By 2030, will Vietnam strive to reach 95% of adults having smartphones to achieve the goal of digital society development?
The national strategy for development of digital economy and digital society by 2025, orientation towards 2030 is approved in Decision 411/QD-TTg in 2022 with the remarkable contents about the development of Vietnam's digital society below.
By 2030, will Vietnam strive to reach 95% of adults having smartphones to achieve the goal of digital society development?
What is digital society? What are the requirements for development of digital society?
Digital society means a society with in which digital technology is naturally integrated in all aspects of life, people are connected, able to interact and proficient in digital skills serving the use of digital services, thereby establishing a new relationship in the digital environment, digital habits and digital cultures.
Typical characteristics of a digital society include: digital citizens, digital connection and digital culture. Digital citizens are characterized by digital identities, digital devices, digital skills and digital accounts. Digital connection is characterized by the people's connectivity, including the percentage of people who access to fiber-optic internet, broadband mobile network and internet users. Digital culture is characterized by the popularity of online public services, online services, digital healthcare services and digital education in the people.
Digital society development must be accompanied by creation of cultural values that are appropriate for the digital era, accessible to the people; selective adoption of the world's cultures to improve spiritual life of Vietnamese people.
Promote creativity of the people in the digital society and protect the people from the risks and threats in the digital society.
What are the objectives to develop digital society by 2025?
According to the Decision, the primary objectives to develop digital society by 2025 include:
- Percentage of mature population having smart phones is 80%;
- Percentage of population aged 15 and older having payment accounts at banks or other permitted organizations is 80%;
- Percentage of mature population having digital signatures is over 50%;
- Percentage of population in the working age with basic digital skill training is over 70%;
- Percentage of households with optic-fiber internet connection is 80%;
- Percentage of population having internet connection with basic protection is over 70%;
- Percentage of mature population using online public services is over 50%;
- Percentage of mature population using online health consultancy, remote medical examination and treatment services is over 30%;
- Percentage of population with electronic health records is 90%;
- Percentage of universities, colleges, vocational education institutions with completed models for digital administration, digital operation, standardized digital data and open digital learning materials is 80%;
- Percentage of primary and secondary education institutions with completed models for digital administration, digital operation, standardized digital data and open digital learning materials is 70%.
By 2030, will Vietnam strive to reach 95% of adults having smartphones to achieve the goal of digital society development?
According to the Decision, the primary objectives to develop digital society by 2030 include:
- Percentage of mature population having smart phones is 95%;
- Percentage of population aged 15 and older having payment accounts at banks or other permitted organizations is over 95%;
- Percentage of mature population having digital signatures is over 70%;
- Percentage of population in the working age with basic digital skill training is over 80%;
- Percentage of households with optic-fiber internet connection is 100%;
- Percentage of population having internet connection with basic protection is over 80%.
- Percentage of mature population using online public services is over 70%;
- Percentage of mature population using online health consultancy, remote medical examination and treatment services is over 50%;
- Percentage of population with electronic health records is over 95%;
- Percentage of universities, colleges, vocational education institutions with completed models for digital administration, digital operation, standardized digital data and open digital learning materials is 100%;
- Percentage of primary and secondary education institutions with completed models for digital administration, digital operation, standardized digital data and open digital learning materials is 95%.
Thus, Vietnam has set a goal of striving to develop a digital society where 95% of adults have smartphones by 2030.
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