Leveraging spatial data for national planning and governance
Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) has been leveraged in administrative reforms for socio-economic development, environment protection and ultimately e-Government management. Multiple Vietnamese state agencies and departments have been carrying out projects to establish their SDI and geographic information systems (GIS).
Việt Nam has developed important policies and frameworks to promote SDI, such as the Law on Survey and Mapping, as well as a national development strategy which focuses on building a national geospatial data infrastructure by 2030.
The Department of Survey, Mapping and Geographic Information (DOSM) under the Ministry of National Resources and Environment is building and managing the national SDI to ensure data sharing and integration with other state agencies and between localities for the development of e-Government, or online public services. In the long term, this will contribute to the digital economy and a digital society, as well as connect with the regional SDI network.
