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Aug 29, 2018 / 09:38

Vietnam establishes National E-Government Committee

The National E-Government Committee assists the government and the PM in instructing, coordinating and inspecting the implementation of tasks and targets to build an e-government.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision on the establishment of the National e-Government Committee, on the background of strengthening the National Committee for Information Technology (IT).
 
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Under the decision, the PM is head of the committee, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam is the deputy head of the committee. Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung is the permanent member cum secretary of the committee. 

Other members of the committee include the Minister of Public Security, Minister of Information and Communications, Minister of Finance, Minister of Planning and Investment, Minister of Education and Training, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Information and Communications. Leaders of several major IT companies in Vietnam, such as Viettel, VNPT and FPT will also join the committee.

The committee is tasked to propose the government and the PM guidelines, strategies, and mechanisms to create a legal framework to boost the establishment and development of an e-Government heading to digital Government, economy and society, thus facilitating the Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Vietnam. 

The committee aims to assist the Government and the PM to direct ministries, agencies and localities to launch tasks and measures on developing the e-Government.

Besides, the committee also gives comments on strategies, programs, mechanisms, policies, plans and projects related to the establishment and development of the e-Government.  

A working group will be set up and located at the Government Office. The group will be guided by the Minister-Chairman of the Government Office and the Secretary General of the Committee.