Support to promote digital transformation for 150 businesses in Nghe An

Attending the conference were representatives of the Department of Enterprise Development, leaders of the Provincial Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion; Provincial Business Bloc Party Committee; Nghe An Tax Department, Southeast Economic Zone Management Board, representatives of departments, branches, localities, and 150 enterprises in the province.

Accompanying businesses

In 2023, the Nghe An Provincial Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center had many activities to support business development in the area in a variety of fields. The unit successfully organized 14 training courses (3 intensive management training courses, 7 direct training courses at manufacturing and processing enterprises, 1 business start-up course; 3 basic management courses) with more than 600 students, helping to develop human resources for businesses.

The unit has organized sales support and digital transformation activities for businesses such as: Organizing a livestream training program to introduce and promote OCOP products and local specialties; Workshop "Decoding digital transformation strategies to improve business efficiency for businesses in Phu Quy and surrounding areas in the current context" in Thai Hoa town, with more than 150 businesses in Thai Hoa town and Que Phong, Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Yen Thanh districts participating; Organizing a workshop "Application of digital transformation and AI technology - Shaping business development in the new era" for nearly 100 businesses in Vinh city...

Although the programs are quite diverse, supporting businesses still faces many difficulties. Through actual surveys, businesses reflect on a number of inappropriate policies such as: administrative procedures still have many obstacles, the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting is still inadequate, capital support policies for businesses are difficult to access...

Most businesses in the area are currently being significantly affected by the post-Covid-19 period and the local war. Especially export businesses, the progress of capital disbursement is low, the method of accessing loans is difficult, OCOP products and local specialties are having difficulty finding outlets for their products...

In 2024, business support work in the province will be implemented synchronously with many solutions such as: Consulting on digital transformation solutions for small businesses. Organizing 15 courses to support human resource development for small and medium enterprises through the following forms: direct and on-site training based on the practical needs of businesses. Supporting costs for businesses to participate in domestic trade promotion fairs...

Promoting digital transformation

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Le Minh Chien - representative of the Department of Enterprise Development, Ministry of Planning and Investment emphasized: Digital transformation is becoming an inevitable trend and an important driving force for economic development in the era of technology 4.0. For businesses, applying digital technology solutions not only helps improve operational efficiency, but also opens up many new opportunities for competition and sustainable development.

The digital transformation wave is changing strongly nationwide. Currently, the whole country has more than 13,500 enterprises in 63 provinces and cities directly trained on digital transformation; more than 2 million accesses to information; more than 24,000 downloads of documents, training videos, and sharing of digital transformation instructions; a network of more than 100 organizations and individuals providing solutions, consulting, and training on digital transformation has been screened, established, trained, and connected with the business community...

In Nghe An, digital transformation in enterprises has received local attention and has had many positive changes in recent years. The Department of Enterprise Development is committed to accompanying and supporting Nghe An province as well as enterprises in digital transformation. Enterprises can contact and register directly at the Enterprise Support Department, the Provincial Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center to be able to connect with the unit as soon as possible.

At the conference, representatives of technology solution providers across the country pointed out difficulties and proposed solutions to support businesses.

Mr. Nguyen Hoang Phi Long - Director of Digital Technology Business Center - MobiFone Service Company Region 6 said: Through the survey, currently, businesses still face many shortcomings in business management due to not applying digital technology such as: Unreasonable working process, asynchronous information; Many difficulties in operations, interaction with departments and divisions; High inventory level, inaccurate inventory management; Difficult to control debt, difficult to manage financial costs; Lost goods, unable to manage expired goods... Some technology software that the unit is deploying can solve these problems such as Smart Office, MobiEdu MOOCs, smart factory model, customer management system, production management...

Representatives of businesses in Nghe An also shared the difficulties and problems related to the current digital transformation issue. Opinions revolved around the uneven access of human resources to digital transformation, especially middle-aged workers who are still confused when using technology. In addition, the cost of digital transformation software is still high, training is not uniform; the ability to create images and videos to introduce products is not attractive, cannot reach customers; cannot contact famous people to promote products...

Concluding the conference, Mr. Nguyen Manh Loi - Director of Nghe An Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center emphasized: Digital transformation is an inevitable trend, playing an important role in business development, however, in reality, many businesses in the province still face difficulties in applying it in practice. The comments and suggestions of businesses at the conference will be sent by the center to the Provincial People's Committee, departments and branches to gradually remove difficulties. In addition, the unit will also strengthen connections with digital transformation solution providers to accompany businesses in developing in the coming time.