Hanoi (VNA) – The Governmenton October 30 approved a development plan on the National Data Centre, expectedto help Vietnam reach higher positions in the global e-Government, informationtechnology, and cybersecurity rankings.

The National Data Centre, to bebuilt, managed, exploited and run by the Government, will integrate,synchronise, store, share, analyse, exploit, and coordinate data of stateagencies in line with legal regulations to create a data warehouse on peopleand another gathering data from national databases.

Data at this centre will form thecore base for supplying data-related services, helping with policy making,facilitating development, and contributing to the digital government, societyand economy building and defence - security safeguarding. The centre willprovide information technology infrastructure for socio-politicalorganisations, national databases, and the agencies with data demand.

Besides,it will use collected and synchronised data to simplify administrativeprocedures, improve state agencies’ services for people and businesses, andconduct in-depth analyses to assist the Government in management and issuanceof social security policies, including those on insurance, health care andeducation, to help foster social development and progress.

Onceput into use, the National Data Centre is expected to be a prerequisite forboosting the capitalisation of national databases to serve socio-economicdevelopment and help Vietnam further integrate into the global digital economy.

From2025, the centre will serve as a place for connecting with internationalpartners to share information, research and develop development strategies, andsupport the development and application of science and technology.

By2030, the National Data Centre will be completed to perform its role in storingdata of national databases, and connecting specialised databases, informationsystems of Vietnam and other countries’ governments to serve activities on thecyberspace and guarantee Vietnam’s legitimate interests.

By2030, over 90% of administrative activities in exchanging information amongstate agencies will be replaced by sharing digital data from the centre’s datawarehouses, according to the plan.

Theplan targets that by 2030, Vietnam will be one of the top 50 countries in theE-Government Development Index rankings, the top 30 in the ICT DevelopmentIndex, and the top 30 in the Global Cybersecurity Index./.