The National Committee for Digital Transformation has set the direction for digital transformation in 2024 as: “Developing the digital economy with four pillars: information technology industry, digitalization of economic sectors, digital governance, and digital data – An important driving force for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development.”
The National Digital Transformation Program has completed four years and entered its fifth year. The first year, 2020, was the year of Digital Transformation Initiation. The second year, 2021, was the year of National Digital Transformation Drills to fight against Covid-19. The third year, 2022, was the year of the Great Leap Forward with the development of shared national digital platforms. The fourth year, 2023, focused on digital data, creating and exploiting digital data to generate new value. Now, in 2024, the time has come to align the national digital transformation with the central task of socio-economic development.
As an annual tradition, in 2024, ministries, sectors, localities, agencies, and businesses continue to innovate and create in deploying activities to respond to the National Digital Transformation Day.
Digital Transformation – An important driving force for the country to enter a new era
In the article “Digital Transformation – An Important Driving Force for Developing the Productive Forces, Perfecting the Production Relations and Leading the Country into a New Era” by General Secretary and President To Lam, he wrote: “We are facing the requirement of a revolution with strong and comprehensive reforms to adjust the production relations and create a new driving force for development. This is the revolution of digital transformation and the application of science and technology to restructure the production relations to match the outstanding development of the productive forces,” and “The process of digital transformation needs to be carried out comprehensively and synchronously, taking into account the dialectical relationship between infrastructure and superstructure, aiming to build a socialist-oriented market economy, promoting the strength of modern productive forces while ensuring the fine nature of the socialist regime, suitable to the specific conditions of Vietnam in the new era.”
Month of Action in Response to the National Digital Transformation Day on October 10, 2024
The activities in response to the National Digital Transformation Day in 2024 focus on promoting, creating, and developing digital applications to grow the digital economy; strongly promoting national digital transformation towards effectiveness and practicality, making positive contributions, and creating breakthroughs in the country’s socio-economic development with important digital transformation objectives contributing to the completion of the socio-economic development goals for 2024 and the period of 2021 – 2025 of the Government, including:
(1) Promoting the development of 48,000 digital technology businesses operating in localities;
(2) 60% of businesses in industrial parks and export processing zones applying digital platforms in governance and production to change production and business processes, increase productivity, improve operational efficiency, and reduce emissions;
(3) 40% of adult citizens using online public services;
(4) Completing the deployment of 53 essential public services, specifically: 25 public services according to Scheme 06/CP (Decision No. 06/QD-TTg dated January 6, 2022) and 28 essential public services according to Decision No. 422/QD-TTg dated April 4, 2022 of the Prime Minister;
(5) 84% of Internet users; 100% of villages with electricity coverage and mobile broadband coverage.
Launching the emulation movement in response to the National Digital Transformation Day in 2024
Nationwide, ministries, sectors, and localities have launched contests, competitions, emulation movements, and community activities to promote digital transformation knowledge for different target audiences to raise people’s awareness of digital transformation; organizing activities to respond to the digital transformation day of the industry, field, and locality.
Launch and organize the program “October – Month of Digital Consumption”
“October – Month of Digital Consumption” is an annual activity starting in 2022 within the framework of the Action Month in response to the National Digital Transformation Day on October 10 every year. “October – Month of Digital Consumption” is an activity aimed at the interests of the people. People will enjoy the practical results that digital transformation brings.
Specific activities:
– The government strives to improve the quality of online public services.
– Businesses strive to bring production and business activities to the digital environment; build digital platforms to serve the people; provide digital products and services to meet social needs; and offer incentives to encourage people to use digital products and services.
– Community digital technology groups organize a peak campaign within 10 days (October 1-10, 2024) to go to every alley, knock on every door, and guide every citizen to use services and applications to develop the digital economy.
– People will enjoy incentives when using digital products and services.
“October – Month of Digital Consumption” is held annually from October 1st to 31st, with a peak period of 10 days from October 1st to 10th. During “October – Month of Digital Consumption,” businesses will implement preferential policies for the consumption of digital products and services and publish them on their websites, portals, and applications so that people are aware and can use them.
Based on the orientation of the National Digital Transformation in 2024, which is “Developing the digital economy with four pillars: information technology industry, digitalization of economic sectors, digital governance, and digital data – An important driving force for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development,” the activities in “October – Month of Digital Consumption in 2024” will focus on the pillar fields of the digital economy in 2024 to create value to serve social needs and for people to enjoy incentives when using digital products and services.
Brand Identity of the National Digital Transformation Day in 2024
The Ministry of Information and Communications has developed the brand identity of the National Digital Transformation Day in 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the brand identity) and posted it on the National Digital Transformation Portal at https://dx.gov.vn (or scan the accompanying QR code).
To ensure that the National Digital Transformation Day in 2024 has a strong impact on the whole society, the Ministry of Information and Communications has coordinated with agencies, organizations, and businesses to implement activities to popularize the brand identity.
Organizing the National Digital Transformation Day Program on October 10, 2024
In 2024, the program to celebrate the National Digital Transformation Day is expected to be a sharing and dialogue between the Government leaders and outstanding organizations, businesses, and members of the Community Digital Technology Group nationwide, who have contributed to the common development of the national digital economy.
Searching for and honoring typical organizations and individuals in implementing the National Digital Transformation
Typical activities include:
– Ministries and sectors and localities search for and propose honoring outstanding public services.
– Information technology associations and organizations call on organizations and individuals to create and develop digital applications to grow the digital economy in 2024; organize the honoring of excellent digital applications for economic development; and assess the impact of digital technology and digital platforms on society.
– Organize the “Make in Viet Nam Digital Technology Product” award or the National Forum on the Development of Vietnamese Digital Technology Enterprises, and a seminar to promote 5G technology products.
The activities in response to the National Digital Transformation Day in 2024 carry a common spirit of innovation, cost-saving, and practical results./.
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