{"slug": "vietnam-charts-digital-future-with-ambitious-2026-2030-strategy", "title": "Vietnam charts digital future with ambitious 2026-2030 strategy", "summary": "Vietnam has approved a National Digital Transformation Strategy for 2026-2030, aiming to become a developed digital nation with digital government, economy, and society. Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung signed Decision 1266/QD-TTg on July 14, targeting 99% public satisfaction with online services, digital economy at 30% of GDP by 2030, and ranking among the world's top 50 in UN e-government assessments.", "body_md": "# Vietnam charts digital future with ambitious 2026-2030 strategy\n\nVietnam aims to become a developed digital nation where digital transformation is implemented comprehensively across all sectors and serves as the country's principal development model, [VNA](https://vietnamlawmagazine.vn/vietnam-approves-national-digital-transformation-strategy-for-2026-2030-80087.html) reports.\n\nThe strategy envisions a modern system of national governance powered by data and AI, strong domestic capabilities in strategic digital technologies, platforms and products, and firm protection of national digital sovereignty.\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung has signed a decision approving the National Digital Transformation Strategy for 2026–2030, with a vision to 2045, setting out ambitious targets to build a prosperous, secure and human-centred digital nation while accelerating economic growth through data and artificial intelligence (AI).\n\nIssued under Decision 1266/QD-TTg dated July 14, the strategy places people and businesses at the centre of the country's digital transformation, identifying them as both the driving force and the primary beneficiaries of the process.\n\nVietnam aims to become a developed digital nation where digital transformation is implemented comprehensively across all sectors and serves as the country's principal development model. The strategy envisions a modern system of national governance powered by data and AI, strong domestic capabilities in strategic digital technologies, platforms and products, and firm protection of national digital sovereignty.\n\nThe strategy outlines three groups of objectives covering digital government, the digital economy and digital society.\n\nUnder the digital government pillar, Vietnam targets the full digitalisation of all administrative records and the results of administrative procedures by 2030.\n\nIt aims for 99 per cent public satisfaction with online public services, while all ministries, sectors and localities are expected to use national shared digital platforms for governance, public administration and service delivery.\n\nAll government information systems will be connected through national data-sharing services, while every national, sectoral and provincial shared database will be standardised, interconnected and made ready for AI applications.\n\nThe strategy also calls for all provincial smart operation centres to be upgraded with AI capabilities for analysis, forecasting, early warning, monitoring and decision support.\n\nEvery public official and civil servant will have an electronic personnel record, and all government employees will receive digital skills training. Officials responsible for digital transformation and information technology will receive regular technology updates, while every public servant will be provided with an AI assistant account and trained to use AI-powered tools in public administration.\n\nIn addition, 70 per cent of official statistical indicators are expected to be compiled from administrative data sources, reducing reliance on traditional surveys.\n\nVietnam also aims to rank among the world's top 50 countries in the United Nations' e-government and digital government assessments.\n\nThe strategy sets an ambitious goal of increasing the digital economy's contribution to at least 30per cent of GDP by 2030.\n\nAt least 500,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will receive support to undertake digital transformation.\n\nThe country also plans to establish and operate at least five secure and legally compliant data exchanges to facilitate data sharing and innovation.\n\nE-commerce is expected to account for 15-17 per cent of total retail sales and consumer service revenue.\n\nMeanwhile, 45 per cent of SMEs in the commercial sector are expected to participate in major domestic and international e-commerce platforms.\n\nThe strategy also targets a dramatic expansion of cashless payments, with the total transaction value reaching 30 times GDP.\n\nMore than 40 per cent of SMEs are expected to adopt \"model-as-a-service\" platforms, AI agents or shared AI solutions to improve productivity and competitiveness.\n\nTo narrow the digital divide, the strategy aims to extend fibre-optic broadband infrastructure to all households nationwide.\n\nAt least 95 per cent of people aged 15 and above are expected to hold bank accounts or accounts with other authorised financial institutions.\n\nMore than 70 per cent of adults aged 18 and above will have personal digital or electronic signatures, while electronic health records are targeted to cover the entire population.\n\nThe Government also plans to provide basic digital skills training to at least 10 million working-age people during the 2026-2030 period.\n\n**Data identified as a strategic national resource**\n\nThe strategy describes data as a strategic resource underpinning digital government, the digital economy and digital society.\n\nIt calls for the establishment of a unified national data governance framework based on the principles that data must be accurate, sufficient, clean, continuously updated, standardised, shared, securely protected and effectively utilised.\n\nPriority will be given to completing and connecting national, sectoral and local databases while building an integrated national database that incorporates AI to support policymaking, public administration and service delivery.\n\nKey databases will include population, land, business, finance, insurance, healthcare, education, labour, social security, public personnel, transport, and natural resources and environment.\n\nThe strategy also emphasises accelerating the digitalisation, standardisation, cleansing and reuse of administrative data to simplify procedures, shorten processing times, increase the proportion of fully online services and improve user satisfaction.\n\nAt the same time, Vietnam will continue expanding national shared digital platforms integrated with AI, including platforms for data integration and sharing, digital identity and authentication, digital payments, digital mapping, governance and reporting, AI assistants, open data, as well as sector-specific platforms serving healthcare, education, commerce, logistics, agriculture, tourism and smart cities.\n\n**Promoting a \"Make in Vietnam\" digital technology ecosystem**\n\nThe strategy identifies Vietnamese digital technology enterprises as the core force for mastering and developing digital technologies while addressing major national digital transformation challenges.\n\nThese enterprises are expected to play a leading role in developing digital government, digital economy, digital society and the country's digital technology industry, while bringing digital technologies into every sector and locality.\n\nPriority will be given to building a competitive \"Make in Viet Nam\" digital technology ecosystem centred on companies specialising in digital platforms, data, AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, semiconductors, software, digital content and sector-specific digital transformation solutions.\n\nThe Government also pledges to leverage its role as a major customer and market for domestic technology companies.\n\nThrough public procurement, government contracts, service outsourcing and regulatory sandbox mechanisms, the State will create early market opportunities for locally developed digital products and services, particularly in online public services, shared digital platforms, national databases, cybersecurity, digital healthcare, digital education, digital payments and digital governance.\n\nIn addition, digital technology enterprises will receive support to strengthen research and development, product design, intellectual property, quality standards, cybersecurity, commercialisation and market expansion.\n\nThe strategy also encourages stronger collaboration among large corporations, SMEs, research institutes, universities, innovation centres, high-tech parks and government agencies to build domestic digital technology value chains and increase local value added in Vietnam's digital products and services.\n\nEarlier, it was reported that Vietnam’s auto sales [had climbed](https://qazinform.com/news/vietnams-auto-sales-climb-15-in-first-half-of-2026-as-hybrids-lead-growth-d9ee24) 15% in the first half of 2026 as hybrids led growth.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vietnam-charts-digital-future-with-ambitious-2026-2030-strategy", "canonical_source": "https://qazinform.com/news/vietnam-charts-digital-future-with-ambitious-2026-2030-strategy-cfb3e4", "published_at": "2026-07-21 14:14:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 14:31:26.215645+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Vietnam", "Ho Quoc Dung", "Decision 1266/QD-TTg", "United Nations"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vietnam-charts-digital-future-with-ambitious-2026-2030-strategy", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vietnam-charts-digital-future-with-ambitious-2026-2030-strategy.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vietnam-charts-digital-future-with-ambitious-2026-2030-strategy.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vietnam-charts-digital-future-with-ambitious-2026-2030-strategy.jsonld"}}