1. Opinion

a)Viet Nam post and telecommunications in  linkages with information technology, communications forming the basis of national information infrastructure,  must be a key sector, developing more powerful, regularly updating modern technology and  techniques. Developing together with effective management and exploitation,  in order to facilitate the application and promoting information technology in all sectors of entire society,  contributing to the country*s social - economic development and improving people*s intellectual

b)Promoting all resources of the country, create favourable conditions for all economic sectors to involve in the development of postal, telecommunications, informatics in fair, transparency  competition environment managed by the State  with the appropriate mechanisms. Developing rapidly, infiltrating and standing firmly in the domestic market, at the same time actively reaching out business activities in the international market

c)Actively integrate into the international economy, Developing together  with ensuring security,  information safety, contributing to firmly protect the socialist Viet Nam Fatherland .

2. Objective of strategy

a) Developing and constructing  national information technology  infrastructure with modern technology to be equal to the advanced countries in the region, having the coverage over the country with a high volume, speed and quality, effective operation, creating favourable conditions for entire society to exploit,  sharing information on the built national highway information; as the platform for applying and  developing information technology to serve the industrialization, modernization of the country

b) Providing society, consumers modern, diverse and plentiful services of postal, telecommunication with prices lower than or equivalent to the average level of countries in the region; meeting all of the information needs for social - economic, security and national defense. Implementing universal access to the  services of  postal, telecommunications, informatics to all areas in the country with more and more high quality. By 2010, total amount of telephone, the number of people using the Internet over 100 people will reach the average level in the region

c) Constructing postal, telecommunications in trend of technology convergence into key a technique - economic sector operating effectively, contributing more and more higher to GDP growth of the country,creating more jobs in the society

3. Development orientation of fields

a) Developing infrastructure of  telecommunications, informatics network 

- Developing and constructing infrastructure of national information technology, telecommunications networks advanced, modern, efficient operation, safe and reliable, covering over the wholly country to the deep areas, remote areas, border and island areas.Establishing national information highway which have large capacity, high speed, based on the convergence of technology and telecommunications , information technology services. Diffusing, applying the method of broadband access to households: optic fiber , broadband wireless , satellite information (VINASAT)...to be the foundation for applying and  developing information technology, electronic commerce, e-government, public services and other areas.

- In 2005, all provinces and cities in the country are connected by broadband optic fiber. In 2010  national information highway connects to all districts and many communes in the country by optical fiber and other methods of broadband transmission;  at least 30% of subscribers are able to access broadband telecommunications and Internet .

b) Developing postal network

- Developing  Viet Nam’s post under the direction of mechanization, automatization, infomatization  in order to reach modern level to be equal to the advanced countries in the region. Separating post from telecommunications, working independently and effectively, providing diversified services under international standards

- In 2010, reaching the average serving level of below  7,000 people over a postal – telecommunications serving point,an average serving radius  of below 3 km.Meeting that  100% of communes in delta areas and most of the communes in mountainous areas have new newspapers during the day.

c) Developing its own using information network

- Developing modern its own using information network,  in accordance with the development of the national public network; just meet the private information needs of  sector, just use effectively information infrastructure  of the built public network. 

- Giving priority to develop modern its own using information network    serving the Party, Government, national defense, security; ensuring service quality, security requirements and information safety

d) Developing service

-  Developing rapidly, diversifying ,  exploiting effectively  the type of  national information infrastructure - based service in order to provide for  users  services of postal, telecommunications, Internet with high quality, safety, security, their rates lower than or equivalent to the average level of countries in the region, serve the cause of social - economic development , security, national defense, industrialization, modernization of the country

- Speed up universality of postal , telecommunications, Internet services in the wholly country.In addition to fixed basic services , boosting the development of mobile service, Internet, electronic commerce, services for e-government, public services, community services and other value-added services.

