Ho Chi Minh City will have a mechanism to support businesses in digital transformation

On the afternoon of April 15, within the framework of the “Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum 2022” being held in Ho Chi Minh City, the City People’s Committee held a conference to meet businesses with information technology experts to listen to the sharing and initiatives of the community of experts and businesses in promoting the digital economy in Ho Chi Minh City. The community of nearly 100 businesses, experts and associations attended the conference.

From the results of measuring the contribution of the digital economy in the proportion of economic development for the first time, Ho Chi Minh City proposes a goal of developing the digital economy higher than the whole country. Accordingly, by 2025, the digital economy will contribute 25% and by 2030, 40%, while the respective national targets are 20% and 30%.

The digital economy also helps to increase labor productivity, create new business opportunities for businesses, make an important contribution to restructuring the economy and in the immediate future help to quickly recover in terms of growth. The success of digital transformation and digital economy in Ho Chi Minh City will make an important contribution to the success of the whole country, and at the same time affirm the city’s leading role and position in economy, finance and trade. , science and technology at the national and regional level.

Sharing at the conference, Mr. Pham Binh An, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies, said that the digital economy is a new category with potential for development. The application of many statistical methods to determine the contribution of the digital economy in the economy in general and to find solutions to promote the digital economy. A report by the Ho Chi Minh City Development Research Institute determined that in 2021, Ho Chi Minh City’s digital economy will reach US$ 8.27 billion, equivalent to 14.41% of GRDP.

Recognizing the role of human resources in developing the digital economy, Professor Vu Hai Quan, Director of Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, said that Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City currently provides a team of more than 4000 technology engineers. every year, training 1/10 of the information technology human resources for the city. VNU currently has a program to incubate human resources, propose to the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and businesses to have more scholarships, to join hands to build a training environment for high-quality IT engineers and innovation centers. meet the needs of digital transformation.

Ho Chi Minh City will study a proposed mechanism to support businesses participating in digital transformation

Emphasizing on building data and digital transformation tools, Mr. Ngo Dien Hy, General Director of VNPT Group, said that Ho Chi Minh City needs to continue to perfect the one-stop system, which is considered a revolution in the industry. public administration in Ho Chi Minh City, building a system to store and unify with data on the national web portal. Mr. Hy also said that in order to build a shared data warehouse, it is necessary to have a structure, develop a team, and combine public-private partnership in building common data.

Representatives of many small and medium enterprises in the field of information technology, commercial production enterprises that have inherited the results of digital transformation also shared with the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City the advantages and disadvantages in the process of digital transformation. digital transformation, focusing on the proposal that Ho Chi Minh City need to have financial policies to support businesses in digital transformation, business management programs, sales software, management, and electronic financial invoices. , voucher number. Expect banks to have priority policies, support participation in the digital transformation process, etc.

At the conference, the Department of Information and Communications, Ho Chi Minh City Business Association, Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association signed a unified cooperation agreement: Organizing the implementation of digital transformation in enterprises, performing the task of transforming enterprises. change the number assigned by Ho Chi Minh City; Coordinate training connections, participate in criticism in the process of building digital transformation.

At the conference, Mr. Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, stated his determination to complete the city’s digital transformation program in 2022, and at the same time invited and suggested businesses, associations and departments to participate. participate in 5 tasks of developing the city’s digital economy. He emphasized that “departments, associations and businesses need to study and propose a mechanism to support businesses to participate in the digital transformation process, if there is a suitable plan, the city will approve the proposed mechanism.” there”. Mr. Mai also encouraged, businesses, experts in terms of contributing the most, to be co-authors in the digital transformation of Ho Chi Minh City, creating a breakthrough revolution, bringing Ho Chi Minh City to the top. the leading position in the development of the country’s digital economy.

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