A staff member of Postmart (Vietnam Post) - a completely Make-in-Vietnam e-commerce platform (Photo courtesy of Vietnam Post)In 2021, Vietnam recorded 5,600 newly-established digital technology businesses , stemming from the need to work, sell and communicate online in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, Deputy Director of Information Technology Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), said statistics from the ministry showed that Vietnam currently had about 64,000 digital technology enterprises with more than one million employees. The working environment and non-contact economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic had made digital transformation faster and stronger as well as promoted the digital business community. "The number of Make-in-Vietnam businesses has increased sharply,” Tuyen said.The department said in 2020, there were more than 34 platforms announced by the MIC as Make-in-Vietnam products. Digital technology enterprises such as VNPT, Viettel, CMC and FPT had potential and made great contributions to the development of digital government and digital economy with the construction of national digital platforms.In 2021, with the ministry’s leadership, Vietnamese businesses have researched new technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and Big Data. "The spirit of Make-in-Vietnam has solved the problem of Vietnam and achieved many successes," he added./.

Source: Viet Nam News December 11, 2021 20:52 UTC