Reporter (PV):

Major General Nguyen Tung Hung: Along with the rapid development of science and technology (KHCN), the requirements and tasks of the Government and the National Committee on Digital Transformation in implementing the Project on Developing the application of data on population, identification and electronic authentication to serve national digital transformation in the period of 2022-2025, with a vision to 2030 (Project 06) and stemming from the actual needs of military and defense tasks; from 2021 to now, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have always paid attention to, resolutely led, directed, and synchronously deployed many tasks and solutions to promote administrative reform, digital transformation, and implement Project 06 in the Ministry of National Defense.

Leaders of the Ministry of National Defense inspect the exploitation of digital transformation applications of the Information and Communications Corps, June 2025. Photo: THAI HA

The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have established a Steering Committee on Science and Technology Development, Innovation, Digital Transformation, and Project 06 Implementation and Administrative Reform in the Ministry of National Defense. The Commander of Command 86 is a Standing Member of the Central Military Commission's Steering Committee, Head of the Working Group on Digital Transformation, and Project 06 Implementation of the Ministry of National Defense's Steering Committee.

With the function of advising the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to manage and protect national sovereignty in cyberspace and information technology (IT), Command 86 has advised the Central Military Commission and the head of the Ministry of National Defense to promptly issue and deploy the Plan for developing e-Government and digital transformation for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030, digital transformation plans, and implement Project 06 annually; Plan of the Ministry of National Defense to implement Resolution No. 71/NQ-CP of the Government promulgating the Action Program to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo .

In particular, Command 86 has advised the head of the Ministry of National Defense to report to the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission to approve the Digital Transformation Project in the Ministry of National Defense until 2025, with a vision to 2030, and develop an implementation plan; proactively advised, developed, and submitted to the head of the Ministry of National Defense for timely promulgation of legal documents, creating a legal corridor for administrative reform and digital transformation activities, implementing Project 06 in the Ministry of National Defense (issued 7 circulars; e- Government architecture framework of the Ministry of National Defense versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0; planning of data centers in the Ministry of National Defense and many other regulations and guidelines).

PV:

Major General Nguyen Tung Hung: With the strong direction of the Central Military Commission, the head of the Ministry of National Defense, and the synchronous participation of functional agencies, administrative reform and modernization work in the Ministry of National Defense has achieved a number of outstanding achievements:

The work of directing, operating, and organizing the implementation of digital transformation tasks has gradually become routine. The steering committees and working groups of the Ministry of National Defense have promptly advised the Central Military Commission and the head of the Ministry of National Defense to promulgate and implement the Plan for developing e-Government and digital transformation for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030; digital transformation plans, implementing Project 06 annually; Plan for developing digital economy in the Ministry of National Defense until 2025, with a vision to 2030; Plan of the Ministry of National Defense to implement Resolution No. 71/NQ-CP of the Government...

Major General Nguyen Tung Hung.

Regularly monitor, inspect and urge the implementation of agencies and units to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles; periodically organize preliminary and final reviews of the implementation of plans (every year, organize inspections of the digital transformation work of more than 10 units under the Ministry of National Defense, in 2024 alone, 21 units were inspected, in 2025, all military branches were inspected). Regularly organize digital transformation training conferences for cadres and employees across the army according to hierarchy and specialized conferences to remove bottlenecks and promote digital transformation (in 2024 alone, organize more than 20 specialized meetings on digital transformation of the head of the Ministry of National Defense, the Steering Committee of the Ministry of National Defense on science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation, implementation of Project 06 and administrative reform with agencies and units across the army; from the beginning of 2025 to now, 5 conferences at the army level have been organized).

Notably, the Ministry of National Defense is one of the few ministries and branches that have proactively developed and implemented the Digital Transformation Project until 2025, with a vision to 2030, with detailed and specific goals, roadmaps and plans (Plan No. 4325/KH-BQP dated November 8, 2023). The Ministry of National Defense has launched and vigorously implemented the "Digital Education for All" Movement with very specific goals for all subjects in the entire army, aiming to help each officer, employee and soldier regularly study and master digital knowledge, practice and improve digital capacity and digital skills, to meet the requirements of assigned tasks.

The digital infrastructure in the Ministry of National Defense has been given attention and developed synchronously, gradually ensuring widespread, seamless, safe and secure network connectivity to meet the requirements of digital transformation. The Ministry of National Defense has deployed a military data transmission network connected to the specialized data transmission network of the Party and the State; tested a private wireless transmission network to deploy a number of applications and services serving digital transformation activities; put into use computers with dedicated operating systems for agencies and units of the entire army, and piloted the application of digital signatures on mobile devices to ensure timeliness in performing tasks.

