This morning (August 16), in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Information and Communications held a meeting with retired cadres in the Southern region to pay tribute to revolutionary veterans and leaders of all periods who have retired and are living in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces. The meeting was also an opportunity to review the glorious tradition on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Information and Communications Industry's Traditional Day.

On this occasion, on behalf of the leaders of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long wished longevity to retired officials aged 70 and over.

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Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long congratulated two veteran officials on their 85th birthdays at the meeting. Photo: Sang Pham

On behalf of the Party Executive Committee and the leadership of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long respectfully expressed his gratitude to the veteran revolutionaries and retired leaders of the Information and Communications sector through the ages. At the same time, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long mentioned the role of the Information and Communications sector in the current "revolution" of digital transformation.

According to Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long, one of the countries near Vietnam, China, is making strong decisions on digital transformation. China is betting on digital transformation to rise up with the goal of surpassing the current leading countries.

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Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long expressed his gratitude and shared the role of the information and communications industry in the digital transformation process. Photo: Sang Pham

Vietnam is also gradually accelerating the digital transformation process. In particular, in 2022, the Central Committee issued a resolution on continuing to promote the country's Industrialization and Modernization (I&M) by 2030, with a vision to 2045. This resolution identifies promoting digital transformation to shorten the country's industrialization and modernization process.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Information and Communications is assigned to develop a project to submit to the Politburo on the Resolution on digital transformation. This will be an important resolution to guide the digital transformation process in Vietnam. At the same time, the Ministry of Information and Communications is also contributing ideas to the Resolution of the upcoming 14th Party Congress on the country's digital transformation directions.

To carry out these tasks, the Ministry of Information and Communications has been focusing on developing digital infrastructure. Specifically, developing telecommunications infrastructure, data infrastructure and digital platforms.

"Our industry must go first, businesses in the industry must make efforts to focus on developing digital infrastructure, without digital infrastructure there is no digital transformation" , Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long affirmed.

The leader of the Ministry of Information and Communications also said that the Ministry has directed postal enterprises to participate in the process of building digital data, because digital data is a national resource.

Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long also informed that China has established more than 30 data exchanges. They consider data as assets, and data exchanges as stock exchanges. Therefore, the IT&T industry will also move towards building, creating digital data and forming data exchanges.

Recreating the traditional "historical flow" of the IT&T industry

On behalf of retired cadres in the industry, Mr. Ly Kiet (Chairman of the Southern Information and Postal Sector Resistance Tradition Club, former Deputy General Director of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group) sent his gratitude to the Ministry of Information and Communications for organizing the meeting to celebrate the industry's traditional day.

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Mr. Ly Kiet (Chairman of the Southern Information and Postal Sector's Resistance Tradition Club, former Deputy General Director of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group) expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Information and Communications at the meeting. Photo: Sang Pham

According to him, meetings like today demonstrate the solidarity and unity that the industry has traditionally had. Mr. Ly Kiet also expressed his hope that on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the industry's traditional day in 2025, the Ministry of Information and Communications will also organize a solemn meeting like today. At the same time, retired officials and veterans will always try to contribute in spirit to the development of the information and communications industry in the coming time.

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Retired officials of the Information and Communications sector in the Southern region took a souvenir photo at the meeting. Photo: Sang Pham

Responding to the retired officials, Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long said that 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Information and Communications Industry. To celebrate the 80th anniversary, the Ministry of Information and Communications has directed and assigned the Industry Union to develop a plan to renovate all cemeteries, traditional houses and historical relics of the Information and Communications Industry. This plan will be implemented immediately to be completed in June 2025. In addition, the Ministry of Information and Communications also aims to build traditional houses, memorial houses, and historical markers in the direction of "a historical flow throughout the development process of the Information and Communications Industry".

At the same time, on the occasion of the upcoming 80th anniversary, the Ministry of Information and Communications will also organize a program to return to the source in Tay Ninh for cadres and revolutionary veterans.

'The information and communications industry must digitally transform itself first' Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung pointed out that the entire information and communications industry must digitally transform itself first, then become the core for digital transformation of other industries, localities and enterprises.
The Ministry of Information and Communications offered incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs of the Information and Communications sector in Tay Ninh. The incense offering ceremony to commemorate the heroic martyrs of the Information and Communications sector was solemnly held at the martyrs' cemetery of the sector in Tay Ninh province.