Tasks and powers on digital transformation of Vietnam National Digital Transformation Department

The Minister of Information and Communications of Vietnam issued Decision 1925/QD-BTTTT stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of Vietnam National Digital Transformation Department on October 19, 2022.

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Position and functions of Vietnam National Digital Transformation Department

According to Decision 1925/QD-BTTTT, Vietnam National Digital Transformation Department is an organization under the Ministry of Information and Communications, performing the function of advising and assisting the Minister in state management and law enforcement on information technology applications in state agencies; developing e-Government and digital government; and is the focal point for synthesizing, advising, coordinating, and promoting national digital transformation.

Vietnam National Digital Transformation Department has legal status, its own seal and account in accordance with the law, and its head office is located in Hanoi city.

Duties and powers on digital transformation in Vietnam National Digital Transformation Department

According to Decision 1925/QD-BTTTT, Vietnam National Digital Transformation Department has the following tasks and powers on national digital transformation:

- To advise and assist the Minister in performing the duties of the Standing Committee of the National Committee on Digital Transformation; operate the Standing Department of the Working Group to assist the National Committee on Digital Transformation; synthesize, advise and coordinate interdisciplinary coordination activities among ministries, branches, and localities to implement guidelines, strategies, mechanisms, and policies to create a legal environment and promote national digital transformation;

- To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned agencies and units in, formulating and submitting to the Minister for promulgation or for the Minister to submit to competent agencies for promulgation legal documents on national digital transformation;

- To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies in, formulating and submitting to the Minister for promulgation or for the Minister to submit to competent authorities for promulgation, long-term, medium-term and annual development targets and plans on the national digital transformation, which focus on developing digital government, digital economy, digital society, digital infrastructure, digital platform, digital human resources, and network information security to meet the development goals of digital government, digital economy, and digital society on a national scale;

- Regarding promoting the development and use of national digital platforms: assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with research agencies and units, submitting to competent authorities for promulgation and updating the list of national digital platforms by stage;

Take charge and cooperate with relevant agencies and units to research and propose solutions to promote the use of digital platforms; monitor, measure, and evaluate the use of digital platforms; act as the focal point for coordination with key agencies, units, and enterprises in developing the national digital platform in formulating functional requirements and technical features;

- Regarding digital data: assume the prime responsibility for connecting, integrating, and sharing data through the national data sharing and integration platform; coordinate, check, monitor, and solve problems in the process of connecting and sharing data; guide the implementation of digital data administration, sharing administration, and exploitation activities in state agencies, including open data;

Supervising the execution of digital data administration activities; connecting, sharing, and exploiting digital data in state agencies in accordance with the law; collecting, publishing, and managing digital data on the shared list, the list of digital data providers, and digital data provided, published, and shared in accordance with the law and as assigned by the Minister;

- To assess and rank the digital transformation levels of ministries, branches, localities, and the country;

- To preside over building, managing, and operating the national digital data sharing and integration platform; national digital data portal; government cloud computing platform; and other digital platforms for the development of e-government, digital government, and national digital transformation as assigned by the Minister.

Decision 1925/QD-BTTTT takes effect from the date of signing and promulgation.

Chau Thanh

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