Promote digital transformation

The Covid-19 pandemic has and will change many things. Regarding digital conversion, according to Mr. Ousmane Dione, Director of the World Bank in Vietnam, the response to the Covid-19 epidemic is a catalyst to help Vietnam perform faster.
At the online press briefing of the National Steering Committee for Prevention of Epidemic Covid-19, the Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Health on the afternoon of 10-4, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam gave that information technology (IT) businesses have come up with many practical and important solutions for tracing and monitoring cases; At the same time, promoting digital transformation in health and education.

No conversion, hard to develop

Earlier, during the meeting on the implementation of e-government construction tasks and administrative procedure reform in early March 2020, the Government Office said most of the online public services are 3, 4 were implemented by ministries and branches.

From March 13, the Prime Minister requested 10 ministries and ministerial-level agencies to immediately connect to the National Public Service Portal; By June 30, all 19 public services must be deployed in 63 provinces and cities nationwide. Large-scale online conferencing systems have also worked smoothly.

Meanwhile, from the afternoon of 13-3, residents and businesses in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang and Binh Thuan have implemented the first phase of paying fines for administrative violations on road traffic, pay personal tax, pay registration fee for cars and motorbikes through National Public Service Portal. Organizations and businesses can also declare, pay taxes and perform some procedures of the State Treasury and customs declarations on this important platform.

Recently, when analyzing the solutions that Vietnam is taking to respond to the Covid-19 epidemic, Mr. Ousmane Dione, Director of the World Bank (Vietnam) in Vietnam, commented that many public health measures Dong was quickly deployed effectively thanks to the support of IT with high speed and widespread. Vietnam has effectively taken advantage of the high level of people using mobile phones and the internet. Information and warnings from authorities about the implementation of regular epidemic control measures are sent to residents via mobile network messages and mobile applications, as well as updates on websites and Social Network. Authorities have also quickly developed and put into use a number of applications on phones to declare health, monitor disease situation, control the implementation of social distance …

According to many experts, the Covid-19 pandemic has and will change many things. Diseases cause a lot of damage but on the other hand, it also creates opportunities. Mr. Ousmane Dione said that the response to the Covid-19 epidemic is a catalyst to help Vietnam convert numbers faster.

Digital transformation is the trend and requirement in the internet and high technology era. What happened during the Covid-19 pandemic proved the utility of digital conversion. When converting numbers helps in the fight against Covid-19, it will require a more comprehensive digital conversion. Many experts said that if Vietnam continues to maintain effective IT application today, after the pandemic, Vietnam will have many advantages to restore and develop the country in all aspects.

Mass application

Ousmane Dione believes that the Covid-19 epidemic is a test of the response of all systems, from the national to the individual.

Since the outbreak of the disease, in many agencies and businesses, the method of working remotely, working online on the Internet has been widely expanded. Most of the workers who didn’t know how to work online now have to get used to it and get involved. The World Bank has recognized that Vietnamese people can make many transactions online and they take advantage of this service more thoroughly during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Recently, the number of people ordering on platforms and online commerce sites has exploded, leading to a sharp increase in the online sales of big retailers. Saigon Co.op supermarket chain recorded a 5-fold increase in online sales in the following week after the first case was recorded on January 23. The goal of reducing cash payments, shifting to electronic payments, which the government had set up a few years ago, is now in a period of accelerated development, which now becomes an urgent need as people increase their online purchases.

Since the end of 2019, the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has launched a Digital Banking Center to specialize in application development in banking activities. According to BIDV’s representative, this bank’s digital banking activities in recent years has achieved impressive results with a variety of products, services and modern distribution channels, integrating non-banking services into the application. mobile, digitizing business processes, developing self-trading system E-zone … Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) applies the new version of MBBank app, helping users connect accounts of their family members Family planning, effective planning and management.

Vietnam National Payment Joint Stock Company (Napas) said that this year it will focus on supporting banks to convert domestic chip cards; continue researching and developing multi-application chip cards; sticking to the Government’s policy and orientation on developing the digital economy, promoting electronic payment so that Vietnamese people can use the card in payment of their daily necessities.

In order to increase the efficiency of state management and better serve the people, over the past time, Ho Chi Minh City has stepped up the digitization of data in many fields such as civil status, urban infrastructure, population, businesses … The People’s Committee of District 1 has digitized planning information files in the area, construction permits, business – individual business households, registration of labor use situation … Information on civil status of about 1 millions of people who have lived in district 1 since 1954 have also been digitized. If there is a need to use online maps and public services, people who want to extract their civil status information simply visit the website www.quan1.hochiminhcity.gov.vn.

Chairman of District 1 People’s Committee, Mr. Nguyen Van Dung, said that the district has upgraded the online public service “receiving paperless registration” in many fields such as economy, labor, justice, urban, internal. online registration services and services in the field of education – training. People can use smartphones, tablets to “register administrative procedures” and send the required documents. Besides, the district also digitized data, integrated into the city’s shared data warehouse; deploying network information security management system.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Dung, in 2020, District 1 will continue to deploy many other systems such as building infrastructure of smart city operating center; upgrade smart security camera system; smart tourism promotion system; intelligent fire warning system, operating system of network information security … to build a comprehensive and synchronous management system at all levels, departments and branches in the work of connecting, monitoring and providing effective assistance. fruit.

Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City is also implementing 61 online level 3 procedures in the fields of economy, health, labor, environment, civil status, construction, emulation – commendation and education; 17 online procedures at level 4 in the fields of environment, construction, labor, economics. Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City is implementing public services at levels 3 and 4 in 3 areas: establishing and operating businesses with 57 procedures; establishment and operation of social enterprises with 4 procedures and investment in Vietnam with 2 procedures …

-Source: Nlđ.com-