Can COVID-19 Catalyze Vietnam’s Digital Transformation?
By Ousmane Dione
There is no time when speed matters more than when a pandemic strikes. What’s unfolding with the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide speaks volumes to this. First detected in China last December, the novel coronavirus has travelled to 209 countries and territories globally, infected more than 1.9 million and claimed lives of more than 120,000 people at the time of this writing.
, despite Vietnam’s role as a regional trade powerhouse and a tourism hotspot.
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Source: World Bank Blogs (link opens in a new window)
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