To make it to the top, the MoIT undertook numerous innovations in the application of information technology and supplying public services, said VAIP’s General Secretary Nguyen Long.

Regarding the ICT Index of provinces and cities, he said he was surprised to see despite embracing part of the old Ha Tay which held a low position before merging with Hanoi in 2009, Ha Noi remains in 3^rd place (1^st place belonging to Da Nang).   

In the state-run sector, the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) topped the ICT Index. There was an increasing trend among commercial banks to invest in information and technology. As regards corporations, there was not much change with leading positions retained by the Vietnam Steel Corporation, Rubber Corp. and Oil and Gas Group.

This is the 4^th consecutive year the VAIP has coordinated with the Office of the National Steering Committee on Information and Technology to compile the Vietnam ICT Index.