Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Dozens of enterprises have beensupported to raise their awareness and be trained to implement digitaltransformation which has become an inevitable trend and an importantsolution for current businesses.

Digital transformation is believed to help enterprises improvetheir production and business efficiency, expand markets, cut costs, and adaptto the new context of the digital economy.

The Enterprise Development Agency under the Ministry of Planningand Investment (MPI), in collaboration with the United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID), has carried out a project entitled'Promoting the reformation and enhancing the connectivity of small and mediumenterprises'.

It focuses on creating tools and guidelines, implementingactivities to raise awareness of digital transformation and training digitaltransformation for enterprises in a methodical way during the period of 2021-2025.

More than 200 applications from enterprises in different fields,such as mechanical engineering, electronics, agriculture and agriculturalproduct processing, wood processing and furniture products, were submitted tothe project in September 2022.

Among them, the most suitable 50 that met the project'srequirements have been selected.

Experts came to survey, evaluate, and provide in-depth advice ondigital transformation at each enterprise.

In three months, the experts have, step by step, helpedenterprises build up their direction and roadmap to invest in digitaltransformation in the next few years and also supported them during theirdigital transformation processes.

In a recent review by the MPI, the digital transformation roadmappackage for enterprises was appreciated for its successful implementation,helping businesses determine the right direction, saving time, costs, andresources, and improving their competitiveness.

These digital transformation pioneers are expected to inspireother enterprises to be more confident and motivated, and to make use of goodlessons learned to carry out their own digital transformation.

A representative of Na No Chemical Technology Co., Ltd said:"With the support of the Government, we will be able to carry out thedigital transformation journey efficiently and quickly. We also hope that ourjourney will be closely supervised by the Government and ministries andrelevant agencies to implement this long-term digital transformation roadmapsuccessfully."

Meanwhile, a representative from Aqua Mina Co., Ltd shared:"The Government's follow-up support in consulting and training is veryimportant for us to implement the digital transformation roadmap. We also hopethat the Government will issue the necessary regulations and guidance to assistus in this transition."

According to a representative from Tien Thinh TradingService-Production Co., Ltd, the project has not only helped to standardiseproduction processes and corporate governance but also comprehensively changedthe company's culture, opening up new ways to solve problems in organisation,production, and sales.

The manager of Lien Vinh Production and Trade Joint Stock Companysaid that the support of the state would help solve the problems they werefacing, such as the decrease in orders, while the standards of major partnersabroad are increasing.

In January 2021, the MPI issued and implemented the 'Promoting thereformation and enhancing the connectivity of small and medium enterprises'project for the 2021-2025 term.

In the early period, the project achieved positive results such asover two million visits to its website's instructional materials, trainingvideos, and experience sharing about digital transformation. About 1,500enterprises self-assessed to be ready for digital transformation, and over 10,000enterprises in 40 localities were trained directly about digitaltransformation.

According to the Enterprise Development Agency's 2022 report, inthe 1,000 surveyed enterprises, the number of enterprises doing digitaltransformation increased, and many maintained budgets for this activity.

In 2021, enterprises were only at the first steps of learning,researching, and consulting information to prepare for the implementation ofdigital transformation./.