Paving the way for private enterprises to participate in building digital infrastructure

(Dan Tri) - According to Decision 2161, private enterprises are encouraged to participate in building modern, smart, green and sustainable digital infrastructure. Thereby, maximizing the potential and strengths of the private sector.

Encouraging the development of modern, smart, green and sustainable digital infrastructure

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung has just signed Decision No. 2161 dated September 29 approving the Program to encourage private sector enterprises to participate in building telecommunications infrastructure and other infrastructure for national digital transformation by 2030.

The general objective of the program is to attract private sector enterprises to participate in investing in building telecommunications infrastructure and other infrastructure for national digital transformation (digital infrastructure), focusing on new types of digital infrastructure with a lot of room for development such as data centers, cloud computing, physical-digital infrastructure...

The program aims to maximize the potential and strengths of the private sector, mobilize and effectively use all social resources to develop digital infrastructure.

In addition, it is necessary to remove institutional and policy barriers, create an equal, transparent business environment, and healthy competition in digital infrastructure development; strengthen information security, network security, and data security to serve the development of the digital economy , digital society, and digital government.

The program also encourages private enterprises to take the lead in applying advanced technology, innovation, internal digital transformation, developing modern, smart, green and sustainable digital infrastructure, meeting international standards, in line with development trends and international integration requirements.

Strive to have at least 2 private enterprises participating in the global value chain of the digital ecosystem

Notably, this program strives to have private sector enterprises participating in investment own at least 4 more international submarine fiber optic cable lines by 2030. The average revenue growth rate of private sector enterprises providing fixed broadband telecommunications services is about 10-12%/year.

Private sector enterprises invest in building new, modern, large-scale data centers that meet international and green standards, with a total design capacity accounting for at least 50% of the total capacity of data centers providing services to the public nationwide.

In addition, attract at least two of the world's leading technology enterprises to invest in building and operating large data centers and artificial intelligence data centers in Vietnam.

View of Ben Thanh market, HCMC (Photo: Nam Anh).

Private sector enterprises are deeply involved in investing and developing physical-digital infrastructure to serve smart urban areas with pilot models and practical implementation in localities. There are at least 2 excellent private sector enterprises, on par with advanced countries in the field of building and operating digital infrastructure, capable of participating in the global value chain and leading the domestic digital ecosystem.

To achieve the above goals, the program creates favorable conditions for private enterprises to implement investment projects and build digital infrastructure such as issuing specific guidance documents, organizing the shared use of inter-sectoral technical infrastructure at the local level; effectively implementing the reduction and simplification of administrative procedures, applying online public services throughout the process related to investment and business procedures...

Priority for businesses developing "Make in Vietnam" products

The program also completes a favorable and transparent legal corridor and encourages investment in digital infrastructure development.

Specifically, the program will review, amend and supplement legal documents on high technology to adjust incentive policies and provide appropriate and substantial support for businesses.

In particular, the study has preferential policies for enterprises developing "Make in Vietnam" products, expanding the beneficiaries of incentives; reviewing and supplementing incentive policies, supporting enterprises to invest in building, expanding, and upgrading telecommunications infrastructure, data centers, etc.

The program will expand 5G mobile network coverage in key areas such as high-tech zones, large urban areas and areas with potential for digital economic development; urgently expand the scope of deployment nationwide, ensure high-speed connectivity, and create a favorable foundation for the development of physical-digital infrastructure.

At the same time, the program also develops new international land and sea fiber optic cable lines to enhance international connectivity capacity, striving to put Vietnam among the leading countries in the region in terms of quantity, capacity and quality of international connections, creating a competitive advantage in attracting foreign investment.

The program aims to create an equal and transparent investment and business environment, promoting healthy competition for businesses participating in the market. Strengthening the management of telecommunications businesses with dominant market positions, promptly preventing acts of abusing dominant market positions, monopolies, and unhealthy competition.

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