ICT infrastructure is the infrastructure for national digital transformation, opening up new development space for the socio-economy, linking development in the digital space with the traditional physical development space.
According to Mr. Tran Minh Tan, information and communications infrastructure planning is aimed at concretizing the national master plan, planning related sectors in terms of space, arrangement and use of resources, to concretize policies, Party and State policies related to information and communication infrastructure development.
Therefore, the main goal of the planning is to determine and provide goals, directions, development requirements and solutions for the development of technical infrastructure of the information and communication industry in 5 areas: government, digital infrastructure, IT industrial infrastructure, national digital transformation platforms and systems to ensure network information security and network security.
Specifically, by 2025, Vietnam’s digital infrastructure will be in the group of 50 leading countries according to the information and communications technology development index (IDI) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
Vietnam ranks first in ASEAN, belongs to the group of 10 leading countries in Asia, the group of 20 – 30 leading countries in the world in terms of domain names; and is in the group of 20 leading countries in the world in converting the Internet to IPv6.
Regarding network information security, Vietnam aims to maintain the ranking of 25 to 30 leading countries in the Global Cyber Security and Safety Index (GCI) according to the assessment of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
“Although some goals, such as conversion rate and use of new generation Internet addresses at the present time, we have achieved and even exceeded the set goals. However, in the context of the world moving and changing extremely rapidly, in order for other targets to also achieve and maintain the position we desire in the set goals, high determination and cooperation will be needed. hands of each ministry, branch, locality, businesses and related agencies”. Mr. Tran Minh Tan said.