Da Nang strives for the digital economy to account for 40% of GRDP, 90% of workers have digital skills

Da Nang City People's Committee issued a plan on implementing the Digital Economy and Digital Society Development Program for the period 2026 - 2030. The city will concretize the orientations according to the Prime Minister's decision, linking the development of digital economy and digital society with the City Digital Transformation Project; thereby building Da Nang into an ecological, smart city and regional and international center of stature.

By 2030, Da Nang aims for the added value proportion of the digital economy to contribute 35 - 40% in the city's GRDP structure.

The city aims to incubate an environment to form at least 1 large-scale digital technology enterprise with about 15,000 workers or revenue reaching 2 billion USD/year. In parallel, the small and medium enterprise (SMEs) sector is focused on with the goal of at least 70% of businesses having access to digital transformation support programs.

Regarding economic data infrastructure, the locality will complete the pilot and officially operate the City Data Platform, ensuring 100% of state agencies provide open data in accordance with standards.

Identifying people and workers as the center of the digital transformation process, the plan sets many impressive targets for the digital society by 2030: 90% of people of working age are trained in basic digital skills.

90% of people enjoying social security and social insurance policies are paid benefits through non-cash payment methods.

90% of poor and near-poor households are supported with smart mobile devices and broadband Internet connection.

100% of households have access to 1 Gb/s fiber optic Internet; 5G network covers 100% of residential areas and covers at least 99% of the population.

100% of citizens aged 14 and over have ID cards and electronic identification; 95% of the population aged 15 and over have bank accounts; 80% of adults (aged 18 and over) own digital signatures or personal electronic signatures.

In addition, 90% of the adult population will have convenient access to essential digital services in life such as healthcare, education, transportation and insurance.

In key economic sectors, the city sets a target for e-commerce revenue to account for 20% of total retail sales; 80% of logistics enterprises and at least 10 key industrial enterprises to implement digital transformation solutions.

All (100%) type I and special type seaports will operate a digital governance platform. For agriculture and tourism, strive for 70% of communes to have cooperatives applying digital technology; at least 70% of tourism establishments applying digital platforms; complete digitization of 90% of national relics/heritages and 100% of scenic spots.

In the public service sector, 100% of medical facilities will complete electronic medical records and 100% of general schools will apply digital platforms in management, teaching and deploying digital school records.

To achieve the above roadmap, Da Nang City People's Committee has set out 14 groups of key tasks and solutions, including perfecting institutional policies; upgrading synchronous digital infrastructure; promoting the application of artificial intelligence (AI); ensuring network security; developing digital human resources and digital citizens; promoting domestic and international cooperation.

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