Decision 1968/QD-TTg 2021 approving the Scheme on boosting information technology application and digital transformation in trade promotion activities in 2021-2030

DECISION

Approving the Scheme on boosting information technology application and digital transformation in trade promotion activities in the 2021-2030 period^[1]

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government; and the November 22, 2019 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration;

Pursuant to the June 29, 2006 Law on Information Technology;

Pursuant to the November 19, 2015 Law on Cyberinformation Security;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 98/2017/ND-CP of August 18, 2017, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 73/2019/ND-CP of September 5, 2019, on management of investment in information technology application with state budget funds;

Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 17/NQ-CP of March 7, 2019, on a number of key tasks and solutions for development of e-Government in the 2019-2020 period, with orientations toward 2025;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 749/QD-TTg of June 3, 2020, approving the National Digital Transformation Program to 2025, with orientations toward 2030;

At the proposal of the Minister of Industry and Trade,

DECIDES:

Article 1. To approve the Scheme on boosting information technology application and digital transformation in trade promotion activities in the 2021-2030 period (below referred to as the Scheme) with the following contents:

I. VIEWPOINTS

1. To build and develop a Digital Trade Promotion Ecosystem, regarding enterprises as the center and the benefits brought to enterprises in market access as a measure of the success of information technology application and digital transformation in trade promotion activities.

2. To boost information technology application and digital transformation in trade promotion activities, first of all striving to draw attention and drastic direction of state management agencies and create a substantial change in the awareness of heads of organizations, enterprises, cooperatives, and business households, etc.

3. Data is the core resource for building and developing the Digital Trade Promotion Ecosystem; to organize, manage and exploit trade promotion data in a synchronous and comprehensive manner; to prioritize the implementation of solutions to ensure information security for the Digital Trade Promotion Ecosystem.

4. To develop digital platforms and applications so as to support data exploitation and market linkage based on achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution; to implement with focus and prioritize the immediate application of a number of models that are suitable to Vietnam’s conditions and have been effectively exploited in foreign markets.