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Mr. Le Quang Hung is using online public services at the State Treasury. Photo Thuy Linh

Great benefits from online public services

Hung Vuong University is one of the first units using online public services of Phu Tho State Treasury and witnesses continuous upgrade of this application. After more than two years of companionship, Mr. Le Quang Hung, Chief Accountant of Hung Vuong University, highly appreciated the efforts as well as the implementation of the State Treasury system in general and of the officers in Phu Tho State Treasury in particular.

Talking about the early days of becoming familiar with online public services, Mr. Hung said that, like other units, under the encouragement and support of Phu Tho State Treasury, Hung Vuong University started to carry out online public services with the spirit of "exploring" a new way towards modernity, efficiency and simplified administrative procedures.

“Motivated by the new method, in the early days, we also encountered some unavoidable difficulties such as: slow internet, old computers, accounting software not yet compatible with the online public services. So the University’s accounting division workedwith the State Treasury officers to get familiar with the application and remove the smallest difficulties.Under the enthusiastic support of Phu Tho State Treasury, we have gotten rid of the "hesitation" to get acquainted and now more and more realize benefits that the services bring,"said Hung.

As a leader of the university, Vice Rector of Hung Vuong University Mr. Dam Dac Tien said that, thanks to online public services of the State Treasury, the university has reformed administrative procedures, limiting expenses incurred such as business trips and products for the office. In particular, online public services have prevented the problem of forging signatures of account owners, accountants and seals.

"In the teaching work, we also regularly use online public services of the State Treasury to prove the administrative reform and guide students to become acquainted with typical online public services of the State administrative agencies,"said Tien.

Another unit in PhuTho using online public services of the State Treasury is the Department of Information and Communications. Ms. Nguyen Thi Van Anh, accountant of the department, said that, as a leading unit in applying information technology associated with administrative reform, the Department also worked with the State Treasury to launchonline public services from the beginning.

"The greatest benefits of online public services are fast processing time and clear and transparent exchanged information. If comparing online public services of the State Treasury with other units such as Tax agency or Social Insurance agency, there is no inferiority in quality of the application as well as the coordination and support of the State Treasury officers,"said Van Anh.

Peace of mind

According to the statistics fromPhuTho State Treasury, the number of units join the online public service program is 1,657 out of 1,696 units subject to participation (reaching 98%). In particular, the rate of documents transacted through online public services averaged 42%. Particularly, in May 2020, this rate of the whole province reached 70%. There have been five districts using online public services, reaching 100%.

According to Mr. Tran Manh Hung, Director of PhuThoState Treasury, right from the beginning of the implementation, the unit has actively reported to the local government on the policy of the State Treasury on the wide-scale deployment of online public services. The PhuTho State Treasury also issued documents to departments, agencies, people's committees of districts and towns, as well as investors to actively deploy the system. At the same time, the unit also arranged its officers to support and train participants.

So far, when online public services have been in order, its benefits are very clear, especially during the social distancing period due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Dang Thanh Binh, Head of Expenditure Control Division, PhuThoState Treasury, said that during the pandemic, most budget-using units in the province accelerated the application of online public services. The statistics show that, by the end of February, the number of vouchers arising through online public services in the whole province was only 23%, in April this rate was 70%. Particularly, at the provincial State Treasury office, the rate of documents submitted through online public services reached more than 90%.

"Covid-19 is a push to help the units participating in online public services feel secure and confident in using it. It also helps the non-participating units to be more motivated to deploy it in the shortest time together with the highest determination. Thanks to online public services, in recent months, the expenditure control of PhuThoState Treasury has been very smooth, even though half of the State Treasury officers have to work from home due to the Prime Minister's order on social distancing. Online public services helps us work with peace of mind and reduce risks in all aspects," said Binh.

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In the near future, PhuTho State Treasury will continue to deploy online public services throughout the province in accordance with the State Treasury's schedule, striving to December 31, 2020 to complete the implementation of the online public servicesat 100% of budget-using units in the province.