Vietnam sets out to be a top-50 digital government by 2030
A new national strategy targets a digital economy of 30 per cent of GDP and 99 per cent satisfaction with online public services by 2030.
Vietnam has approved its National Digital Transformation Strategy for 2026 to 2030, with a vision to 2045. Prime Ministerial Decision No. 1266/QD-TTg was signed on 14 July by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung.
The targets
By 2030 the strategy aims for the digital economy to reach at least 30 per cent of GDP, for 99 per cent of people to be satisfied with online public services, and for all administrative records and the results of administrative procedures to be fully digitised. It also sets a goal to rank among the world's top 50 countries in the United Nations' e-government assessments. By 2045 the digital economy should account for at least half of GDP.
The ranking target gives the strategy a public yardstick. In the UN's 2024 E-Government Development Index, Vietnam ranked 71st of 193 countries (see our world ranking), so reaching the top 50 means overtaking some twenty countries in two survey rounds.
Data and sovereignty
The strategy describes a system of national governance "powered by data and AI", strong domestic capability in strategic digital technologies, and firm protection of national digital sovereignty, Biometric Update notes. The digital identity system VNeID, already central to how Vietnamese people deal with the state, is the foundation much of it rests on.
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