Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is evolving robustly ininformation technology and telecommunications (ICT) and devising a strategy togrow further, said Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, Deputy Director of the Ministry ofInformation and Communications (MIC)’ Information Technology Department, onOctober 14.

Vietnam has surpassed many IT powerhouses in this field,he told the Virtual Talk: Why Vietnam held on the sidelines of theInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU) Digital World 2021. The countryranked second globally in phone production and export, accounting for 13.3percent of the global market share, he said, adding that it has been also placedhigh in electronics export and game production,

Vietnam’s strong awareness and determination towardsdigital transformation has been seen from the central to local levels, said TranThi Quoc Hien, Deputy Director of the MIC’s Authority of Information TechnologyApplication, the country has issued the National Digital TransformationProgramme till 2025, with a vision to 2030, which features three main pillars –e-Government, digital economy and digital society.

Vietnam has been fostering digital transformation ineight areas, namely healthcare, education, finance-banking, agriculture,transport and logistics, energy, environmental and natural resources, andindustrial production, she said.

The plans sets to achieve the twin goal of developinge-Government, digital economy and digital society; and at the same time,facilitating the formation of digital enterprises capable of going global, sheadded.

Underscoring the importance of technology in fightingCOVID-19, reviving the economy, and living in the “new normal,” Nguyen ThanhTuyen, Deputy Director of the MIC’s Information Technology Department, saidshortly after the COVID-19 resurgence struck the southern cities and provinces,many tech firms have introduced new solutions to make the impossible possible.

People have changed their way of doing business, thinking,working and living to stay safe and develop themselves, he said, urging techcompanies to continue helping the country recover the economy.

Echoing Tuyen’s view, Vu Thi Minh Tu from Lazada Vietnam saidtechnology plays a vital role in containing the pandemic and recovering theeconomy.

E-commerce helps limit direct contacts as it allowspeople to make an order from home and have it delivered at door, she explained.E-commerce also enables enterprises, cooperatives and household businesses todiversify their channels of distribution; they can sell goods online and gainaccess to a larger and more diverse market, she said.

Even household businesses and individual sellers are nowgiven a chance thanks to e-commerce, she stressed.

At the virtual talk, representatives from enterprisesdiscussed Vietnam’s role in global technology and supply chain; e-commercepolicies; and domestic enterprises’ innovation capacity./.