IT policies and master plan VIETNAM

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IT policies and master planVIETNAM

NGUYEN TRUNG QUYNH Office of the Techno-Economic
Program on Information Technology Ministry of
Science , Technology and Environment November 2001
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Current Situation of IT in Vietnam

• Beginning of IT use in Government, Effectiveness
  of IT use in Banking, Customs, Finance management
• 24.000 IT students graduated from universities
  and Colleges. 800.000 PC
• Beginning of Internet development and IT
  Industry, 200.000 internet subscriber
• Problem Low IT and Internet use, Quality of
  Education and Training, Lack of Law and
  Regulation on IT

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IT Policies

• Directive No. 58-CT/TW dated October 17, 2000.
• Resolution No. 07/2000/NQ-CP dated June 05, 2000
• Decision No 128/2000/QD-TTg dated November 20,
  2000.
• Decision No 81/2001/QD-TTg dated May 24, 2001

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Directive No58-CT/TW

• - Wide of IT use, IT - key factor of
  Socio-economic development
• - Develop the national information network high
  speed, full and qualify services, cheap price
• - IT industry will become a spearhead economic
  sector.

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Resolution No. 07/2000/NQ-CP

• - Develop SW industry become a spearhead economic
  sector.
• - Have 25.0000 SW specialties by the year 2005.
• - Reaching a production of SW value of about 500
  M USD by the year 2005.

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Decision No.128/2000/QD-TTg

• Income tariff taxes (SW foreign Investment) 10
• Tax free business income for 4 yeas
• VAT - 0
• SW Export tax - free
• High speed, qualify, full Telecommunication and
  Internet services, competitive price.

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Decision No.81/2001/QD-TTg

• 2005 IT Vietnam reaches regional average level.
• National information network covers all the
  country high speed, full and qualify services,
  cheap price.
• Growth rate of IT industry is 20-25. 2005
  Internet subsribers 1.5
• Train more 50.000 IT specialists, 25.000 SW
  specialists

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National Programs

• Program on telecommunication, Internet
• Program on HR development
• Program on SW development
• Program on HW development

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it master plan (2001-2005)
October 2001
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Key issues

• 1. Wide of IT use and High Effectiveness of IT
  use
• 2. Development of Telecommunication and Internet
• 3. Building IT Industry
• 4. Human Resource Development on IT
• 5. Promotion of RD
• 6. Building Institutional Environment for IT
  development
• 7. Improvement of National Wide IT Management
• 8. Raising IT awareness in Society

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Wideness and High effectiveness of IT use

• Banking, Government Finance Management System
  (Budget and Taxation System), Customs System,
• E- commerce for SME, E-Asean
• Agricultural and Rural Development
• Crime control
• Administration Reform
• Urban management in Hanoi and HoChi Minh
• Information System on Statistics, Law and
  Regulation, Science and Technology, Education and
  Training, Cultural Heritage

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Telecommunication and Internet Development

• Telecommunication and Internet should meet
  demands of IT use and development
• Full Internet Service with Competitive Price
• Competitive Environment for Telecommunication and
  Internet Service
• Low Price for Education,Training, Government
  Service

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IT Industry

• Software Development High Skill Professional for
  labor export and meeting local market,
  Subcontract, Software Customization for local
  market, Reach Content. Target 0,5 B.USD
• Hardware Development Quality of Assembled
  Computer , Manufacturing Information/Internet
  Appliances. Target 1 B.USD
• Attracting FDI in IT Industry

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Human Resource Development

• More 50.000 qualified IT Student graduated from
  Universities and Colleges
• New/ upgrading quality IT education and Training
  System
• Encouragment of private sector in IT education
  and training
• Internet to all kind of Schools ( EduNet )
• Policy on Supporting IT education and training

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RD Promotion

• Close Linkage of RD, Education and Market
• Promotion of RD for Star-up Company
• Promotion of RD for project serving common
• public interest, bridge for digital gap, solving
  typical local problems
• Creating tools for promotion of Vietnamese
  content and multilanguage translation.
• Vietnamese interface

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Institutional Environment

• For IT use Sharing Information, Security and
  Privacy- Cyber Law
• For promotion of IT Use
• For IT Industry Attracting FDI and Domestic
  Investment
• Intellectual Property
• Harmony with International Regulation

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Improvement of National Wide IT Management

• New Governmental organization for IT
  Telecommunication Management
• Government CIO System
• Education and Training of CIO

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Raising IT awareness in Society

• Training courses for leaders and Government
  Officers
• IT training centers for citizens
• Public media