Ministry of Information and Communications deploys tasks for 2022
(Baonghean.vn) - On December 22, the Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference to review the work in 2021, deploy directions and tasks in 2022, set out a medium-term development plan for the period 2022 - 2024 and orientation to 2025.
In 2021, the industry's total revenue reached VND 3,462,170 billion, basically completing 100% of the set plan, growing by 9% compared to 2020, a growth rate of 3.6 - 4.5 times higher than the forecast growth rate of 2% - 2.5% of the country's GDP. The total number of employees in the IT&T industry in 2021 reached 1,431,041, an increase of 8% compared to 2020. The ranking indexes in a number of areas of the IT&T industry have been highly appreciated by many international organizations.
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| Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung speaks at the conference. |
According to the 2021 Postal Development Integration Index report published by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), Vietnam ranked 47th out of 172 countries (up 2 places compared to 2020); in the field of Cyber Security, Vietnam has made a strong improvement in the international rankings (GCI) (from 50th in 2020 to 25th in 2021); In 2021, the number of national domain names ".vn" reached 544,361, an increase of 5.2% compared to 2020, in the Top 11 in Asia - Pacific, ranking 45th globally.
Regarding media and press work, in 2021, the arrangement and planning of press agencies in 29/29 ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies; 33/33 Central Association organizations and the Central Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union; and 31/31 localities were completed. The licensing of new press agencies, granting additional press types, and re-issuing press operation licenses was carried out carefully, objectively, and scientifically, ensuring compliance with legal regulations and Party direction.
The press has actively updated and honestly reflected the mainstream of Vietnamese society, propagated the right way of doing things, popularized and replicated advanced models, good people, good deeds, kind deeds, summarized and generalized lessons to widely disseminate, create consensus, spread positive energy, create social trust, contribute to creating spiritual strength for Vietnam to break through and rise up; convey to the world vivid, multi-dimensional information about the country and people of Vietnam, which are stable, friendly, dynamic and rich in development potential...
The conference also discussed and proposed the Medium-term Plan for the period 2022 - 2024 and orientation to 2025 of the Information and Communications industry.