Focus on building, developing and gradually deploying digital ecosystems, shared digital platforms, creating and developing digital data to serve administrative reform, digital transformation, and implementing Project 06 in the Ministry of National Defense. Maintain sending and receiving electronic documents using digital signatures between the Ministry of National Defense and government agencies at a rate of 100%. Build a Ministry of National Defense Public Service Portal connected to the National Public Service Portal to support people and businesses in handling administrative procedures online; apply digital platforms to serve people and businesses at border gates managed by the Ministry of National Defense. Promote the application of IT in competitions, sports, and exercises. Deploy many applications and software for common use in the Ministry of National Defense, agencies, and units that regularly use them, notably: Document management and operation system; Command-operation information system; Military email; Applied television system. Issue a list of databases, develop a plan for developing and applying digital data in the Ministry of National Defense by 2030.  

Intensive training on digital transformation and information security at Center 386, Command 86. Photo: PHAM CONG

Strengthen the implementation of solutions to monitor and ensure information security (IT) of the Ministry of National Defense (with separate systems); help manage, closely monitor and promptly detect and handle incidents and risks that cause loss of IT security. Complete the approval of IT security levels for 100% of information systems in the Ministry of National Defense. At the same time, closely and effectively coordinate the implementation of IT security and network security solutions for central offices and important national information systems.

Maintain connection and exploit the national population database to serve military and defense work, such as: Processing administrative procedures, online public services, border protection management and immigration control, social insurance (on average, 2,000-3,000 daily visits, data exploitation and authentication); maintain good application of population data exploitation model, especially in medical examination and treatment registration at 108 Central Military Hospital, 175 Military Hospital, 105 Military Hospital, helping to shorten patient reception time from 3 to 5 minutes to 15 to 20 seconds.

PV:

Major General Nguyen Tung Hung: Administrative reform and modernization are extremely important and urgent tasks, contributing to enhancing the strength and combat readiness of the Army, meeting the requirements and tasks in the new situation. Therefore, in the coming time, promoting administrative reform and modernization in the Ministry of National Defense will focus on implementing well the following goals and tasks:

Focus on completing well the targets and tasks assigned by the Government on digital transformation in Resolution No. 71/NQ-CP of the Government; targets and tasks of the Digital Transformation Project and the Plan for developing e-Government towards digital government in the Ministry of National Defense for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030; targets and tasks of the "Digital Education for All" Movement.

Implement 8 key groups of tasks, including: Continue to propagate and raise awareness of digital transformation; perfect the system of legal documents to create a legal corridor; develop a synchronous and modern digital infrastructure to serve digital transformation with the goal of ensuring widespread, seamless, safe and secure network connectivity to bring activities to the digital environment; develop digital data and shared digital applications to serve digital transformation; develop digital platforms and shared digital services, forming a digital ecosystem in the Ministry of National Defense; ensure security and information security to serve digital transformation; research and apply achievements of science and technology to serve digital transformation, focusing on applying advanced technologies, including: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Blockchain, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), quantum computing; develop forces and train human resources to meet the requirements of digital transformation.

Continue to review and promptly detect difficulties and "bottlenecks" to proactively remove them or advise, propose and recommend to competent authorities to remove them; complete all assigned targets and tasks, ensure quality, progress and efficiency in the spirit of "clear people, clear work, clear responsibilities, clear time and clear results".

Organize selection, recruitment, and training to improve the qualifications and ability to master science and technology for the team of professional staff and employees directly performing administrative reform and digital transformation tasks. Focus on training and education on new and modern science and technology, ensuring that this team has the capacity to manage, use, and operate IT sites and equipment, digital infrastructure, and handle work in the electronic environment.

Division 316 (Military Region 2) organizes through digital transformation software in the unit. Photo: DUC THINH

Organize selection, recruitment, and training to improve the qualifications and ability to master science and technology for the team of professional staff and employees directly performing administrative reform and digital transformation tasks. Focus on training and education on new and modern science and technology, ensuring that this team has the capacity to manage, use, and operate IT sites and equipment, digital infrastructure, and handle work in the electronic environment.

Do a good job of ensuring information security and network security to serve administrative reform and digital transformation. The functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense, often directly the 86 Command, the IT specialized forces of the units strengthen guidance, monitoring, supervision, and inspection of compliance with regulations on information security and network security; require agencies and units to strictly implement regulations on information security and network security for all equipment, products, software and information systems as well as investment projects on information security, administrative reform, digital transformation...

In 2025 alone, promoting administrative reform, digital transformation, Project 06 in the Ministry of National Defense focuses on the following contents: Focus on building the Project on Science and Technology Development, Innovation and Digital Transformation to serve command automation and modernization of the Army. Complete 3 breakthrough contents, including: Putting into operation the Ministry of National Defense Data Center, developing digital data, focusing on standardizing and putting into operation ministerial-level databases and specialized databases; deploying sending and receiving documents with the "Secret" level of confidentiality on the military data transmission network; sending and receiving documents without confidentiality on the private mobile network.

PV:

VAN HIEU (performed)

    Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/xay-dung-quan-doi/quan-doi-day-manh-cai-cach-hanh-chinh-chuyen-doi-so-dap-ung-tot-yeu-cau-nhiem-vu-846315