10 main incentive groups to encourage Vietnamese people to consume digitally

With 53 participating businesses in 10 fields, the program 'October. Digital Consumption Month' in 2023 continues to create conditions and encourage people to use digital products and services, thereby becoming more and more familiar with the digital environment.

Vietnam has "Digital Consumption Month" for the second year

On October 6 and 10, Ms. Thanh Huong in Nam Phong, Nam Dinh received a message from the Ministry of Information and Communications with the content "Welcome to National Digital Transformation Day October 10, 2023 and October. Digital consumption month, people are free or receive incentives when using digital products and services. Details at https://dx.gov.vn" .

From this introductory message, Ms. Thanh Huong went to the National Digital Transformation Portal dx.gov.vn to learn about and choose some incentives such as phone card promotions, discount codes for technology taxi services, preferential agricultural product purchases on the Postmart platform...

The Ministry of Information and Communications has sent text messages to mobile subscribers nationwide so that all people can know and enjoy the preferential programs of businesses participating in "October. Digital Consumption Month" in 2023.

Similarly, after receiving a message from the Ministry of Information and Communications introducing the program “October. Digital Consumption Month”, Ms. Thu Hien, who currently lives in Dong Da, Hanoi, went to dx.gov.vn to find information and choose to use the service incentives according to her needs.

“The program has attracted many businesses providing digital products and services to participate. In my opinion, this is an opportunity to promote the products of businesses to consumers. In particular, through the website dx.gov.vn, many users across the country can also access and try digital products and services for free or at low cost. This is very necessary because unlike tangible products that can be observed from the outside to judge the quality in reality, digital products and services must be tried before they can be evaluated,” Ms. Thu Hien shared.

The implementation of text messages to promote National Digital Transformation Day 2023 and introduce the program "October. Digital Consumption Month" has been requested by the Ministry of Information and Communications for network operators to uniformly send text messages to mobile subscribers nationwide with a frequency of 2 times, once at 10:10 on October 6 and once at 10:10 on October 10.

Along with that, during these October days, many Community Digital Technology Teams in many localities across the country have been actively "going to every alley, knocking on every door" to propagate and disseminate information about the activities of the local National Digital Transformation Day, the program "October. Digital Consumption Month" in 2023, and at the same time instructing each citizen to use online services, shop online, pay online as well as know how to protect themselves from risks and dangers in the digital environment. Currently, the whole country has nearly 357,000 members of Community Digital Technology Teams.

State agencies and businesses work together to bring people to the digital environment

2023 is the second year of National Digital Transformation Day activities, including the program "October. Digital Consumption Month" organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications, with the goal of creating conditions for many people to enjoy the results of digital transformation.

Through the use of preferential digital products and services, people will have digital skills. In addition, this is also an opportunity for digital technology businesses to reach many potential customers.

According to statistics, there are currently 53 businesses participating in the program "October. Digital Consumption Month" in 2023, focusing on 10 areas including: Telecommunications, digital payments, e-commerce, transportation, digital television, e-books, digital platforms, network information security, digital signatures, national domain names .VN.

To date, 53 businesses have participated in the program "October. Digital Consumption Month" in 2023.

This program demonstrates the companionship of businesses with state agencies in promoting the movement of people's activities into the digital environment, by simultaneously having preferential policies for the use of digital products and services up to 50% of product and service prices.

In each sector, there are general incentive policies for all businesses and specific incentives offered by each business. The list of digital consumption incentive policies of businesses is publicly posted and regularly updated on the National Digital Transformation Portal dx.gov.vn.

Digital technology businesses have been working with state agencies to implement activities to raise awareness and digital skills for people.

As a technology enterprise that has been working with state agencies to implement many activities to contribute to raising awareness and digital skills for people, in both 2022 and 2023, MISA participated in the program "October. Digital Consumption Month".

According to MISA General Director Dinh Thi Thuy, incentives such as giving digital certificates and software to people and businesses nationwide continue to be implemented by this unit.

“We expect that by supporting agencies, organizations, businesses and people to access Made in Vietnam technology solutions, Vietnamese units and people will have the tools to innovate working methods, increase productivity and improve work efficiency. Thereby, we will make valuable contributions to the national digital transformation on all three pillars of digital government, digital economy and digital society ,” Ms. Dinh Thi Thuy shared.

Offering a preferential program for families to use the Mobile Guard solution for 3 months for free, CyRadar Information Security Company wants to support parents in protecting their families and managing their children while studying and entertaining in the digital world.

“The benefits of the Internet and technology are so great that we sometimes forget its downside. If children use electronic devices for too long and for the wrong purposes, it will leave many unpredictable consequences such as deviant behavior and cognition, abuse, harassment, and manipulation. Even adults, if not careful and ignorant, can easily become victims of attacks, fraud, and property and honor appropriation in the virtual world,” commented CyRadar CEO Nguyen Minh Duc.

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