Designing e-Government for the Poor - Tanzania Development ...

Viet Nam
telephones and Internet users to attain the same level as other developed
countries in the Asian and Pacific region by 2010. The third objective is to
build and develop the infrastructure for the national telecommunication
network. The improved telecommunication network will be reliable, ensure
safety, and provide nation wide coverage including access in rural and
remote areas. The infrastructure will lead to the development of a national
information highway, mass media services, and most importantly, it will
provide broadband access to every household. The goal is to provide
service to all cities and provinces with broadband fiber optic cable by
2005. By 2010, it is hoped that over 60 per cent of households will have
telephone sets, and that Internet services will be available in research
institutes, universities, secondary schools, and hospitals nation-wide. It is
also envisioned that the Internet will be used to provide information to the
public about all state agencies, and to streamline administrative procedures.
All government agencies would be expected to have a portal by 2010. The
e-government network will focus on local government to offer services and
information to local residents. The Government IT network will connect 61
cities and provinces, and nearly 40 key Government ministries and agencies,
with 2,500 sub-servers, 180 servers, and 50 shared application
programmes.
The rationale for this project is:
• Raise the management capacity of government to reach local
and grassroots level
• Less paperwork
• Provide the population with information from Government agencies
and public administrative services via the Internet
• Reduce annoyance with time-consuming administrative procedures
B. Cost estimates and financing plan
The total cost for this project is US$ 5 billion. The Government of
Viet Nam will provide US$ 3.5 billion. Foreign funding will be a total of
US$1.5 billion. Base costs include the following:
Networking (servers, IT highway, US$ 2.50 billion
network devices, etc.):
Application (operating system, US$ 2.00 billion
software, applications):
Consulting services: US$ 0.10 billion
Project administration: US$ 0.04 billion
Training costs: US$ 0.20 billion
Risk costs: US$ 0.16 billion
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