HANOI, 22nd November, 2024 (WAM) -- Vietnam has adopted a national action plan on digital economy development, which outlines key tasks and solutions for the 2024-2025 period, reported the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
The freshly-issued plan aims to accelerate the development of Vietnam's digital economy in line with the targets set in Decision No. 411/QD-TTg, which approved the National Strategy on Digital Economy and Digital Society Development by 2025 with a vision toward 2030.
The plan puts forth four major tasks and solutions, covering ICT-based digital economy, digital data, sector-specific digital economy, and digital governance.
Accordingly, information technology serves the foundational sector to drive digital economy growth. The plan also promotes the readiness of high-quality datasets as well as the circulation, sharing, and opening of data.
Priorities will be given to key sectors where Vietnam has significant potential for digital economy, including wholesale and retail, agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and logistics.