Vietnam Wants to Accelerate the Digital Transformation of Education

On November 6, at the Government Headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister Lê Tiên Châu chaired a national videoconference on digital transformation in education and training. The purpose of the meeting was to assess the results achieved and identify priority measures for the coming period.

The education and training sector has, for the most part, established a nationwide digital dataset covering the main components of the education system. However, there are still delays in the creation, interconnection, authentication, and utilization of these databases.

Of the approximately 66.6 million digitized diplomas, 44 million have not yet been linked to a citizen identification number. Of the 12 million diplomas linked to this number and synchronized on the VNeID platform, only about 1.2 million have been validated by users.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the use of AI and its teaching in general education institutions make it possible to both modernize management and teaching and to impart new knowledge to students. Ho Chi Minh City aims to ensure that all of its educational institutions have an AI-based intelligent educational support system in place by 2030.

In Hanoi, the municipality has mobilized all relevant departments as part of a 100-day campaign to complete the databases. The capital has thus digitized, validated, and standardized 2.9 million records of diplomas and certificates, which have been integrated into the ministry’s system—representing a 75% completion rate. It has also created 1.76 million digital school transcripts—99.5% of the target—and rolled out the use of digital signatures across all educational institutions.

During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Lê Tiên Châu called for efforts to be focused on ensuring data reliability and interoperability, which are critical to the value of the sector’s databases. The Ministry of Education and Training, in coordination with the Ministry of Public Security and other relevant agencies, must promptly ensure the reliability of data related to the more than 44 million diplomas that still lack a citizen identification number.

The Ministry of Public Security must expand its connectivity capabilities to synchronize the databases of school transcripts and digital diplomas with the National Population Database, so that the data can be verified, authenticated, and effectively utilized.

The Ministry of Education and Training must also finalize, in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, the plan to use digital school transcripts and diplomas to replace the documents required in administrative files.

It must also work with the Ministry of Police to determine the infrastructure needed at the National Data Center to meet the needs of all schools nationwide.

Localities and educational institutions must continue piloting and expanding innovative models and best practices for the use of digital technologies and AI starting in the 2026–2027 school year.

The Deputy Prime Minister called on ministries, sectors, and local authorities to act with initiative and determination to carry out the tasks entrusted to them, achieve concrete progress starting in the 2026–2027 school year, and make digital transformation a true asset for the education and training sector.

Source: lecourrier.vn/