Finalizing preparations for the building of governmental data center
VGP – Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea plan to deepen their bilateral ties in information technology field, especially focusing on the construction of an e-governmental information data center of Việt Nam.
During their talks held in
Hà Nội on May 14, Minister-Chairman of the Vietnamese Government Office Nguyễn
Xuân Phúc and Korea’s Permanent Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Security Kang Dyung
Kyu exchanged views on ways to buff up the information technology sector in Việt Nam through mature experience learned
from Korea.
Minister,
Chairman of the Vietnamese Government Office Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (R) and Korean
Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Security Kang Dyung Kyu (L),
Hà Nội, May 14, 2010 - Photo: VGP/Nguyễn Hoàng
Minister
Phúc revealed the draft
national program on IT application in State agencies during the period of
2011-2015. He also said that Việt Nam is determined to fulfill the process of e-government
development and wants to learn experience of Korea.
He
highlighted the effective cooperation of Korean specialist in helping Việt
Deputy Minister Kang
pledged to spare no effort to implement the cooperation project with Việt Nam.
A memorandum of
understanding on building the governmental
information data center was signed in May 2009 in
The Việt Nam Government Web
Portal (VGP) was assigned to design and work with Korean partners, including Samsung
Data Systems, the feasibility study for the project.
