VietNamNet Bridge – The goal of building an e-government, a
component of the plan on developing Vietnam into an information technology (IT)
and communication power in the world may be unattainable due to the lack of
money, labor force and other problems.
The national program on utilizing
IT in the operations of state agencies in 2011-2015 in order to build up an
e-government is considered a “mammoth project,” which comprises of 50 national
component projects, 300 online public administrative services.
The total expenses to run the
program are estimated to reach 1700 billion dong for five years of
implementation.
Two goals have been set up for
the program. First, IT is utilized at state agencies to improve the operation
efficiency and make different agencies connectable. Second, online public
administrative procedures are believed to help people and businesses better
served.
The lack of money would be the
biggest obstacle to the implementation of the program.
When the program was launched in
late 2010, Vietnam’s national economy, which is a part of the world’s economy,
began falling into big difficulties due to the global financial crisis. This
then forced the government to take all possible measures to curb inflation and
stabilize the economy.
The Resolution No. 11 dated
February 24, 2011, stipulated that Vietnam needed to cut down public
investments to ensure that the high inflation can be congested. This also means
that the budget for the national IT utilization at state agencies has been cut
down, while money has been disbursed dribs and drabs.
It is estimated that the program
needs 1700 billion dong for the implementation. Meanwhile, in 2011 and 2012,
only 200 billion dong was disbursed. It is expected that some 100 billion dong
would be spent this year.
Since 2011, no new IT projects
have been approved, while the state budget has only been allocating budget to
the half-finished projects. As such, the ambitious plan has made no
considerable progress.
Bigger difficulties await local agencies
The southern province of Long An
is believed to have a lot of achievements in utilizing IT at state agencies and
providing online public services. Leaders of the province have promised to
create most favorable conditions to develop the infrastructure and renovate the
public services.
However, the Long An Department
of Information and Communication itself has admitted that the project has been
going very slowly due to the limited budget. Some kinds of services still have
not been put into operation, while the services in use still cannot run
effectively.
Director of the Dien Bien City
Information and Communication Department, Chu Xuan Truong said frankly that
nothing has been done within the framework of the IT power plan, simply because
of the lack of money and the labor force.
In general, there are three main
reasons behind the slow implementation of the projects, including the
asynchronous connection of IT systems, the lack of money, and the weak
investments in localities which has made the systems unconnected.
However, experts believe that the
first and the third reasons have also been caused by the lack of money, which
means that the limited budget is the main cause behind all the problems.
The Ministry of Information and
Communication has proposed the Government not to apply the measures on
restricting public investments in some key component projects of the “IT power”
national program
However, it’s still unclear if
the proposal is approved.
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