(VOVworld) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged the information and communications sector to become a driving force for other industries, services and the national administrative system. At a conference in Hanoi on Thursday to review the performance of the Ministry of Information and Communications in 2013 and set tasks for 2014, Dam said that as globalization enters a new phase, Vietnam needs to gear up in order to survive the fierce competition.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam was speaking at the conference on December 26th. Photo: internet

He called on the information and communications sector to fulfill up its pioneering role in keeping up with new trends and exploiting technologies to help Vietnam’s development. Dam stressed the importance of restructuring Vietnam’s Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), and Vietnam’s Multimedia Corporation (VTC) to strengthen the information and communication sector.