Asean well prepared to accelerate growth of digital economy, says Vietnam


KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19 (Bernama): Asean countries are well-placed and well prepared to accelerate the growth of the digital economy besides having the good political will and well-designed master plan for digitalisation in the future, said Vietnam's ambassador to Malaysia Dr Tran Viet Thai.

He said Asean members have a good vision and a good number of online population besides a fairly developed Information Technology (IT) infrastructure to accelerate the growth of the digital economy.

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