According to the United Nations' E-Government Development Index (EGDI) 2024 Survey Report, Vietnam has risen to 71st place, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.
This is the first time Vietnam has been ranked in the EGDI group at a very high level and has risen to the highest ranking since it began participating in the United Nations EGDI assessment in 2003.
The theme of this year's report is "Accelerating digital transformation for sustainable development" to emphasize the increasingly important role of digital transformation and digital government for countries around the world to achieve sustainable development goals.
According to the United Nations' assessment, in terms of value, Vietnam's EGDI index in 2024 reached 0.7709 points, ranked in the group of countries with very high EGDI (39.4% of countries are ranked in this group) and higher than the average EGDI index of the world (0.6382), of the Asia region (0.6990), as well as of the Southeast Asia region (0.6928).
Compared to 2022, Vietnam's EGDI index increased by 13.6%, with all component indices growing in value and ranking.
The Telecommunication Infrastructure Index (TII) reached 0.8780, ranked 67th, up 7 places compared to 2022. The Human Resources Index (HCI) reached 0.7267, ranked 79th, up 36 places compared to 2022. The Online Services Index (OSI) reached 0.7081, ranked 75th, up 1 place compared to 2022.
The United Nations assessed that Vietnam, along with three Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Brunei, has moved its EGDI value from the high group to the very high group. The United Nations highly appreciated Vietnam for its efforts in improving the quality of online public services.
Compared to 55 countries in the lower-middle income group, Vietnam is one of 5 countries with a very high EGDI (the other 4 countries are Ukraine; Mongolia; Uzbekistan and the Philippines).
With this outstanding ranking result, Vietnam has completed the target set for 2024 of increasing the e-government ranking by at least 5 places in Resolution No. 02/NQ-CP dated January 5, 2024 of the Government on key tasks and solutions to improve the business environment and enhance national competitiveness in 2024; at the same time, demonstrating the drastic direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, the participation and efforts of state agencies at all levels have brought about remarkable results.
In the coming time, Vietnam will continue to make efforts to implement national digital transformation for socio-economic development, including implementing solutions to continue improving the ranking of the e-Government Index and Vietnam's digital government according to the assessment of the United Nations; thereby improving the business environment and enhancing national competitiveness.
