National strategy for developing digital economy and digital society puts Lai Chau in high ranking group

Regarding digital transformation, digital economic and social development, it must be consistent with local conditions. Along with Lai Chau's goal of developing the digital economy by 2025, the proportion of the digital economy will reach 10% of GRDP, the proportion of the digital economy in each industry and field will reach at least 5%, the proportion of e-commerce in total retail sales will reach over 5%, the proportion of enterprises using electronic contracts will reach over 50%. The proportion of small and medium enterprises using digital platforms will reach over 20%, the proportion of digital economic workers in the workforce will reach over 2% and by 2030, the proportion of the digital economy will account for at least 20% of the province's GRDP.

Comrade Le Lam Bang - Director of Lai Chau Provincial Statistics Office announced the press release on the socio-economic situation of Lai Chau province.

For the development of digital society by 2025, the proportion of adult population with smartphones will reach 50%, the proportion of population aged 15 and over with payment transaction accounts at banks or other licensed organizations will reach 50%, the proportion of adult population with digital signatures or personal electronic signatures will reach over 50%, the proportion of people of working age trained in basic digital skills will reach over 70%, the proportion of households covered by fiber optic broadband Internet will reach 50%, the proportion of people with basic network protection will reach over 70%, the proportion of adult population using online public services will reach over 50%, the proportion of adult population using online health consultation services, remote medical examination and treatment will reach over 30%, the proportion of people with electronic health records will reach 70%, the proportion of colleges and vocational training institutions will complete digital governance models, Digital activities, digital data standardization, open digital science warehouses reached 100%, the rate of educational institutions from primary to high school completing digital governance models, digital activities, digital data standardization, open digital science warehouses reached 60%. In particular, promoting the development of digital connection infrastructure for people. Accelerating the coverage of fiber optic cable networks, broadband mobile networks to all residential groups and residential areas; rapidly increasing the rate of Internet users, especially in remote areas; improving connection capacity and network service quality, quality coverage in white areas, areas with gaps in broadband network connections. Deploying the Digital Address Platform, digital maps to create soft infrastructure for the development of the digital economy and digital society, ensuring default network information security requirements right from the design and construction stage when developing digital infrastructure and digital platforms; Providing digital services with basic network security assurance, developing platforms and organizing the implementation of professional network security services to help organizations and businesses implement a 4-layer protection model.

Provincial officials promote to people the benefits of administrative reform and cashless payments (Illustration photo).

Promote the widespread development of digital citizenship, every adult has a digital identity, digital account, digital means and is trained in digital skills. Accelerate the implementation of support programs, popularize digital connectivity for people. Encourage people to use IoT devices to monitor and supervise their lives and production and business activities. Propagate, guide and encourage people to access the Internet, register accounts and use digital services, focusing on online public services, digital health services, digital education, use of social networks, online shopping, electronic payments and exploiting utilities and digital resources on the Internet. Instruct people on basic information security and safety skills to be able to protect their accounts and data in the digital space. Deploy a survey platform, collect people's opinions, create an independent channel to collect, synthesize people's opinions, and evaluate people's opinions related to all economic and social issues. Deploy a program to support postal, delivery, and logistics businesses in digital transformation; a program to support retail establishments and stores in digital transformation; a program to support agricultural production households, cooperatives, and individual production and business establishments in digital transformation and doing business on e-commerce platforms. Deploy a comprehensive management platform, a service accounting platform, a supply chain optimization platform, an agricultural digital commerce platform, an artificial intelligence platform, a virtual assistant platform, and an IoT device platform. Complete the connection between the electronic payment infrastructure of payment service providers, payment intermediaries, the Interbank Electronic Payment System, the financial switching and electronic clearing system with the infrastructure of the Tax, Treasury, and Customs agencies. Develop and implement the Plan for digital economic and digital social development in the agricultural and rural areas, shifting from agricultural production to digital agricultural economy; deploy digital platforms to serve the needs of farmers; deploy crop insurance services, and prevent risks for farmers. Build an information management system, transparently monitor information, connect product consumption for production, processing and trading establishments of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products in Lai Chau province; System for early detection of forest fires; Forest fire warning system; Forest monitoring and protection stations; System for zoning key forest fire areas; Establish a data management system for livestock and aquaculture in the province. Apply digital technology in managing and monitoring the origin and quality of agricultural and aquatic products imported from other localities into the province, ensuring speed, transparency and accuracy. Promote the thorough implementation of collecting hospital fees, medical examination and treatment service fees and paying salaries and wages to doctors, nurses and workers at medical facilities in the province by non-cash methods (implementing the use of bank accounts, using collection services of commercial banks, mobile phone networks, etc.) to make revenue and expenditure transparent, financial management at medical facilities, while contributing to promoting digital transformation. Strengthen support and guidance for businesses, cooperatives, business households and people to promote e-commerce applications, participate in reputable e-commerce platforms with large market shares such as: Voso.vn, Postmart.vn, Tiki.vn, Lazada.vn, Shope.vn, Chotot.com ...; e-commerce platforms; export via cross-border e-commerce to promote, introduce and export products and goods in the online environment. Prioritize support for export products with strengths, key and typical products, OCOP products, rural agricultural products and typical tourism products of the province. Develop a smart tourism ecosystem; deploy a multi-dimensional modeling platform, apply digital technology to enhance the experience for tourists.

Thanh Tu