Many challenges as ministries and sectors simultaneously move to the cloud

Vietnam's national digital transformation program identifies three pillars for comprehensive digital transformation: digital government, digital economy and digital society. The Government has issued the e-government development strategy towards digital government for the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030. One of the tasks and solutions for developing digital government is to restructure the information technology infrastructure of ministries, branches and localities, converting the information technology infrastructure into digital infrastructure applying cloud computing technology to serve the connection and management of resources and data of state agencies in a safe, flexible, stable and effective manner.

Thus, cloud computing is considered one of the focuses of digital infrastructure strategy, along with telecommunications connection infrastructure such as 5G, some essential platforms or fiber optic internet transmission systems.

Cloud computing applications make data storage and access easier. By using resources in the cloud, government agencies can share information and resources internally or between units, helping to increase efficiency in management and save costs in implementing and operating management systems.

However, the use of cloud computing in state management also brings significant challenges. The first challenge is related to legality and data management. The transition to using cloud computing systems requires legal regulations related to data management to be changed and updated. Ministries, departments and branches when applying cloud need to ensure compliance with data management regulations and clearly understand how to store and protect personal information of people or business organizations. In addition, there must also be stability in data management to ensure the security and privacy of people's data.

The second challenge for government agencies when using cloud computing is skills and human resources. To operate a stable and effective cloud computing system, these agencies need personnel with appropriate professional skills. This means regular training and skill improvement for officials and civil servants.

The next challenge is information security. Using cloud computing has the advantage of flexibility and cost savings, but at the same time it also poses risks to information security. Without careful care and proper procedures, important information can easily be attacked and leaked. Therefore, government agencies need to have strict information security policies and systems to create trust for the people.

To ensure the effective use of cloud computing and ensure data safety and security, instead of using free cloud solutions or foreign solutions, state management agencies and units are currently prioritizing the use of "made in Vietnam" platforms to minimize risks and receive the fastest and most timely support when needed.

VNPT Cloud is a service providing IT infrastructure on a cloud computing platform that inherits the world's leading technologies.

VNPT Cloud accompanies in building digital government in Vietnam

As one of the leading technology enterprises, playing an important role in leading national digital transformation, in recent years, VNPT has been honored to accompany the Government and ministries, departments and branches in building many particularly important national systems such as: National Public Service Portal System, National Document Interconnection Axis, National Population Database System, Civil Servants Database System, etc., thereby affirming its capacity and service quality, especially its cloud storage service.

VNPT Cloud is an IT infrastructure service on a cloud computing platform that inherits the world's leading technologies, including the OpenSack platform (a platform that is being jointly developed by more than 500 large technology companies in the world such as: NASA, IBM, CISCO, Rackspace... and is trusted by other technology companies such as: Ebay, NTT Japan, Yahoo). With the priority of technology development and focus on improving service quality, VNPT Cloud is currently trusted and chosen by many domestic agencies and departments as a digital infrastructure platform for developing applications to serve the people.

With advantages in technological solutions as well as experience in implementing large national projects, VNPT Cloud is the most suitable solution for data storage problems serving state management, bringing convenience, safety and efficiency, effectively serving the needs of national digital transformation.

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NGUYEN HUNG