By 2010, average telephone density reaches  15 to 18 telephones/100 people; reaching an average level of over 60% of households having phones, in urban area 100% of households have phones; providing extensively Internet services to  research institutes, universities, schools, hospitals throughout the country.

e) Developing market

- Promoting all sources of internal resources of the country and combining with effective international cooperation to  expand, developing market.Continueing to remove the field of enterprises proprietary , moving strongly into  competitive market , creating conditions for all economic sectors to participate in activities of postal , telecommunications, Internet services in a relationship maintaining firmly the key role of the State-owned economic.  New enterprises (excluding key enterprises) reach around 25 - 30% in 2005, 40 - 50% in 2010 of market share of  Viet Nam Internet,postal and telecommunications    market.

- Actively exploring the domestic market, while reaching out activities in the international market. Actively integrate into the international economy according to the schedule has been committed to bilateral and multilateral agencies

f)Developing Science – Technology

- Updating modern,advanced technology in the construction of national information infrastructure. The chose technology   must be the top, compatible, consistent with the trend of technology convergence.

- To speed up research, applying the achievements in science and technology in all areas: equipment, networks, services, industry, management, human resources ... Controlling import technology towards create more and more products which are manufactured under Viet nam’s technology.

 g) Developing post, telecommunications, informatics industry

- Encourage economic sectors inside and outside the country involving in the development of  postal, telecommunications, informatics industry; forms of foreign investment with high technology transfer , including the form of 100% foreign capital

- Strengthening acceptance of  modern technology transfer ; step by step to  seize control of both hardware and software technology , produce  products of international quality. Raising facilities of producing domestically equipments. In 2005 meeting 60% and in 2010 reaching 80% of  Viet nam’s demand on  postal, telecommunications and informatic equipment. Accelerate the process of improving Vie nam labour value-added content in the products: in 2005 reaching 30 - 40%, in 2010 reaching 60 - 70%. Strengthening cooperation exchange, participating in the international market of labor assign, perform production specialization of some products in Viet Nam; promote export to overseas market .

-  Giving priority to mobilize capital and investment in human resources for software industry development . By 2010, sales of software strives to achieve over 30% in sales of  postal, telecommunications, informatics industry. Increasing the proportion of software in their products; gradually penetrate the regional and international market   through the labor assignment, production specialization.

h) Developing human resources

- Training and developing skilled professionals, goods virtuous character human resource; owning modern technology,  techniques;to be  strong on economic management

- In 2010, meet  norms of productivity, work quality in Viet Nam post , telecommunications equivalent to level in advanced countries in the region.

4. Main solutions

a)  Continueing to  innovate policies to mobilize domestic resources, attract foreign resources

- Accelerating rapidly construction of the Ordinance, the Law on Post - Telecommunications and system of other legal normative documents to create conditions for changing drastically post, telecommunications to competition market; actively carry out route of opening market, international economic integration.

- Building  and enacting promptly policies, specific measures to promote competition, create conditions for all economic sectors to involve in developing post, telecommunications and Internet. Allowing domestic enterprises are eligible for the market to provide basic services, value-added service,   international and domestic   informatics technology application service. Expanding the competition market on the basis of promoting the leading role of state-owned enterprises. Constructing policies to ensure the market mechanism operating effectively; policies regulating business, public benefit,  service universal.  Constructing early and announcing route of opening post, Internet,telecommunications market under time landmarks  for each specific service.

- Renovating policy of rates to ensure surely an establishment of really competitive environment, creating a force for businesses to strive to raise the effectiveness of production and trade, reduce the price of products and services. Year 2001 - 2002 almost Viet Nam*s rates of  post, telecommunications, Internet  are lower than or equivalent to the average level of countries in the region.

- There are policies, appropriate measures in order to utilize and mobilize the resources of industries, localities to involve in developing national information infrastructure ; raising a capacity serving the community; increasing capability of service access for people in society.

- Managing  effectively the national resources such as  ranges of  numbers, codes, domain, domain; address; commercial rights; creating equality for all business to operate.

b) Renovating organization, strengthening and enhancing the efficiency of state management body, efficiency of  tools and policies for macro-economic management

- Building and improving the State’s united management body on post, telecommunication and information technology in accordance with the trend of  convergence of technology; management capacity must keep up development pace. Speeding up administrative reform, implementing effective State management in ompetition and opening environment.

