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The ICT Index table.

The ICT Index is one of the tools to assess and analyze the application of information communication technology which is used by the Ministry of Information and Communications and Vietnam Information Association for evaluation in Vietnam.

Understanding the urgency and importance of the ICT Index, since 2008, the Department of Information Technology and Financial Statistics has proposed to the leaders of the Ministry of Finance and e-Finance Journal to build the ICT Index of Finance every year, ranking results and provide annual data for the construction of the Vietnam ICT Index.

2016 is the 8th consecutive year that the Department of Information Technology and Financial Statistics has carried out data collection, analysis, assessment and reports on the ICT Index of Finance.

The ICT Index of Finance helps the units under the Ministry of Finance to acknowledge their position, so that they can develop the strategy of information technology more effectively.

The ICT Index of Finance in 2016 is built on the basis of a more complete system under the Ministry of Finance, including the group of provinces and cities under the hierarchicy to fit in the evaluation and ranking.

The ICT Index of Finance in 2016 has been surveyed on the basis of 5 groups with 283 units. Specifically, the group of central bodies of the system includes 6 units; the group of provinces and cities (the Department of Finance, the Department of Taxation, the local State Treasury, the Department of Customs, and the Department of State Reserve) includes 244 units; the Departments under the Ministry of Finance includes 19 units; the group of business organizations under the Ministry of Finance includes 10 subjects; and the group of enterprises under the Ministry of Finance includes 4 units.

The survey data of group 1 and 2 is used to calculate and rank, and the remaining 3 groups are used for the management of information technology in Finance.

With 68 indicators, the ICT Index of Finance in 2016 focused on the following areas: technical infrastructure of information technology (9 indicators); the application of information technology (23 indicators); ICT workforce (16 indicators); investment in information technology (13 indicators); and environment for organizations and policies (7 indicators).

According to the results of the ICT Index about the central units, the General Department of Taxation was ranked first, followed by the General Department of Vietnam Customs at second and the Office of the Ministry of Finance at third.

Regarding the Departments of Finance in provinces and cities, in 2016, the Hanoi Department of Finance continued to maintain the first ranking. The Lam Dong Department of Finance was ranked second and the Dong Thap Department of Finance was ranked third.

Meanwhile, regarding the State Treasury sector, the State Treasury of Hau Giang province continued with the first ranking; followed by the State Treasury of Ha Giang and the State Treasury of Bac Lieu.

The Nghe An Department of Taxation from tenth ranking in 2015 has risen to first ranking this year. The second ranking belongs to the Hau Giang Department of Taxation and the third ranking belongs to the Cao Bang Department of Taxation.

Regarding the Customs sector, the Da Nang Department of Customs was ranked first; followed by the Quang Tri Department of Customs and the Binh Duong Department of Customs.

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Regarding the State Reserve sector, the Ha Bac Department of State Reserve was ranked first, followed by the Tay Bac Department of State, and the North of Tay Nguyen Department of State Reserve.