Hanoi, July 6 -- Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam highlighted the role of digital transformation when he met with leaders from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the Vietnam Computer Association, as well as members of the IT community, at a recent seminar.

"With no digital transformation, Vietnam will lose in international competition ," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

Experts at the seminar said the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the factors to accelerate the digital process in the country as it has shown how the Government and businesses could apply IT effectively to fight the disease.

Dam said since the very beginning of the pandemic, Vietnam has planned to connect 20 hospitals so patients could receive consultat...