PM approves IT programme to promote e-GovtPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the go-ahead for a national programme on information and technology with the aim of accelerating the application of IT in State bodies’ operation. The Information and Technology Target Programme in the 2016 to 2020 period will also aim to speed up the formation of e-Government and a uniform system of public services from the Central to local level; strengthen the abilities to secure national information and electronic authentication; and develop the IT industry through establishing key IT zones, and core IT products. To that end, the programme set a target to ensure that 100 per cent of ministries, ministerial-level bodies, and Central-level provinces and cities will have a shared and integrated foundation by 2020 to connect over 50 per cent of information systems of ministries, sectors, localities that need to connect and share data with the national database. Additionally, over 80 per cent of localities’ information systems at level 3 and higher shall be subjected to information assurance in conformity with technical standards and regulations on security for information system according to levels. Of note, the programme set a target to remove Vietnam from the list of top 20 countries that are at great risk of malware attacks.

Source: VietNamNet News February 16, 2018 06:56 UTC