Catching up with digital transformation
Identifying digital transformation as an inevitable trend, in recent times, the industry has coordinated with telecommunications units to organize seminars and training courses for officials, civil servants and public employees; promoting the application of information technology in various fields. Currently, the Department has established a Digital Transformation Center with 15 staff and contracts, which is the focal point for implementing digital transformation tasks. 100% of officials and civil servants are equipped with computers; internal network systems and technology equipment, basically meeting work requirements.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thao, Director of Bich Thao Coffee Cooperative, Son La, said: The cooperative has applied digital technology to production management such as building a website, putting products on e-commerce platforms, sticking electronic stamps to prevent counterfeit goods; deploying an electronic traceability system. Implementing irrigation control by smartphone to save costs and ensure nutrition for crops.
BHL Son La Agricultural Products Processing Joint Stock Company links production with environmental protection by installing an automatic monitoring system and surveillance cameras directly connected to the Department of Agriculture and Environment to monitor the collection and treatment of waste from cassava starch processing. Ms. Chu Thi Thu Hang, Deputy Director of the Company, informed: The Company promotes digital transformation, applying software for managing records, accounting, production monitoring and wastewater treatment. This helps improve production efficiency, reduce labor costs, and at the same time create favorable conditions for authorities to monitor and support businesses in operating environmental treatment systems more effectively.
The application of technology is focused on by the industry, with effective document management and administration software; 100% of outgoing and incoming documents are processed via the network environment, digitally signed by agencies and individual leaders, contributing to improving the quality of management and administration.
Software serving state management in the Agriculture and Environment sector has been deployed in a number of areas: Land management uses Vietbando software; environment uses environmental management software and Envisoft to monitor automatic and continuous monitoring data; water resources have their own management software; hydrometeorology uses QGIS to monitor forest changes.
Identify bottlenecks
Mr. Phung Kim Son, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Son La, said: In the period of 2020 - 2025, the industry has begun to implement digital transformation but is still limited due to the lack of IT human resources. The number of specialized personnel in digital transformation and information security is less than 1% of the total payroll, so it is difficult to operate the system.
Digital infrastructure has been initially invested with 100% of officials and civil servants having computers, and the internal network has been upgraded. However, a shared data platform and centralized data center have not been built. Current servers mainly serve individual storage for each field; the database is still scattered and lacks connectivity. Some databases such as land, environment, water resources, forests, etc. have been initially formed but only serve internally, without exploiting data value or integrating interconnection. Other databases such as minerals, geography, cultivation, livestock, aquaculture, etc. have not been built.
Some data are currently being provided periodically on specialized platforms such as: Agricultural sector monitoring and evaluation database (giamsatdanhgia.mard.gov.vn); animal disease management system (vahis.vn); Database of codes for growing areas and export packaging facilities (farmdiary.online)...
According to Mr. Phung Kim Son, the Son La Department of Agriculture and Environment is still in the early stages of digital transformation, although it has taken initial steps such as implementing e-government and online public services. However, the department still lacks digital databases, technology human resources are weak, and the application of modern technology is limited. This is a big challenge, requiring the entire department to be more determined to keep up with the digital transformation roadmap of the province and the country.
Comprehensive cooperation
According to Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment prioritizes the transformation of agricultural production methods towards sustainability, environmental protection, efficient use of resources and climate change adaptation; at the same time, promoting the role of farmers as development subjects, associated with innovation in production organization and modern rural construction.
In mid-May 2025, the Department of Agriculture and Environment in collaboration with Son La Telecommunications organized a workshop to promote digital transformation in the agriculture and environment sector. Here, representatives of the Center for Land and Environmental Resources Solutions (VNPT Group) introduced the overall digital transformation architecture and demonstrated core technology platforms such as: geospatial data infrastructure, remote sensing technology, GeoAI for forecasting and early warning in the fields of agriculture and environment.
Within the framework of the workshop, VNPT Son La and the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Son La signed a memorandum of understanding on digital transformation cooperation for the period 2025 - 2030. Accordingly, VNPT Son La committed to accompany in surveying, consulting on planning, building digital transformation models, piloting software, developing synchronous and interconnected databases, suitable for the reality of the province's agriculture and environment sector. The two sides agreed to coordinate in organizing training and education on digital transformation for IT officials and experts; at the same time, popularizing digital skills for people, businesses and cooperatives in the fields of agriculture and environment.
By 2030, Son La Department of Agriculture and Environment aims to build a specialized digital database system on land, agriculture, irrigation, forests, environment, biodiversity... that is fully digitized, regularly updated and interconnected with the national database.
The Department of Agriculture and Environment will develop an AI-integrated Information Portal, supporting big data analysis for effective management and operation. At the same time, apply remote sensing technology and drones to monitor land and minerals; build a GIS spatial data infrastructure integrating cadastral maps, planning, crop areas, landslide areas, etc.
Along with that, promote the development of smart agriculture, encourage the application of digital technology such as automatic irrigation, microclimate sensors, traceability software... Aim to build 1 zone and 24 high-tech agricultural areas, increase the proportion of high-tech agricultural value to 30-40% of the whole industry.
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