The 11th Vietnam E-government Symposium was held in Hanoi on
August 28 with the theme “Enhancing operational capability: Driving
collaboration, transparency, and citizen engagement”.
This year’s event, co-organised by the International Data Group (IDG)
and the CIO CEO Club, included a talks on the roles of ministries
and state agencies in managing and implementing national programmes on
e-government, as well as experience in the implementation in localities,
with a view of seeking measures for the term 2013-2015.
The keynote reports and thematic discussions focused on new technology
trends in e-government development, public services supply capacity, as
well as operation capacity and cooperation effects.
Now in the third year of implementation, the National Programme on IT
application in State agencies (2011-2015) and the Public Administration
Reforming Programme (2011-2020) have yielded positive outcomes. All
22 ministries and ministerial agencies as well as 63 local governments
have established their own official online information portals. Ninety
five percent of ministries and ministerial agencies, 98 percent of
provincial governments and 55 percent of district governments apply
document management softwares and online management systems.
According to IDG, the experience of citizens and corporate, however,
is one of the most critical measure that reflect how Vietnam’s
e-government is being developed.
Hence, during this
period, the focus of e-government development is being shifted from
improving the management function in public entities to serving the
society.-VNA