Ensuring synchronous development of digital infrastructure, no locality is left behind

There should be a regional regulatory design mechanism or a national digital infrastructure development support fund to address the digital gap between urban and rural areas, between provinces and cities. This is a proposal emphasized by Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh when giving her opinion on the draft Law on Digital Transformation.

Addressing the digital divide between urban and rural areas

The Draft Law on Digital Transformation has dedicated Chapter III to regulating digital transformation in the political system and digital government. Specifically, it codifies the principles of digital transformation, requiring state agencies to comply in all activities such as: taking people and users as the center; data-based management; default open data; proactive service; using artificial intelligence systems in public service activities to ensure compliance with the law. Chapter III also regulates the overall national digital architecture framework, shared digital platforms in agencies in the political system, and providing public services.

Agreeing with such regulations to emphasize the role of the Government in managing, operating, and providing online public services, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh highly appreciated the fact that the draft Law has provided overall national architectural frameworks and shared digital platforms.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh speaks

However, according to the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, it is necessary to continue reviewing to clarify the responsibilities of each group of agencies, specifically the responsibilities of the executive agency in administration, the responsibilities of the legislative agency in supervision and decision-making on digital policies, the responsibilities of the judiciary in applying digital technology to serve justice and case management, and the responsibilities of the auditing agency in controlling investment and spending on digital transformation.

Regarding digital infrastructure, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh highly appreciated the efforts of the drafting agency in building a comprehensive policy framework including digital infrastructure, public digital infrastructure and digital technology industry infrastructure. This design reflects modern thinking, is in line with international practices and meets the development requirements of the digital government, digital economy and digital society.

However, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly also said that the provisions of the new draft Law stop at principles and do not go into specific policies.

“Currently, digital infrastructure in localities, especially in remote areas, is still a major bottleneck in the national digital transformation process. In localities with difficulties and unbalanced budgets, it is very difficult to get funding for investment projects with a data center, economic system, and large-scale Internet of Things connection system,” the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly stated.

Faced with such shortcomings, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh suggested that the drafting agency should study a mechanism for regional regulation or a fund to support the development of national digital infrastructure to address the digital gap between urban and rural areas, between cities and provinces with favorable economic conditions and provinces with difficulties. Accordingly, it is necessary to pay attention to investing in building digital infrastructure, including core network infrastructure, in places where the power source is unstable and the IT human resources are still thin.

At the same time, research and supplement mechanisms for coordinating and supporting digital infrastructure development at the national level, and have policies to prioritize digital infrastructure investment from the central budget to ensure synchronous and inclusive development of digital infrastructure, so that no locality is left behind in the digital transformation process.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh speaks

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh also suggested that the Government study to have uniformity in digital infrastructure across the country; avoid the situation where each province invests in a center, each province invests in a type of machinery, each province hires a company to write a different language, which affects connectivity. In addition, when the Law on Digital Transformation is issued, it must also reduce costs, limit the situation where every province invests in a center, every province has to add staff, every province proposes to buy machinery and equipment...

Clearly define the digital rights and obligations of the participating parties

Emphasizing that this is the first legal document on digital transformation to be issued, Chairman of the Delegation Work Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai acknowledged that the draft Law has followed very new and open contents in the context of digital transformation taking place very strongly in central and local ministries, branches.

Chairman of the Delegation Work Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai speaks

The Chairman of the Delegation Work Committee suggested that it is necessary to review to ensure consistency and unity with specialized laws. The draft Law on Digital Transformation stipulates digital government infrastructure, digital society and prohibited acts such as prohibiting the use of digital transformation to violate national security... However, it is necessary to review with other legal documents such as the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Cyber ​​Security Law, Telecommunications Law, Electronic Transactions Law, Personal Data Protection Law... to avoid inadequacies and overlaps in practical implementation.

Regarding some concepts such as "serious damage", "sensitive data"..., the Chairman of the Delegation Work Committee said that it is necessary to have more detailed and clear regulations so that legal disputes do not arise during implementation.

In addition, the draft Law does not fully cover emerging high-tech crimes, such as not specifically regulating crimes using AI to create fake content, exploit blockchain vulnerabilities, or develop tools for cyber attacks... Therefore, the Chairman of the Delegation Work Committee proposed to review and supplement to avoid missing criminals, reducing the effectiveness of preventing and combating high-tech crimes, posing a threat to digital economic security.

Also concerned about the abuse of the digital environment, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Committee Phan Van Mai expressed concerns about the legality of digital consulting. Because, currently, many experts, organizations, and even leaders use AI consulting, which can be a part, or even the whole decision of the problem.

"The legality of AI consulting products is increasing, from within agencies, leaders, staff... Therefore, we need to research to plan further," the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Committee emphasized.

Along with that, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Committee also proposed to supplement Article 5 of the draft Law and review other articles on prohibiting organizations and individuals from taking advantage of the digital environment to infringe upon the rights and legitimate interests of other organizations and individuals; continue to review to clearly establish the digital rights and obligations of participating parties.

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