On September 23, the People's Committee of Da Nang City announced that the unit had just organized a workshop on assessing the digital economy in conjunction with ensuring the implementation of the growth target for 2026.
Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City Ho Quang Buu - said that the 1st Da Nang City Party Congress, term 2025-2030, determined that the city effectively implements specific mechanisms and policies, promotes private economic development, maximizes investment resources, making the city a growth pole of Vietnam;
As a pioneer in developing science, technology, innovative startups, digital transformation; Cultural - sports, education - training center, high-quality healthcare, an attractive destination in the world.
For Da Nang City, developing the digital economy is not only a strategic task to improve competitiveness, but also the key to building a smart, creative, livable and sustainable city.
In recent years, Da Nang City has implemented many breakthrough solutions and achieved some encouraging results in the fields of building a smart city, digital transformation associated with administrative reform, and developing a digital economy.
Recently, Da Nang City has been implementing important infrastructure projects such as Lien Chieu Port (smart), Free Trade Zone (FTZ), International Financial Center; starting construction of CNC Viettel building, International Data Center in the High-Tech Park, put into the international land cable line of VNPT through 5 countries: Vietnam (Da Nang) - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore.
In the Plan to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation in the area of T_ Da Nang (new), a number of major targets are identified by 2030: The scale of the digital economy reaches at least 35-40% of the city's GRDP (national is 30%);
At least 1 digital technology enterprise on par with advanced countries operating in the city (the whole country sets a target of 5); Deploying at least 2 more concentrated IT zones; piloting and moving towards officially trading digital assets using NFT...
Discussing Da Nang's digital economic goals, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Tuan - Director of the Department of Digital Economy and Society (Ministry of Science and Technology) assessed that the above goals are major challenges but also open up opportunities for Da Nang to reach regional level.
According to Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Tuan, Da Nang needs to prioritize the development of the digital economy in key areas such as tourism, culture, processing - manufacturing industry, logistics, agriculture, environment and energy.
In particular, in the 2025-2026 period, Da Nang needs to focus on completing the foundation such as 5G coverage of all industrial parks and high-tech zones, starting phase 1 of Lien Chieu port, promoting FTZ, completing the international financial center mechanism, promoting digital transformation for 10,000 businesses each year, raising the rate of digital platform accommodation facilities to 60% and deploying 200-300 open data sets...
