management processes into a digital environment. Thanh Hoa is among the localities implementing this initiative with great determination, ensuring that progress remains aligned with the requirements set by the Central authorities.
As of August 10, 2026, the Provincial Party Committee had over 251,000 Party members. Key metrics include: 99% of basic Party member information has been verified and cleaned; 100% of Party organisation types have been standardised; 89.58% of Party members are using the electronic Party member handbook software; 92.26% of Party member records have been updated/rectified; and 39.32% of these records have been digitised.
In Nghe An, the progress achieved has also yielded notable results. To date, 100% of the data concerning Party organisations and individual Party members has been standardised within a 4.0-era database system, ensuring synchronisation with the "Electronic Party Member Handbook" application.
Furthermore, all 136 Party committees under the Provincial Party Committee have completed the installation and configuration of system administrative access, and have begun utilising the application in their organisational activities.
For digital transformation to drive a qualitative shift—beyond mere data digitisation—every Party committee and organisation must simultaneously innovate its management methods, work organisation, and progress-monitoring processes. According to Hoang Ba Khang, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Nam Hong Ward (Ha Tinh Province), digital transformation within the work of Party building is a critical task.
It entails shifting from manual record-keeping to data-driven management, where information is updated continuously rather than being compiled in periodic batches. Moreover, this approach allows for evaluations based on actual progress and real-world data, reducing reliance on formal reports.
Creating substantive change
Ensuring data quality is the decisive factor for the success of digital transformation. Consequently, the criteria of being “accurate, complete, clean, dynamic, consistent, and shared” have served as the guiding principles throughout the “100-Day Campaign”. Among these, the requirement for data to be “dynamic”(or “living”) is particularly vital; it means that data must be regularly updated and adjusted to reflect reality, ensuring it remains effectively actionable.
This requirement is directly linked to the responsibilities of each locality, Party organisation, and the specific officials tasked with these duties. On this basis, the Organising Commission of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee (now the Quang Ninh City Party Committee) issued Plan No. 18-KH/BTCTU on July 16, 2026, launching a 100-day campaign focused on digital transformation tasks within the Party organisation sector. A notable feature of this plan is the inclusion of a function to monitor data quality within the system.
Following the guidance of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organising Commission, the Party Committee of Hong Gai Ward proactively developed its own implementation plan, established working groups, and assigned specific tasks to individual units and personnel, complete with established deadlines.
The ward’s Party Committee has set a goal to fully digitise all 3,633 Party member records—encompassing those from subordinate Party cells and organisations, as well as 18 neighbourhood-level Party cells—by 2027. The Committee has explicitly emphasised that the digitisation process must not be merely a “formality”; while meeting deadlines is essential, it must not come at the expense of quality—the finalised data must be practical and readily usable.
The requirement for substantive progress is further underscored by the “6 Clears – 1 Continuous” principle: clear assignment of personnel, tasks, responsibilities, authority, timelines, and expected outcomes, integrated into a continuous process—from the initial delegation of tasks and their execution to monitoring, final acceptance, and performance evaluation.
This principle ensures that every task is assigned to the right person and carried out appropriately and on time, while also being validated through concrete results and assessed based on actual effectiveness.
The Party Committee of Hoa An Commune, Cao Bang Province, currently oversees 49 subordinate Party cells and organisations, comprising 2,614 Party members, with a total of 2,565 records requiring digitisation.
Nguyen Thi Minh Hoa, Head of the Party Building Committee (under the Hoa An Commune Party Committee), stated that the commune’s Party organisation is gradually implementing digital transformation in its Party-building operations, strictly adhering to the "six-point clarity" principle.
To date, 100% of officials and civil servants utilise specialised software for their professional tasks, and 87.81% of Party members use the “Electronic Party Member Handbook” application. Regarding the digitisation of Party member records, the Commune Party Committee has adopted a phased approach—ensuring each step is solid and that all data is accurate, complete, and authentic.
The commune Party organisation expects to complete the digitisation of all eligible records by the end of December, while simultaneously refining and supplementing files that are incomplete or present specific issues.
In practice, the digital transformation process faces several challenges that require resolution. The volume of paper-based records and documents awaiting digitisation is substantial, yet the local Party-building staff is limited in number, with many personnel juggling multiple responsibilities.
The tasks of verifying, refining, cleaning, and standardising data are time-consuming and labor-intensive, as many records date back a long time and often lack essential documentation or key information.
Furthermore, in some areas, telecommunications infrastructure remains inconsistent—characterised by “dead zones” (areas with poor or no signal) and unstable internet connectivity—which hinders the execution of digital-based tasks.
Additionally, some Party members—particularly the elderly in rural or mountainous regions—face limitations in accessing and utilising digital platforms; in some instances, they do not even use smartphones.
Although certain bottlenecks still require resolution, initial experiences in various localities demonstrate that digital transformation is driving clear changes in how tasks are organised, managed, and executed—thereby contributing to greater efficiency in the organisational development of the Party and the political system.
