Digital economy accelerates, digital society spreads: Vietnam promotes implementation of key programs

With the goal of turning the digital economy into a growth driver and the digital society into a new living, working and learning environment for people, Vietnam is recording outstanding results in the first 10 months of 2025. Indicators of industry revenue, technology export turnover, number of digital enterprises and people's participation in the digital space have all increased sharply, showing that digital transformation has gone into depth and spread nationwide.

The digital economy is one of the key objectives that helps digital transformation address societal problems for a better life for people.

Digital economic growth continues to maintain its breakthrough momentum.

The end of 2025 will witness a significant impact of the digital economy. In October 2025, the total revenue of the digital technology industry reached VND 505,518 billion, an increase of 52.4% compared to the same period in 2024. This is a remarkable growth rate in the context of the world facing many economic fluctuations, affirming the competitiveness of Vietnamese businesses and their ability to take advantage of opportunities from digital transformation.

By the end of October 2025, the industry's revenue is projected to reach 4,255 trillion VND, making a significant contribution to GDP growth and laying the foundation for Vietnam to achieve its goals of a digital economy accounting for 30% of GDP by 2030.

Furthermore, hardware and electronics products continue to maintain their leading position in export turnover. In October 2025 alone, turnover reached US$17.3 billion, an increase of 45.3% compared to the same period last year. The cumulative figure for the first 10 months reached US$146.5 billion, equivalent to 90% of the 2025 plan. These figures demonstrate that Vietnam is an attractive destination for the global technology supply chain, while also affirming the role of technological innovation in sustainable economic development.

The technology business ecosystem continues to expand. As of the end of September 2025, there were 78,502 digital businesses nationwide, a rapid increase compared to the same period. These are the core force in developing the digital economy, creating high-quality jobs, and contributing to the production of knowledge-based "Make in Vietnam" products.

In a developing digital society, citizens become the central actors.

Not only the economy, but the digital society sector has also witnessed a strong transformation. By October 2025, the whole country had issued approximately 24.3 million individual digital signature certificates. The percentage of the adult population with digital or electronic signatures reached 39.24%, demonstrating a high level of readiness among the people to use digital services.

Public digital signature certificate (CA) providers are partnering with the government to offer free signatures for essential sectors such as public services, education , and healthcare. This makes technology more accessible to citizens, reduces social costs, and promotes the widespread adoption of electronic identification nationwide.

Simultaneously, the Ministry of Science and Technology has finalized and submitted to the Prime Minister for approval the Program for the Development of the Digital Economy and Digital Society for the period 2026–2030 in Submission No. 179/TTr-BKHCN dated October 7, 2025. The program is expected to create a comprehensive and synchronized framework to promote innovation, digital technology, and new economic models.

October 2025 also saw many large-scale community communication activities such as the "Digital Literacy Movement," the "National Digital Learning Day," and the "National Digital Transformation Day." These activities contributed to raising awareness and spreading digital skills to every citizen, especially in remote areas where digital transformation still faces many challenges.

The deployment of digital platforms is still slow and requires more decisive action.

One of the major bottlenecks currently is the progress in issuing plans for the deployment of shared digital platforms. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, out of a total of 84 digital platforms that have been announced, only 27 platforms have had their implementation plans issued by ministries, sectors, and localities so far.

Slow progress is affecting data operational efficiency, connectivity, and the ability to serve citizens and businesses. National digital platforms, which are built to standardize infrastructure, optimize costs, and create synchronization, will therefore lose investment efficiency and prolong the implementation time of digital transformation programs if deployment is delayed.

In the coming period, the Ministry of Science and Technology requests that ministries, sectors, and localities accelerate the development of plans for deploying digital platforms, strengthen human resource training, and review existing systems to ensure compatibility and readiness to connect with national platforms. At the same time, it is necessary to enhance the responsibility of managing agencies, strengthen inspection and supervision, and promote public-private partnership models to leverage social resources for the development of digital platforms.

Digital transformation enters an acceleration phase.

With the results achieved in October and the first 10 months of 2025, it is clear that Vietnam's digital transformation is on the right track. The digital economy is growing rapidly, high-tech exports continue to play a leading role, digital businesses are expanding strongly, and people are actively participating in the digital society. Along with this, strategic programs for the 2026-2030 period are being meticulously prepared, creating a solid foundation for Vietnam to enter a phase of accelerated, comprehensive digital transformation.

However, challenges remain as many digital platforms have not been deployed on schedule. This requires greater determination from regulatory bodies and extensive cooperation from the business community, experts, and technology organizations.

With synchronized and decisive efforts, digital transformation promises to continue creating new values ​​for the economy, improving the quality of social life, and gradually asserting Vietnam's position in the digital age.

Center for Science and Technology Communication

Source: https://mst.gov.vn/kinh-te-so-tang-toc-xa-hoi-so-lan-toa-viet-nam-day-manh-trien-khai-cac-chuong-trong-diem-197251118185521864.htm