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Vietnam’s Program 06 (Chương trình Đề án 06) sets out a 2026–2030 plan with a vision to 2035, aiming to conduct all transactions between citizens and the government in a digital environment. The Government’s approach includes building the VNeID application into a national multi-utility digital platform to serve as an official channel of communication between citizens and the State, with goals of safety, security, and efficiency.
The program, approved by Deputy Prime Minister Hồ Quốc Dũng in Decision 826, aims to promote comprehensive development and application of population data, digital identity, and electronic authentication across all sectors to advance national digital transformation. It is designed to support the pillars of digital government, digital economy, and digital society.
By 2030, the program targets completion of core platforms and utilities so that citizens and businesses can access convenient, fast, and secure digital services. It also seeks to remove barriers caused by document requirements or administrative procedures across administrative boundaries.
The Government plans to build a national population data ecosystem connecting across agencies. The data is described as “true, sufficient, clean, living, unified, shared,” to be leveraged for socio-economic development and governance.
The Government also intends to issue technical guidelines and a unified architecture for administrative-procedure information systems, including a single account login to enable seamless access across software and systems. The program emphasizes that using a single account allows users to log in once to access multiple software modules.
VNeID is intended to become the official channel of communication between citizens and the State. The platform is planned to store citizens’ digital data, electronic identity authentication, and online public services and administrative procedures.
In addition, the Government plans to link payment accounts, e-wallets, bank cards, and mobile-money services on the VNeID app to enable payments and social security disbursements.
The program also calls for completing the creation of digital wallets for citizens and organizations on VNeID, and building a national data treasury for citizens and organizations in the digital environment as regulated. It further includes building digital platforms and utilities to encourage citizens to operate in the digital environment, and finalizing digital tools such as electronic identity accounts, national ID, digital signatures, and payment accounts.
The Government assigns the Ministry of Public Security to implement AI and an AI assistant to support public services and administrative procedures.
From 2026 to 2030, the program focuses on six groups of objectives, including:
In September 2026, the Government assigns the Ministry of Public Security, in coordination with the Government Office and the Ministry of Science and Technology, to deploy AI and AI assistants to support public services and administrative procedures.
In December 2026, the Ministry of Public Security will coordinate with the Government Office, other ministries, and local authorities to connect and integrate identity login accounts—especially organizational identities and foreign nationals—to serve public services and administrative procedures.
Local authorities are tasked to propose a “Digital Citizen Station” at public places, government agencies, and service centers, to be piloted by January 2027.
The 2035 vision is to make Vietnam a digital nation where every interaction between citizens and the government is conducted in a digital environment. Citizens are expected to access personalized, automated, and convenient digital services across life events.
The program also states that data and digital technologies will be applied broadly in areas including health, education, transportation, agriculture, justice, and security, among others.
Vietnam aims to be among the world’s top 50 countries in innovation and digital transformation, and to become a key data hub and a driver of digital industry in Asia.
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