A high level steering committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has been finalised to ensure the realisation of the government’s ambitious plan to modernise government administrative procedures and processes.

Other members of the steering committee include Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang, Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong, and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son.

The goal of the steering committee is to speed up the development of e-Government in Vietnam. In particular, the government aims to improve the organisational efficiency of public sector organisations in charge of population management. In this regard, they are committed to establishing a national population database and providing ID number cards by the end of 2020.

According to an official statement, the plan will help accelerate the application of information technology in administrative procedures, reduce paperwork for citizens and contribute to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of State management agencies.

From now up to the end of 2014, the committee will be finalising the legal basis for systematising administrative procedures on issuing, managing and using personal ID numbers; and building the national database on population.