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Vietnam to develop its eGov framework

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BANGALORE, INDIA: With an aim to develop an e-government for Da Nang City, the Department of Information and Communications, Vietnam has joined the National Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea.

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Both the parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) after having several discussions in the last one year. Representatives from both sides will form a joint committee who would be in charge of the facilitation and assessment of cooperation activities under the MoU, reports Hang Pham of Futuregov.

As per the agreement, the NIA and local authorities will transfer technology and the usage of the e-government framework developed by NIA. The technical experts of NIA will impart consultation, training programmes and seminars for establishing the e-government framework of Da Nang.

"As an expertise from a leading country in IT applications, especially in the field of e-government, the NIA will certainly share with us their valuable experience and practical solutions, particularly through advisory activities and intensive training to strengthen the development of Da Nang's e-government," said General Director Pham Kim Son from Da Nang's Department of Information and Communications.

The e-government framework proposed by the NIA and Korea's Ministry of Security Administration has been tested through 290 government IT projects. The e-government framework has been used in different countries like Bulgaria, Ecuador, Nepal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Mongolia and Vietnam.