Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh approved two programs on rural development in August, including the Digital Transformation Program on building new rural areas towards a “smart new countryside” in the 2021-2025 period, and a program to strengthen environmental protection, food safety, and clean water supply in new rural area construction in the 2021-2025 period.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has determined that providing online public services is a top priority in building e-government and the digital government. The ministry has completed the connection and integration of 355 of 518 online public services at Levels 3 and 4 on the National Public Service Portal, or 68.53 per cent. The ministry has set a target of, by 2025, 80 per cent of administrative procedures being processed entirely online.