Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc on September 30, 2021 signed the Decision No. 1924/QD-BTC promulgating the Ministry of Finance's administrative reform plan for the period 2021-2025. Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance identifies building an e-Government of the Finance sector towards a Digital Finance Ministry as one of its priority goals.
In the period of 2021-2025, the Ministry of Finance will strengthen the application of information technology, complete the construction of an e-Government of the Finance sector towards a Digital Finance Ministry, better serve people and businesses, improve the whole sector operational efficiency through Digital Government and digitalized tools. Contribute to innovating working methods, improving productivity and operational efficiency of state administrative agencies at all levels capable of operating the digital economy and digital society to meet the requirements of social economic development, national defense, security and international integration; improve the quality of public service provision for people and businesses. Build an e-finance, digital finance driven by data and open data.
As targeted by 2025, the Ministry of Finance shall complete the construction of the National Database on Finance, pilot Big Data technology. Financial fields shall basically provide open database within the Finance sector (fields under the national database on Finance) in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Access to Information and make it public on network environment.
Document and working dossier management systems are connected throughout the whole sector; 90% of working dossiers at ministerial and General Department levels, 80% of working dossiers at the Department level and 60% of working dossiers at the Sub-department level are processed on network environment (except for those classified as state secrets).
The Ministry shall build a user relationship management system to receive comments and feedback from users to improve administrative reform; Pilot the application of artificial intelligence and virtual assistants in a number of key professional activities, directing and managing activities of the financial sector.
It shall complete the Intergrated Finance Public Service Portal connecting and sharing data with the National Public Service Portal; Complete integration of 100% applications to the Finance sector’s access and identity management system as well as to national information technology systems.
The Ministry of Finance's electronic one-stop information system will also be completed, with 100% of necessary administrative procedures built into online public services at 3rd and 4th levels and provided on the Finance Public Service Portal. 100% of people and businesses using online public services in the financial sector are granted with electronic identifications and authentications interconnected and unified in all information systems of the Ministry of Finance.
In addition, 80% of the Ministry’s current information systems providing services to people and businesses are connected and linked through the National Document Interoperability Axis and platforms of integration and data sharing; Information of people and businesses has been digitalized and stored in national and specialized databases, without being required to re-declare.
The Finance Ministry’s report information system shall be connected and shared data with the National Report Information System. The ministry shall complete construction and putting into operation the module of monitoring tasks assigned by the Minister, Deputy Ministers and Heads of units under the Ministry of Finance, ensuring real time display.