The United States Announces Assistance to Strengthen Vietnam’s E-Government Capacity

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U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink joins other distinguished guests to witness while USAID/Vietnam Acting Mission Director Bradley Bessire and Vietnam's Office of the Government (OOG) Chairman Mai Tiến Dũng sign the MoU.
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink joins other distinguished guests to witness while USAID/Vietnam Acting Mission Director Bradley Bessire and Vietnam's Office of the Government (OOG) Chairman Mai Tiến Dũng sign the MoU.
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For Immediate Release

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

HANOI, October 13, 2020 -- Today, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Vietnam Mission Director Bradley Bessire and Vietnam’s Office of the Government (OOG) Chairman Mai Tiến Dũng participated in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between USAID and OOG. Through this MOU, USAID will help OOG accelerate administrative reforms, enhance national inter-agency coordination and transparency, and further develop its e-government platform - the National Public Service Portal - which will improve access to information, benefitting both citizens and businesses.

During the signing ceremony, Ambassador Kritenbrink said, “The Vietnam e-government capacity building MOU signed today demonstrates continued close cooperation between the United States and Vietnam and reinforces the U.S. Government’s commitment to support Vietnam’s efforts in modernizing public administration, administrative reform, and e-government development.”

USAID assistance towards this capacity building effort has four main components: (i) Updating implementing regulations related to online public service delivery and processing; (ii) Organizational change management to improve service delivery and communications plans to strengthen the National Public Service Portal; (iii) Improving business processes, interface design, and user experience on the National Public Service Portal; and (iv) Business process re-engineering support for one-stop shops, focusing on the digitalization of administrative procedure and access to digitized results via the National Public Service Portal.

Over the past 15 years, USAID has been working closely with Vietnam to strengthen the ability of local enterprises to scale operations, improve the business enabling environment, train emerging leaders, reduce the time and cost of trade, and enhance the national and provincial legal and regulatory framework to drive private sector growth.

To view photos of the event, visit: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmRhvuja