Vietnam: By 2030, to ensure that 100% of geospatial data is connected and shared nationwide

Vietnam: By 2030, to ensure that 100% of geospatial data is connected and shared nationwide (Internet image)

On March 37, 2023, the Government of Vietnam issued Resolution 40/NQ-CP approving the development strategy of Vietnam's surveying and cartography industry and building the national geospatial data infrastructure by 2030, with a vision to 2045.

By 2030, to ensure that 100% of geospatial data is connected and shared nationwide

According to  Resolution 40/NQ-CP, the Government of Vietnam has set the following objectives:

(1) Targets to 2030

- Completing institutions, policies, and laws on surveying and cartography.

- Building and updating the national geographic database and the national topographic map system in a synchronous and uniform manner throughout the country on Vietnam's mainland, sea areas, and islands; ensuring that they are fully and accurately updated; promptly meeting the state management requirements of ministries, branches, and localities, serving socio-economic development; ensuring national defense and security; preventing natural disasters; and responding to climate change.

- Construction and completion of measurement infrastructure, including: national coordinate network, the national satellite navigation station network, the national altitude network, the national gravity network, and the geoid model to establish a unified national spatial coordinate system and reference system on land and at sea.

- Building and managing the national spatial data infrastructure to ensure the integration and sharing of geospatial data between agencies and departments, between the central and local governments in service of e-Government development, toward digital government, digital economy, and digital society; joining and connecting to the regional geospatial data infrastructure network.

Ensure 100% of geospatial data is connected and shared nationwide to provide information and public services to organizations and individuals.

(2) Vision to 2045

- Developing Vietnam's surveying and cartography industry into a modern basic survey industry, on a par with developed countries, striving to master 80% of advanced and modern technologies.

- Developing the national geospatial data infrastructure to ensure the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of the value of information, data, surveying, and cartographic products and meeting the requirements for geospatial data. of the whole society, serving the tasks of national defense, security, digital government, digital economy, and digital society; joining and connecting to the global geospatial data infrastructure network.

Completing institutions, policies, and laws on surveying and cartography in Vietnam

In order to improve institutions, policies, and laws on surveying and cartography, the Government has set out the following tasks and solutions:

- Building and perfecting the system of policies and laws on surveying and cartography in the direction of institutional construction for sustainable development, ensuring feasibility, synchrony, and uniformity, and making it suitable to the scientific and technological level of surveying and mapping and the socio-economic conditions of Vietnam.

Creating a favorable legal corridor to mobilize domestic and foreign resources for investment in the construction of measurement infrastructure, scientific development, technology transfer, and human resource training.
to develop Vietnam's surveying and cartography industry.

- Developing organizational models, regulations on management and sharing of geospatial data among ministries and branches, between central and local governments, and between local departments.

- Developing regulations on the powers, roles, and responsibilities of each agency and organization in participating in the construction of the national geospatial data infrastructure.

- Developing regulations on reporting and monitoring results of the construction of national geospatial data infrastructure.

- Strengthening the system of specialized agencies in charge of surveying and cartography from the central to local levels to ensure modernity and synchronization; building a contingent of highly qualified and professional staff; strengthening inspection and examination of the observance of the law on surveying and cartography.

Resolution 40/NQ-CP takes effect from the date of signing.

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