Building of information infrastructure in service of state agencies in Vietnam

Building of information infrastructure in service of state agencies in Vietnam (Internet image)

Article 10 of Decree 64/2007/ND-CP stipulates the regulations on the building of information infrastructure in service of state agencies in Vietnam as follows:

- The Ministry of Post and Telematics shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned agencies in, building special-use networks; and sum up estimated funds from the state budget and other sources for investment in the building, exploitation, maintenance, and upgrading of information infrastructure in service of state agencies.

- Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, and provincial-level People's Committees shall organize the building, exploitation, maintenance, and upgrading of information infrastructure within their respective branches or localities.

- State agencies shall invest in the building, exploitation, maintenance, and upgrading of their information infrastructure in accordance with prescribed standards and technical regulations.

In addition, this Decree also stipulates the regulations on the building of national databases in Vietnam as follows:

- A national database means a collection of information in one or several socio-economic domains that is built, updated, and maintained to meet the demand of economic sectors for information access and use and serve public interests.

- The Ministry of Post and Telematics shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned agencies in, elaborating and submitting a list of national databases to the Prime Minister for promulgation and defining the responsibilities of state agencies for building national databases under the provisions of Clause 3 of this Article.

- State agencies assigned to assume the prime responsibility for building and maintaining national databases shall promulgate regulations on the building, management, exploitation, protection, and maintenance of national databases.

More details can be found in Decree 64/2007/ND-CP, which comes into force from May 18, 2007.

Ty Na

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