Ho Chi Minh City has great potential for digital economic development.

SGGPO 09/07/2023 14:39

On September 7, the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the Department of Digital Economy and Digital Society (Ministry of Information and Communications) organized a workshop on Promoting the sustainable development of Ho Chi Minh City's digital economy. Many ideas were put forward to contribute to promoting Ho Chi Minh City's digital economy.

Delegates attending the Workshop on Promoting sustainable development of Ho Chi Minh City's digital economy

Opening the workshop, Mr. Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City, emphasized that the city has a great aspiration to regain its leading position and is strongly implementing Resolution 98 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of special mechanisms and policies for the city's development with a very high spirit.

Mr. Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City, spoke at the workshop.

“In recent times, Ho Chi Minh City has made great efforts to implement many solutions to promote the digital economy, with the goal that by 2025, the digital economy will contribute 20% to GRDP; by 2030, it will be 40% to GRDP. Ho Chi Minh City's indicators are 5%-10% higher than the national average... so today's workshop hopes to receive many comments from experts and businesses to promote the digital economy," said Mr. Lam Dinh Thang.

Currently, Ho Chi Minh City is promoting seven groups of solutions to promote the digital economy, including solutions for developing digital infrastructure, developing high-speed Internet infrastructure and telecommunications networks; promoting the mission of digital technology enterprises; synchronously implementing the digital economy with Ho Chi Minh City's programs... and developing a data system, thereby exploiting shared data of Ho Chi Minh City with the goal of sharing data with the private sector to promote the digital economy.

According to Mr. Vo Minh Thanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City is assessed to have great potential for digital economic development, but is facing three major challenges in digital economic development: inadequate awareness; inconsistent measurement methods and tools; and insufficient policies and resources to support small and medium enterprises...

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Tuan gave many ideas to contribute to Ho Chi Minh City.

The contribution of Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Tuan, Director of the Department of Digital Economy and Digital Society (Ministry of Information and Communications) received much attention from delegates attending the workshop: “In the past, Ho Chi Minh City has developed very well but in the old space and has reached its limit, so it needs new development space. The digital economy will bring that space to Ho Chi Minh City with the goal of 40% of Ho Chi Minh City's GDP in 2030 coming from the digital economy. However, to achieve this goal, Ho Chi Minh City alone will never achieve the goal but must connect with the region, forming a space of traction".

“HCMC needs to promote human resource training for digital transformation and digital economy. Specifically, the city needs to plan human resource development and place orders for digital human resource training facilities for priority industries for digital economic development,” Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Hung Son, University of Economics and Law (Ho Chi Minh City National University), contributed his opinion.

Mr. Pham Binh An, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies, said that although the digital economy in Ho Chi Minh City is only in the early stages of development, it has achieved outstanding results, especially in the fields of e-commerce and e-payment.

“The spirit of Resolution 98 is to allow Ho Chi Minh City to experiment with mechanisms and policies (sandbox), and for the digital economy, experimentation is very important, so the city must take advantage of Resolution 98 to introduce experimental mechanisms and policies for the digital economy,” Mr. Pham Binh An added.

The workshop also received many other contributions from technology enterprises, units promoting digital transformation... Concluding the workshop, Director of the Department of Information and Communications Lam Dinh Thang thanked the delegates for their enthusiastic participation and especially their contributions to the city's digital economic development.

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