Building a digital society for the benefit of the people

With the motto "Taking people and businesses as the center", Vinh Phuc has drastically and synchronously implemented solutions to build a digital society, prioritizing the selection of key and breakthrough tasks, bringing new values ​​and practical utilities to the people. Thereby forming and developing a safe and convenient digital environment to best serve the needs of production, business as well as community life, gradually narrowing the digital gap, creating a driving force for sustainable socio-economic development.

Fast, convenient, no need to worry about carrying cash because it is easy to lose or lose, payment via QR code scanning has brought many practical benefits and received positive response from traders at Vinh Yen market and customers. After purchasing, people only need a few seconds to scan the code to make payment, very fast and convenient.

Ms. Vu Thi Bich, a trader at Vinh Yen market, said: “I am old so at first I was a bit hesitant about cashless payment. But when I got access to this payment method, I found that scanning QR codes is very convenient, simple, and brings many benefits such as not worrying about the risk of counterfeit money; not worrying about having to exchange small bills, wasting time looking for change; not having to hold a lot of cash, reducing the risk of dropping or losing money... Transferring money into my account is also convenient for me when paying for goods to wholesale customers.”

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien, Ngo Quyen Ward (Vinh Yen) said: “Before, every time I went to the market, I often had to go to the ATM to withdraw cash, which was quite time-consuming. Now, thanks to the convenience of digital technology, when I go shopping, I only need to bring my personal phone with the bank app installed. In addition to using non-cash payment methods for shopping, I also pay for daily essential service bills such as electricity, water...”.

Cashless payments are becoming more and more popular. Photo: Tra Huong

In recent times, the province has made efforts to synchronously implement measures to promote the construction of a digital society; focusing on investing in information infrastructure, building and developing digital services.

Propaganda work is promoted to raise awareness and participation of people in the digital transformation process in general and building a digital society in particular; encourage people to use computers and smartphones connected to the internet and access and use digital applications and digital services.

The province currently has 1,240 Community Technology Teams with nearly 9,900 members, playing an important role in propaganda, mobilization, and guiding people to install and use digital technology.

Digital infrastructure in the province continues to receive investment attention in a synchronous and modern direction. Up to now, 3G and 4G networks have covered 100% of the province, more than 60 5G stations have been broadcast; the whole province has more than 1.3 million mobile phone subscribers; 290,000 fixed broadband internet subscribers and 1.1 million mobile broadband internet subscribers; more than 16,000 public digital signatures have been provided for people and businesses to use for digital signing and authentication.

In addition, the database on population, identification and electronic authentication continues to be completed, creating a solid foundation for implementing digital transformation tasks in general and building a digital society in particular.

The province has more than 762,000 activated electronic identification accounts, reaching 77% of eligible people, making it one of the provinces with the highest rate of electronic identification account activation in the country; nearly 98% of people and employees participating in social insurance and health insurance have been authenticated with the national population database; 100% of the province's poor and near-poor household databases have been updated and connected to the national population database as prescribed.

In addition, more than 176,000 people have created accounts on the province's administrative procedure settlement information system; the rate of people aged 15 and over having transaction accounts at banks or credit institutions reached 68%; 100% of schools and medical examination and treatment facilities have implemented digital transformation and implemented cashless fee collection; nearly 85% of meritorious people and social protection beneficiaries are paid salaries and allowances via accounts; pension payments via accounts reached nearly 80%...

Vinh Phuc people have been enjoying more and more practical benefits from more convenient, faster and more effective social services and utilities. At the same time, they have gradually changed their awareness of digital transformation, are ready to accept and experience new technologies, inherit new values ​​brought by digital transformation, and become active participants in the digital transformation process of the province through the use of online public services, electronic transactions, and cashless payments...

Building a digital society is a task that requires the determination of the entire political system, consistent and synchronous implementation, and the participation, joint efforts and unanimity of each citizen.

To accelerate the process of building a digital society, Vinh Phuc continues to promote the development of digital connection infrastructure for people, accelerate the coverage of fiber optic cable networks and broadband mobile networks to all villages, residential groups, and residential areas; increase the rate of internet users, especially in rural areas; improve connection capacity and quality of network services; promote cashless payments; promote communication work, raise awareness and digital skills for people...

Le Mo

Source: https://baovinhphuc.com.vn/Multimedia/Images/Id/125908/Xay-dung-xa-hoi-so-vi-loi-ich-cua-nguoi-dan