HCM City to provide all public services online at level 4 by 2030
Ho Chi Minh City has set a target to provide 100 percent of public services online at level 4 by 2030. Level 4 is the highest level of online public services, which allows users to fill and submit forms, and pay fees online.
Hanoi (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has seta target to provide 100 percent of publicservices online at level 4 by 2030. Level 4 is the highest level of online public services, whichallows users to fill and submit forms, and pay fees online.
In the first quarter of2020, Ho Chi Minh City's authorities provided 668 online public administrativeservices at levels 3 and 4 in various fields, and more than 80percent of local residents and organisations said they were satisfied with theservices.
According to the city’s Department of Home Affairs, district andcommune-level administrative units handled more than 84 milliondocuments online in the last five years.
On average, more than 16 milliondocuments were handled online each year. The rate ofdocuments processed on time reached 97.5 - 99.9 percent.
Since 2017, processing time for administrative documents fell by30-50 percent. About 99 percent of totaladministrative documents were done online on time.
The provision of online publicservices is expected to help boost the development of the digital economy,which is hoped to contribute 40 percent to the city’s gross regional domesticproduct (GRDP) by 2030.
According to the municipalPeople’s Committee, the digital economy is expected to account for 25 percentof its GRDP in 2025, while the labour productivity will increase at least 7percent per year, and the rate of locals and enterprises having electronic payment accounts will reach over 60 percent.
The city is also striving to universalize 4G and 5G mobile networks and smart phones./.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
Illustrative image (Photo: //congan.com.vn/) 
