Title: Digital government: a Vietnamese perspective

Authors: Giao Cong Vu; Cu Thanh Vu

Addresses: Constitutional and Administrative Law Department, School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, E1, 144 Xuan Thuy, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam ' School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, E1, 144 Xuan Thuy, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam

Abstract: The paper analyses the motivations and processes and the strategies and actions that the Vietnamese Government has applied, and the results achieved recently in building a digital government. The authors believe that the Vietnamese Government has realised the importance of building a digital government with Vietnam's economic development in the context of globalisation. Because of that, it shows high political will and drastic efforts which brought it initial achievements that established the basic foundations for a digital government in Vietnam. The authors demonstrate that, however, the Vietnamese Government is still facing various obstacles in finalising and operating an effective digital government in the country, which stem from limitations of human and financial resources as well as the inertia of the local government officials.

Keywords: digital technology; digital transformation; digital government; Vietnam.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLAP.2021.118330

International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2021 Vol.7 No.3, pp.249 - 272

Received: 03 Nov 2020
Accepted: 19 May 2021
Published online: 20 Oct 2021 *

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