Vietnam Digital Transformation Award 2022 starts accepting online applications

The Vietnam Digital Awards 2022 – Vietnam Digital Awards 2022 has just been officially launched by the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA) on April 21.

Continuing to receive the patronage of the Ministry of Information and Communications and directly organized by the electronic magazine VietTimes, this year’s Vietnam Digital Transformation Award aims to honor outstanding digital transformation achievements of state agencies and units. careers, businesses and individuals, contributing to promoting the national digital transformation.

In the statement announcing the launch of the Vietnam Digital Transformation Award 2022, Dr. Nguyen Minh Hong, former Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, President of VDCA, Head of the Award Organizing Committee said: This is the 5th year the award has been awarded. launched to continue responding to the Politburo’s Resolution on a number of guidelines and policies to actively participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the National Digital Transformation Program to 2025, with orientation to 2030. government.

“I believe that the award will continue to discover and promote typical digital products, services and solutions in Vietnam to promote to domestic and international markets. At the same time, the award also continues to honor and encourage state agencies and businesses in all fields to boldly innovate, invest, and apply digital technology for successful digital transformation.Mr. Nguyen Minh Hong shared.

The organizers will receive online applications from today, April 21 to July 15 at the website of the Vietnam Digital Transformation Award at vda.com.vn. Agencies, organizations and businesses registered to participate in the awards under the following categories: Typical digital technology products, services and solutions; Excellent digital transformation enterprises and units; State agency for excellent digital transformation; Products and solutions for digital transformation for the community; Foreign products, services and solutions.

Thus, from the fifth period of organization, the Vietnam Digital Transformation Award applies revised regulations, with an additional category of honoring “Foreign products, services and solutions”. This new award category will be selected and awarded to a foreign organization with a legal representative in Vietnam or a foreign individual with a permanent residence card in Vietnam operating in the ICT field, owning products and services. , typical digital technology solutions, contributing to building a digital government, developing the digital economy and digital society, and solving urgent practical problems in Vietnam.

Talking to the press, a representative of the Organizing Committee said that the Vietnam Digital Transformation Award in the past 4 periods of organization focused on honoring Vietnamese IT products, services and solutions. However, effective products and solutions of foreign organizations with legal representatives in Vietnam, which contribute to solving some urgent problems in digital transformation in Vietnam, should also be honored. This is practical for the national digital transformation.

As proof of his statement, the representative of the Award Organizing Committee, for example, at the Ministry of Education and Training, Microsoft Team has free 7 million hours of online learning for Vietnamese students, contributing to bringing many benefits to Vietnamese education. Nam: “Thanks to digital transformation, the best teacher can teach all students across the country. Thus, saving a lot of time, and students are also taught by good teachers.”

Mr. Vu Kiem Van, Deputy Secretary General, Deputy Head of the Award Organizing Committee added: When evaluating solutions of foreign enterprises, the Organizing Committee will not over-evaluate the technology, but focus on considering the nature of the solutions. application and the urgency and importance of that solution in solving the problems of society and life.

“The reason is that most foreign products have been completed and packaged in terms of technology, so we only need to evaluate the applicability. For example, foreign platforms in an urgent period serving tens of millions of people will bring great results and should be honored. Unlike in category 1 – “Typical digital technology products, services and solutions”, the Organizing Committee carefully evaluates technology, features, and security.Mr. Vu Kiem Van said.

According to the plan, from the end of July to the middle of August, the Preliminary Selection Council and the Final Selection Council for the Vietnam Digital Transformation Award 2022 will work to select the outstanding units to be honored. in the Award Ceremony scheduled to be held in mid-October.

Through 4 periods held, the Vietnam Digital Transformation Award has reached more than 10,000 agencies and businesses nationwide; attracted about 1,000 entries; honoring 260 typical digital transformation initiatives and excellent digital transformation agencies and organizations. Award-winning individuals, organizations and businesses have continuously developed and actively contributed to the national digital transformation.

Van Anh