Joining the general flow of the 4th industrial revolution, Ha Giang identifies digital transformation as an opportunity to break through and rise up, a lever for socio-economic development, and also the fastest way to help shorten the development gap between regions.
Acting Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Manh Dung visited the Ha Giang Provincial Data Integration Center at the Department of Information and Communications.
Comrade Do Thai Hoa, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ha Giang shared: The digital transformation for Ha Giang was once likened to "sowing corn on the rocky plateau" because Ha Giang is one of the mountainous provinces with many difficulties, with a lack of infrastructure and outdated information technology equipment.
In addition, the proportion of ethnic minorities accounts for nearly 90%, the poverty rate is high, and there are even a part of the population that cannot read or write, and do not have mobile phones...
However, thanks to the efforts and drastic participation of the entire political system, the consensus response of people and businesses, etc., Ha Giang's digital transformation journey has so far recorded many strong and comprehensive changes in all three pillars: Digital government, digital economy and digital society, gradually bringing a more convenient and better life to the people in the highlands here.
Through digital platforms, Lo Lo Chai village (Lung Cu commune, Dong Van district) is increasingly known to many tourists from near and far, becoming an indispensable destination on the journey to explore Ha Giang. Many villagers have taken advantage of opportunities and accessed technology to become "digital citizens" to promote local tourism potential.
Thanks to quickly catching up with the digital flow, now the Lo Lo Chai Community Cultural Tourism Village has become a keyword searched by many people on travel forums or through search engines like Google, Facebook, Zalo...
Mr. Sinh Di Gai, Head of Lo Lo Chai Village - one of the pioneering "digital citizens" of the locality said: When we first started, the promotion of tourism services was very limited, mainly through travel companies in Ha Giang City. In recent years, thanks to investment in telecommunications infrastructure and the internet, he and many other households in the village have gradually had access to information, learned how to connect with customers, and introduced local tourism potential on digital platforms such as Facebook, Zalo, etc.
Thanks to quickly catching up with the digital flow, the Lo Lo Chai Community Cultural Tourism Village has now become a keyword searched by many people on travel forums or through search engines like Google, Facebook, Zalo... Village chief Sinh Di Gai said that this year, homestays in Lo Lo Chai are almost always "full" on weekends, unlike before when it was only crowded during holidays and festivals.
Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Son and delegates pressed the button to launch the Tripmap - Ha Giang tourism digital transformation application on September 20, 2023.
In Ha Giang province, the application of social networking platforms to promote attractive destinations and quality tourism products and services is no longer strange and many highland people share their experiences and skills in using them. Ha Giang is considered one of the provinces that has promoted the promotion of local images in the digital environment very early, thereby contributing significantly to the growth of the tourism industry - which is considered the "pillar" of the local economy.
To promote effective communication in the digital environment, the People's Committee of Ha Giang province has proactively signed a cooperation agreement with Viettel Military Telecommunications Group and VNPT Post and Telecommunications Group to enhance the development of telecommunications infrastructure and information technology, creating conditions to promote the application of digital transformation on 3 pillars, in which the field of communication is the top priority.
Along with promoting communication in the digital environment, Ha Giang also promotes digital transformation in the tourism sector, thereby contributing significantly to the impressive growth of the smokeless industry in recent years.
Ha Giang actively applies digital transformation in promoting and advertising local tourism potential.
If in 2022, right after the COVID-19 pandemic was controlled, Ha Giang welcomed over 2.2 million visitors, by 2023, this number had reached more than 3 million, an increase of 33% over the same period in 2022. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at nearly 7.1 trillion VND, an increase of 56.3% over the same period. Notably, in the first 6 months of 2024 alone, nearly 1.7 million tourists chose Ha Giang as their destination, an increase of 19.1% over the same period in 2023 and reaching 52.8% of the yearly plan. Total revenue from tourism reached more than 4 trillion VND.
Comrade Nguyen Van Son, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Administrative Reform, Digital Transformation and Project 06 of Ha Giang province affirmed: The consistent viewpoint of the Government, as well as Ha Giang province, is to take people and businesses as the center, subject, goal and driving force of digital transformation. Only then will digital transformation be universal and comprehensive, bringing practical benefits to the people.
Seizing the opportunity, in the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress, Ha Giang is one of the first localities in the country to issue a specialized Resolution (Resolution No. 18-NQ/TU) on digital transformation for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030. This is considered a guideline for the province's digital transformation, an orientation for the entire political system to join hands to carry out digital transformation on all three pillars: Digital government, digital economy and digital society, focusing on building digital government to create momentum and orient, lead, manage and support the development of digital economy and digital society.
The Steering Committee and the Executive Committee for digital transformation from the province to the commune level have been successively strengthened in 11/11 districts and cities. 2,071 Community Digital Technology Teams have been established across the province with 12,131 members, becoming an extended "arm" of the Steering Committee on digital transformation at all levels, playing a key role in bringing digital technology and digital skills to the people.
With the propaganda and guidance of the Community Digital Transformation Team, many people in Ha Giang now know how to operate and use many convenient services in the digital space such as: Handling administrative procedures on smart mobile devices, using e-wallets for payment, using the application "Ha Giang Digital Citizen" to interact with authorities at all levels... Thanks to that, in the second quarter of 2024 alone, the whole province received and processed over 143 thousand administrative procedure records, of which more than 125 thousand records were processed online, reaching a rate of 87.3%.
