According to the Ho Chi Minh City Electronic Information Portal, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issued a Plan to implement the Project on digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the locality.
The plan aims to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to gradually shift from traditional models to digital models, prioritizing fundamental solutions that meet practical needs.
In 2026, the city strives to put into operation an online toolkit to assess the digital transformation readiness (DBI) for businesses throughout the area. Organize surveys, select and support the development of comprehensive digital transformation model models for typical business groups (about 200 businesses) to spread experience.
Selected businesses must meet many criteria, in which DBI is considered an important basis. For SMEs, DBI is evaluated based on 7 criteria: Strategic orientation; customer experience and multi-channel sales; supply chain; information systems and data management; risk management and network information security; financial management, accounting, planning, legal and human resources; people and organization.
These 200 businesses must also prove their actual effectiveness when applying technology to business operations, improving productivity and competitiveness; operating in key areas such as science and technology, processing and manufacturing industry, agriculture, healthcare, trade, logistics, finance, education and tourism...
Also in 2026, Ho Chi Minh City sets a goal to build a Digital Map System (GIS) for businesses classified by industry code and level of digital transformation.
To achieve the above goals, Ho Chi Minh City will take specific steps. In the field of digital infrastructure development to support digital transformation for SMEs, the city urges the deployment of 5G infrastructure, fixed broadband, and industrial IoT applications in industrial parks, export processing zones, and high-tech zones.
In addition, Ho Chi Minh City will open a common data portal (Open Data), publicly and controlledly share specialized data sources: agriculture, logistics, finance, manufacturing industry.
In addition, operate the City's Information Portal to support digital transformation for businesses and the Digital Platform to support assessment and digital transformation consulting for SMEs.
