THE PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 48/2009/QD-TTg
Hanoi, March 31, 2009
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE PLAN ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION IN STATE AGENCIES' OPERATIONS DURING 2009-2010
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 29, 2006 Law on Information Technology;
Pursuant to the November 29, 2005 Law on E-Transactions;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 64/2007/ND-CP of April 10, 2007, on information technology application in state agencies' operations;
At the proposal of the Minister of Information and Communication,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Plan on information technology application in state agencies' operations during 2009-2010 (below referred to as the Plan) with the following principal contents:
A. OBJECTIVES THROUGH 2010 AND ORIENTATIONS TOWARDS 2015
I. OBJECTIVES THROUGH 2010
1. Raising management and execution capacity of state agencies
a/ Development of e-agencies
- To ensure that on average 60% (30% in 2009) of direction and administration information of leaders of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and provincial-level People's Committees will be posted on their portals or websites.
- The average rate of cadres and civil servants using e-mails in performing their duties at ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and People's Committees of centrally run cities will be 80% (70% in 2009); for provincial People's Committees, this rate will be 60% (50% in 2009) while for mountainous provinces (down to the district level), it will be 30% (20% in 2009).
- The rate of departments and offices of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and government-attached agencies and offices of People's Committees of centrally run cities using document management software and conducting online administration will be 90% (80% in 2009); for offices of provincial People's Committees and district-level People's Committees, this rate will be 80% (70% in 2009) and 50% (30% in 2009), respectively.

- To increase the average ratio of computers to cadres and civil servants at ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and provincial-level People's Committees. To reduce paper use. To encourage cadres and civil servants to search online information in performing their duties.