Vietnam Ministry Makes Digital Transformation Mandatory in Staff Reviews, With 58 Services Already Online
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Updated · VietNamNet · May 26
Vietnam Ministry Makes Digital Transformation Mandatory in Staff Reviews, With 58 Services Already Online
2 articles · Updated · VietNamNet · May 26
Digital transformation performance will become a required criterion in periodic staff evaluations across Vietnam’s Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, with leaders ordered to ensure every unit joins the effort.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Hai Trung said the push is meant to streamline the ministry, raise work efficiency and support national growth, arguing that leaders must define operational needs instead of leaving the work to technical teams.
58 online public services have already been deployed on the ministry office’s testing system—35 fully online and 23 partially online—while units are also upgrading administrative systems, building an ethnic affairs database and expanding shared digital platforms.
Data remains the biggest obstacle, according to the ministry’s Digital Transformation Center, which also cited weak coordination, limited implementation capacity and shortages of IT-skilled staff.
All units were told to finalize digital transformation plans under Resolution 57 with clear targets, timelines and accountability, as the ministry seeks to speed up what it called only initial progress.
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