Vietnam, Russia discuss e-government building

Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung had a working session with a delegation of Russian experts and firms in Hanoi on February 18 to discuss building e-government and ensuring the safety of cyber information.

Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung hosts a working session with a delegation of Russian experts and firms in Hanoi on February 18. (Photo:VNA)
Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung hosts a working session with a delegation of Russian experts and firms in Hanoi on February 18. (Photo:VNA)

The delegation, led by Russian Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media M.Mamonov, is on a working visit to Vietnam from February 18-20.

Minister Dung said during talks with Russian Prime Minister Medvedev in November 2018, Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed wishes to boost economic, trade, and investment ties with Russia, with a focus on traffic infrastructure and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

During a visit to Russia later in December 2018, Minister Dung and the Russian Minister of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in building e-government.

According to Minister Dung, the Vietnamese Prime Minister established the National Committee on E-Government and assigned the Government Office to work with the Ministry of Information and Communications, ministries, agencies, and localities to build a resolution on several tasks and measures to develop e-government for the 2019-2020 period with orientations to 2025.

Accordingly, Vietnam will focus on the four pillars of human resources, regulations, technology, and resources. From 2019-2020, the country will launch platforms on data sharing, as well as put into operation the national public services portal towards building smart urban areas.

Mamonov, for his part, spoke highly of Vietnam’s goal of boasting a high e-government development index. He said Russia wants to cooperate with Vietnam in personnel training in information technology and cyber security.