The forum will offer a venue for experts, state management agencies and businesses to meet and exchange views on models, solutions and resources to realize the city’s digital transformation plan synchronously and effectively.

Speaking at a press conference introducing the event on March 28, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan, who is head of the organizing board, said that the forum is an annual international event chaired by the People’s Committee to collect ideas and recommendations of both domestic and foreign experts and speakers on the city’s socio-economic development fields in general and its key projects, targets and programs in particular.

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At the press conference for the upcoming forum

Nguyen Phuoc Hung, Vice President of the Business Association of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the forum will focus on four main topics: the overall picture on digital transformation in the city’s enterprises; policy making suitable to the city’s digital economic development; challenges and solutions in boosting digital transformation to improve businesses’ competitiveness; and experience and lessons in this field of both domestic and international firms.

The forum is expected to attract the participation of over 900 delegates, including leaders of the Government, ministries and sectors, and representatives from foreign diplomatic agencies and localities, and international organizations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Asian Development Bank, and economists.

Last year, the digital economy contributed 14.4 percent of the city’s GRDP. HCM City is striving to raise the figure to 25 percent by 2025 and 40 percent by 2030.

Source: VNA