- Managing under laws, reducing administrative measures, strengthening “post-inspectation” measures, does not interfere further into the production and business of enterprise. Pay attention to orientation and forecasting; associating plan with policies and mechanism system and market; ensuring healthy and equality development. Protecting benefits of the State, consumers and businesses.

- Establishing prerequisites which are necessary for post, telecommunications, informatics in Viet nam’s  process of  joining AFTA, APEC,WTO implementing of Viet nam - U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreement.

c) Continueing to reform organization of the production management and business activities of enterprises

- Renovating enterprises under goals: *productivity, quality , effectiveness*; improving competitiveness of enterprises which operate in a field of post , telecommunications, informatics. Promoting the leading role State-owned economic, establishing strong corporations of post, telecommunications, informatics ; creating influence and resources to integrate, compete successfully in    international market .

- Accelerating rapidly rearrangement which operate in a  field of post, telecommunications on the basis of delineating the types: 100 % State-owned enterprises; enterprise - the State holds dominant shares or special shares; enterprises in all social - economic sectors. Gradually abolishing the cross-subsidy, performing an independent financial entity, clearly defining public interest and business tasks. Implementing equitization of  post, telecommunications, informatics enterprises under  a specific route.

- Accelerating the process of adjustment of investment structure, step by step separating independently post and telecommunications.

d)  Mobilizing and using effectively capital capital resources

- 2001 – 2020:  mobilizing around VND 160 - 180 thousand billion (equivalent to USD 11 - 12 billion ) to invest in developing post, telecommunications, informatics. In that,  2001 - 2010 period, mobilizing VND 60 - 80 thousand billion (USD 4 - 6 billion). It is expected that amount of domestic  mobilized capital will be around 60%, foreign capital is 40% of total capital.

- The State has policies of trade right on post, telecommunications for companies operating in this field; having policies to regulate network development in rural areas, mountainous areas, deepen areas, remote areas. The business itself mobilize capital for investing in developing network and trading services, at the same time, having obligation to provide universal access service, public service at  requests of the State.

- About domestic capital: Strengthening enterprises innovation , adjusting structure of production, investment, creating conditions for enterprises to operate effectively to increase promptly  ability of  accumulating capital by themselve and re-investing to develop. Strengthening investment attraction of all economic sectors in the country; having appropriate solutions  to encourage departments and localities involving in development of post, telecommunications, informatics. Building fund of service universality to serve for dissemination of post, telecommunications and the Internet, especially for rural areas, deep areas, remote areas.

- Regarding foreign capital: taking advantages to exploit thoroughly foreign capital source; encouraging forms of foreign direct investment, especially investment into industry of post, telecommunications, informatics, service investment into service business with suitable forms of investments in accordance with route of international economic integration of the sector. Using a part of ODA capital for developing post, telecommunications, informatics in rural areas, deep areas, remote areas.

e) Promoting international cooperation for development

- Continueing to actively participate in all aspects of operation of international organizations to collect, supplement knowledge, experience and contributiing practically; raising empowerment, prestige and benefits of Viet Nam on international arena.

- Gaining initiative in route of international economic integration. Diversifying the activities of cooperation with foreign competitors to court resources from the outside (capital, technology, engineering, staff training ...) and creating competition on postal services, telecommunications , Internet. Creating good conditions for domestic enterprises to stand firmly in the domestic market and expand business into the world and the region markets.

f) Team building  strengthen

- Training and re-training existing staff. Early training and being relevant to development goals; diversifying the type of training,improving. Modernizing specialized training centers ; upgrading the infrastructure, equipment;innovating textbook; updating new knowledge. Continueing to build Institute of Technology Post - Telecom towards taking part positively in training of human resources of post, telecommunications, information technology; strengthening international cooperation in human resource training.

- Build an appropriate training policy to have a staff of excellent experts on economic, technology; excellent business management team in international competition environment; particularly focus on   informatic, telecommunications  software team.

- Implementing reasonable behaved policy  to attract talented person inside and outside the country to contribute to the development of informatics, telecommunications, post.