Minister of Information and Communications works with Ninh Binh's leaders

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said that Ninh Binh has been chosen as one of the provinces to pilot digital transformation, hence it has defined the responsibility, opportunity and determination to fulfill the task set by the Government and the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The 22^nd Provincial Party Congress's Resolution also defined "Building an e-administration and digital transformation" is a strategic task in the short- and long terms and one of three breakthrough steps to realise the province's development goals, she said.

With this view, in 2021 and 2022, Ninh Binh allocated 150 billion VND for the application of information technology, building an e-administration and accelerating digital administration. The sum made up 1 percent of the locality's budget-balance spending, tripling the figure in 2020.

The building and development of an e-administration and digital transformation have gained initial outcomes, contributing to the province's socio-economic growth.

Ninh Binh ranked 8th in the country in digital transformation in 2020, while it is among top 10-15 provinces and cities in administrative reform.

The province has seen comprehensive progress in socio-economic development. It collected over 22 trillion VND for the state budget in 2021, and becomes a self-budget-balancing province in 2022.

Ha also hoped that the working session would provide a chance for Ninh Binh leaders and officials of departments, sectors and localities to exchange, remove difficulties and put forth proposals related to IT, building an e-administration and digital administration.

The Secretary also expected to receive more support from the Minister and members of the delegation, thus creating favourable conditions for Ninh Binh to gain breakthrough development steps in the coming time.

During the working session, participant discussed and exchanged views on solutions to implement e-administration.

Speaking at the session, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung spoke highly of Ninh Binh's achievements in digital transformation in the recent years, and asked Ninh Binh to pay more attention to changing its mindset and way of access to digital transformation, and training human resources for digital transformation.

The Ministry of Information and Communications will always accompany and help Ninh Binh to remove difficulties, thus successfully implementing digital transformation and becoming a model for the whole country in several fields, he added.

Translated by Nguyen Thuy