Nghe An enterprises are proactive and responsive in applying digital technology
(Baonghean.vn) - With the guidance and support of authorities on digital transformation, Nghe An businesses are gradually proactively applying technology to production and business stages to increase adaptability and proactively enhance competitiveness in the market.
Leading banking and financial enterprises
Nowadays, digital transformation has become a mandatory trend. Enterprises must transform to develop and avoid the risk of falling behind. In Nghe An, along with the orientations of the national digital transformation policy, enterprises are actively applying technology and digital to improve the efficiency of production and business operations, increase revenue and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises. In particular, the financial and banking sector is always at the forefront of applying digital technology.
At the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam - Nghe An Branch (BIDV Nghe An), the unit's leader said that implementing the digital transformation plans of the Government and the Provincial People's Committee, the unit has deployed in most areas, focusing on developing non-cash payment products and services and promoting bank payments for public services in the period 2021-2025. The bank has coordinated with units such as Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company, Nghe An Electricity Company, Nghe An Social Insurance, State Treasury, schools and hospitals to implement.
In particular, many online transaction services are applying high technology such as eKYC technology (electronic identification). By the end of 2023, 35 schools from kindergarten to university and postgraduate level in Nghe An have registered to use tuition collection services and 2 large hospitals use non-cash hospital fee payment services at BIDV Bank.
As a customer using bank services, Ms. Tran Thu Hang in Trung Do ward, Vinh city said that the banks' proactive cooperation with agencies such as water supply companies, electricity companies, and schools has helped her to be more proactive in managing her expenses as well as the time to deposit money.
“At primary or secondary school level, parents only need to enter the student code registered via the application and bank account, the specific amount is automatically entered and automatically deducted from the account. The convenience of information technology has helped me save a lot of time compared to before when I had to go to the place to pay fees, funds, and tuition for my children” - Ms. Tran Thi Hang said.
This cooperation and association has helped BIDV Nghe An Bank develop an additional 33,120 individual customers and 290 businesses to register to use online payment services in 2023. Currently, BIDV Nghe An has 124,000 individual customers using BIDV Smartbanking products and services, accounting for 50% of customers using this bank's services. The bank also coordinated with the Provincial Youth Union to install QR codes at stores to implement cashless payments with 1,400 small traders. Thanks to that, in 2023 alone, through BIDV Nghe An branch, there were 15.4 million online transactions with a value of 172 billion VND, of which QR code scanning was 5 million transactions with a value of 68.5 billion VND.
Not only financial and banking enterprises, agricultural cooperatives, production and processing businesses are also promoting the application of information technology in their operational processes. At Pu Mat Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company in Con Cuong town, Mr. Mac Dien - Director of the company said that thanks to early digital transformation, business efficiency and product consumption have been significantly improved compared to when modern information technology was not applied before.
“Real digital transformation not only helps businesses avoid being outdated and lagging behind, but also increases production and business efficiency. Currently, we are using accounting software, sales management applications on Internet platforms such as Shopee, Lazada, and advertising products on social networking platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, Zalo, etc. Currently, the company is registering for support in building an e-commerce platform according to Resolution 18/2021 of the Provincial People's Council on supporting agricultural and rural development in Nghe An province for the period 2022 - 2025”.
Aiming to build a digital economy
On December 19, 2023, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 1004/KH-UBND on digital transformation in Nghe An province in 2024. Mr. Vo Trong Phu - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications said that Plan No. 1004, in addition to stating specific goals and tasks for subjects and fields, also emphasized communication requirements.
In particular, the Provincial People's Committee requested agencies and units to promote communication work, raise awareness and digital skills, increase interaction with people and businesses with 5 solutions to raise awareness, change habits and behaviors, create consensus among people and businesses on digital transformation, build digital government, digital economy, and digital society.
To speed up and ensure the quality of building a digital economy, the business community, first of all the financial and banking sectors and telecommunications companies and enterprises, need to strengthen coordination in providing public postal services (through public postal networks, social networks, and business applications); create conditions and support businesses to introduce and provide digital products and services...
Along with that, closely link administrative procedure reform with digital government development; review administrative procedures and business processes in state agencies in the direction of simplification or appropriate changes to effectively apply digital technology; review and eliminate some administrative procedures and business processes when applying digital technology.
At the regular meeting of the Provincial People's Committee at the end of the first quarter of 2024, one of the key tasks in 2024 requested by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung is to promote administrative reform, focusing on digital transformation. Accordingly, in 2024, Nghe An chose the administrative reform theme "Promoting digital transformation - Focusing on improving the rate of implementation of online public services throughout the process - Rate of digitalization of records - Rate of online payment".