One-stop staff at the Provincial Public Administration Service Center guides people through administrative procedures.
At present, the province's administrative procedure information system has completed the connection with the National Information Systems and Databases. The province continues to maintain the specialized Data Transmission network in Party and State agencies, maintain the effective operation of the official email system with 25,468 email accounts for cadres, civil servants and public employees, ensuring that 100% of cadres, civil servants and public employees have email accounts and use them regularly.
At the same time, maintain the effectiveness of the online meeting system serving inter-level meetings; the province's information security monitoring system (SOC) is connected to the national security monitoring system managed by the Ministry of Information and Communications.
One of the most obvious benefits of digital transformation is the impact of the digital economy. After more than 2 years of implementing the Resolution on digital transformation, 100% of Ha Giang's OCOP products are posted on e-commerce platforms; 100% of agricultural production households in the province have accounts participating in e-commerce platforms and have been trained.
People in Thong Nguyen commune (Hoang Su Phi) use smartphones to promote Shan Tuyet tea on digital platforms.
The province also effectively maintains the 4.0 market model for cashless payment services in the central market areas of districts, cities, communes, wards and towns, and at the same time deploys electronic invoices to 100% of businesses operating in the area.
Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ha Giang Do Thai Hoa said that the province has invested heavily in developing digital infrastructure with 2,942 base transceiver stations (BTS), of which 5G has been deployed for trial broadcasting to serve people and tourists for free at 03 locations: 26/3 Square; Lung Cu Flagpole and Viettel Ha Giang Building. The rate of villages with mobile coverage reached 98.89%; nearly 31,100 poor and near-poor households were supported to use Internet services through the public telecommunications program; over 431 thousand electronic identification accounts were activated with a rate of 65.1%.
In particular, the province has piloted the application “Ha Giang Digital Citizen”, integrating public service functions with the province’s administrative procedure settlement system. This is considered a direct bridge between the government at all levels and the people, through which people can online reflect on problems and concerns with the authorities and monitor the handling results to evaluate the effectiveness of the government’s operations at all levels. To date, the application has had over 18,157 downloads and 15,624 registered accounts.
At medical examination and treatment facilities and public administrative centers, citizen identification cards (CCCD) have now replaced many types of identification papers and are a pass for all transactions. Ha Giang has deployed the Electronic Health Record platform system at 193 medical examination and treatment facilities across the province; 100% of hospitals and medical examination and treatment facilities have been equipped with QRCode reading devices to serve the implementation of medical examination and treatment using CCCD cards to replace health insurance;...
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Son, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, digital transformation work in the province has been directed to be implemented drastically right from the beginning of the term and the beginning of the year. Party committees and authorities have focused on, proactively set an example and been creative in implementing digital transformation solutions associated with the goals and tasks of socio-economic development in localities and units; awareness of all levels, sectors, people and businesses in the province about digital transformation has been significantly raised; organizations and individuals with outstanding achievements in digital transformation have been promptly rewarded...
These remarkable results have significantly contributed to promoting the image of Ha Giang, promoting the province's socio-economic development, and at the same time creating an important foundation for Ha Giang to continue to break through and accelerate on the digital transformation journey in the next phase. However, looking at the assessment results and ranking of the provincial digital transformation index (DTI) announced by the Ministry of Information and Communications, in 2022, Ha Giang province ranked 57/63 provinces and cities, down 24 places compared to 2021. The province has been and is continuing to synchronously deploy many solutions with the determination to improve the DTI index ranking. The review results of the Department of Information and Communications show that in 2023, Ha Giang province achieved 710.59/1,000 points, an increase of 231.6 points compared to 2022, reaching 71.06% of the set plan.
In the coming time, the province will focus on completing the project of Building a smart operating system for Ha Giang province, the goals and tasks in Project 06 "Developing data applications on population, identification and electronic authentication to serve national digital transformation in the period of 2022-2025, with a vision to 2030". At the same time, focus on reviewing and eliminating signal depressions in the area, ensuring mobile telecommunications network speed; deploying solutions to promote the cessation of 2G technology, supporting people to switch to using smartphones towards the goal of universalizing smartphones in the province...
In the coming time, the province will focus on reviewing and eliminating signal depressions in the area, ensuring mobile telecommunications network speed; implementing solutions to promote the cessation of 2G technology, supporting people to switch to using smartphones...
Emphasizing the long-term goal, the Head of the Steering Committee for Administrative Reform, Digital Transformation and Project 06 of Ha Giang province said: The province identifies digital transformation as the driving force for development, in which building digital government is a breakthrough, developing digital economy is the focus, developing digital society is a long-term strategy. For a locality with many difficulties like Ha Giang, the path of digital transformation will be decisive for socio-economic development.
Therefore, to promote rapid and sustainable digital transformation, Ha Giang continues to promote propaganda work, raise awareness for cadres, party members, organizations, businesses and people, create consensus for digital transformation work in the province; mobilize the entire political system to actively participate in digital transformation; improve the operational efficiency of community digital technology groups;…/.
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