Vietnam plans to expand digital infrastructure and services so that 80 percent of ethnic minority communities can access the internet by 2030.

A shared database on the VNeID system has been proposed to help authorities verify eligible buyers and streamline procedures, while preventing abuse of Vietnam’s social housing policies.

Vietnam allows defendants and litigants to file appeals and submit court documents online under Resolution 01/2026, effective March 1.

Ho Chi Minh City is building a governance model where real-time data, AI and digital twins guide decisions and reshape daily urban life.

In recent years, digital transformation has become a common feature in socio-economic development strategies.

As Vietnam’s blockchain infrastructure layers such as NDADID and NDATrace become interoperable with international blockchain infrastructures, the country is positioned to build a production and trade ecosystem based on trust at the global level.

Digital transformation is also empowering the handicraft sector to enter cross-border e-commerce channels more efficiently.

Authorities are reviewing technical solutions to link social media platforms with the national VNeID system to strengthen user identification and online security.

From online classes in remote schools to digital library models and STEM initiatives in mountainous regions, the digital transformation of education is gradually addressing the 'information poverty'.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is stepping up investment in digital infrastructure, shared platforms and integrated databases for agriculture and the environment, with a focus on centralisation, standardisation and security.

Innovation is only sustainable when capital flows are unlocked, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung has said.

Unlike in the past, when the transition to the single-window mechanism was conducted manually, digital transformation is now taking place amid high compliance requirements and increasingly clear penalties.

The banking industry's digital evolution has transcended basic workflow automation and IT modernisation, pivoting toward a robust ecosystem of digital data and identity infrastructure.

According to UN Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Singh Gill, Vietnam is in the group of leading countries in digital transformation, with the digital economy component growing two to three times faster than the rest of the economy.

Mobile phone users in Vietnam who fail to verify their subscriber information through biometric authentication will soon face one-way service suspension, according to a new government regulation set to take effect on March 1, 2026.

The Vietnamese government has issued Decree No. 27/2026 outlining the framework for a national database of civil servants, public officials, and public employees. The new regulation will take effect from July 1, 2026.

Vietnam, particularly Ho Chi Minh City, is emerging as a new destination for billion-dollar capital flows into data centre real estate, driven by rapid AI adoption and a growing push for digital infrastructure.

With a strategic focus on AI and infrastructure, Vietnam rises on the global digital map

The explosion of digital technology, big data, AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), intelligent automation and super-quantum technologies is fundamentally transforming the quality of productive forces