What are the position and function of the National Digital Transformation Agency? What are the tasks and powers of the National Digital Transformation Agency?
The Position and Function of the National Digital Transformation Department is Regulated as Follows:
Pursuant to Article 1 of Decision 1925/QD-BTTTT in 2022 which regulates the position and function of the National Digital Transformation Department as follows:
- The National Digital Transformation Department is an organization under the Ministry of Information and Communications, fulfilling the function of advising and assisting the Minister in the state management and enforcement of laws on the application of information technology in state agencies, developing the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, digital government; it is the focal point for synthesis, advising, coordination, and promotion of national digital transformation.
- The National Digital Transformation Department has legal entity status, its own seal, and account as per legal regulations, with its headquarter located in Hanoi.
The Position and Function of the National Digital Transformation Department is Regulated as Follows. The Tasks and Powers of the Department are Defined as Follows.
What are the Tasks and Powers of the National Digital Transformation Department Regarding National Digital Transformation?
According to Clause 1, Article 2 of Decision 1925/QD-BTTTT in 2022 regulating the tasks and powers of the National Digital Transformation Department regarding national digital transformation as follows:
- National Digital Transformation
+ Advise and assist the Minister in performing the duties of the Standing Committee of the National Committee on Digital Transformation; operate the Standing Division of the Task Force assisting the National Committee on Digital Transformation; aggregate, advise, and coordinate inter-sectoral activities among ministries, central authorities, and local authorities to implement guidelines, strategies, mechanisms, and policies that create a legal environment, promoting national digital transformation;+ Take the lead in cooperating with relevant agencies and units to draft and submit to the Minister for issuance or propose the Minister to submit to competent authorities for the issuance of legal documents on national digital transformation;+ Take the lead and coordinate with relevant agencies to draft and submit to the Minister for issuance or propose to competent authorities for the issuance of long-term, medium-term, and annual development indicators and plans on national digital transformation, focusing on the development of digital government, digital economy, digital society, digital infrastructure, digital platforms, digital workforce, and cybersecurity to meet the goals of developing digital government, digital economy, and digital society nationwide;- Promoting the development and use of national digital platforms:
+ Take the lead and cooperate with relevant agencies and units to research, draft, and submit to competent authorities for the issuance and update the list of national digital platforms by phase;+ Take the lead and cooperate with relevant agencies and units to research and propose solutions to promote the use of digital platforms, monitor, measure, and evaluate the usage of digital platforms;+ Act as the focal point to cooperate with leading agencies, units, and enterprises in developing national digital platforms in building functional and technical requirements;- Digital Data:
+ Take the lead in connecting, integrating, and sharing data through the national data integration and sharing platform; coordinate, supervise, and resolve issues in the process of data connection and sharing; guide the implementation of digital data management activities, data sharing, and exploitation in state agencies, including open data;+ Monitor the implementation of digital data management activities, connection, sharing, and exploitation of digital data in state agencies according to legal regulations; collect, publish, and manage common data catalogs, lists of data-providing agencies, data provided and published, and shared according to legal regulations and the Minister's assignments;+ Evaluate and rank the level of digital transformation of ministries, central authorities, local authorities, and the nation;+ Take the lead in developing, managing, and operating the national digital data integration and sharing platform; the national digital data portal; the Government of Vietnam's cloud computing platform, and other digital platforms serving the development of electronic government, digital government, and national digital transformation as assigned by the Minister.What are the Tasks and Powers of the National Digital Transformation Department Regarding the Application of Information Technology in State Agencies, Development of the Government of Vietnam's Electronic Government?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 2 of Decision 1925/QD-BTTTT in 2022 which regulates the tasks and powers of the National Digital Transformation Department regarding the application of information technology in state agencies, development of the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, and digital government as follows:
- Take the lead and cooperate with relevant units to draft and submit to the Minister for issuance or propose the Minister to submit to competent authorities for the issuance of legal documents on: the application of information technology in state agencies, development of the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, digital government, management of investment in the application of information technology, digital transformation in state agencies according to legal regulations;
- Take the lead and coordinate with relevant agencies to draft and submit to the Minister for issuance or propose to competent authorities for the issuance of long-term, medium-term, annual development strategies and plans, programs, schemes, projects on: the application of information technology in state agencies, development of the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, digital government;
- Guide, organize, and inspect the implementation of legal documents, policies, strategies, programs, plans, schemes, projects, mechanisms, regulations on:
+ The application of information technology in state agencies, development of the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, digital government, management of investment in the application of information technology, and digital transformation in state agencies according to legal regulations;+ Take the lead and cooperate with relevant sectors of ministries in appraising, inspecting, evaluating the construction and implementation of programs, plans, schemes, projects on: the application of information technology, development of the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, digital government of ministries, central authorities, and local authorities according to legal regulations;+ Take the lead in drafting and submitting to the Minister or competent authorities for issuance and implementing, maintaining, updating, and organizing the implementation of the Framework Architecture of the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, digital government of Vietnam;+ Take the lead and coordinate with relevant agencies in drafting and submitting to the Minister for issuance guidelines on the structure, layout, and technical requirements for the electronic information portal, public service portal of state agencies;+ Take the lead in drafting evaluation criteria, submitting to the Minister for issuance and organizing the evaluation of products, solutions, applications of information technology, and digital transformation serving the development of the Government of Vietnam's electronic government, digital government; manage and supervise the effectiveness, level of provision, and use of information by state agencies in the online environment;+ Take the lead in developing, managing, operating, and guiding state agencies to connect with the monitoring and measurement system for the provision and use of digital government services.LawNet