Electronic postage - Vietnam's approach to the economy of globalization (Term III)

Currently, the issue of safety and confidentiality of information on technology infrastructure has been concerned by Vietnam Post and assigned responsibility to the Postnet management board. A Firewall system built on the Post * Net central switch provides a network security firewall that has been built since 2004. This is a hardware firewall module in combination with some External intrusion detection system provides advanced network security capabilities to minimize network attacks and unauthorized access.

4, Assessment of electronic postal development infrastructure of Vietnam Post

a. Technology infrastructure

Information technology and telecommunications are the foundation for the development of e-commerce applications. In addition to the general development of national technology infrastructure, this section will evaluate the technology capacity of Vietnam Post as of November 2006.

Computer : At least every province is equipped with two servers by Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group and many computers for operating and exploiting according to projects of developing postal information systems and relative configuration. Strong compared to deployed software. The post offices of provinces and cities have big revenue, the number of computers is more equipped. In addition, provincial and municipal post offices have also equipped themselves with many computers to equip post offices of level 2 and 3.

Software : According to the development roadmap, there are many software projects for the management and exploitation of postal services such as software positioning and tracking for EMS, management and exploitation of services. press release, management and exploitation of money transfer services, postal savings, package, trip management, transaction automation, post office management . Through these software, The specialist can understand the service status of the service to provide information to managers and customers when required, and through the website customers can also know information about the journey. my post.

Network devices and connection methods : Comes with servers and computers, post offices of provinces and cities have also been equipped with network equipment and other supporting devices. Some post offices in provinces and cities connect data about Postnet data center through the Group's business and production network. Some other provinces connect to the center via megawan road. Most post offices and provinces connect data of level 3 post offices to level 2 post offices and from level 2 post offices connected to provincial data centers (level 1) through cable networks. In the province, except for some places due to unfavorable terrain (such as remote areas), connecting via telephone (dial-up) or by other connections to the center.

Internet : The rural Internet project of Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group has also been piloted and therefore a number of commune cultural post offices also have internet-connected computers to serve the people.

Safety and security :

Currently, the issue of safety and confidentiality of information on technology infrastructure has been concerned by Vietnam Post and assigned responsibility to the Postnet management board. A Firewall system built on the Post * Net central switch provides a network security firewall that has been built since 2004. This is a hardware firewall module in combination with some External intrusion detection system provides advanced network security capabilities to minimize network attacks and unauthorized access.

In addition to the network attack identification system, the authentication licensing system provides a centralized system access identifier database that helps to manage the visitor closely. All network components in the Post * Net center are designed with two running devices simultaneously to prevent hot and load balancing in operation.

In addition, the issue of online data protection against virus threats is also concerned to minimize this risk. Network monitoring system can observe the status of the connection directions, status and load of the system in order to have timely behaviors as well as make appropriate maintenance and upgrade decisions.

With the current strong growth rate, the technology problem is not a problem for e-postal development.

b. Legal infrastructure

2006 marked the birth of a series of important legal documents or additional terms in the law on e-commerce such as the Electronic Transaction Law, the Advertising Ordinance to recognize electric advertising. Vietnam Commercial Law with regulations on electronic transactions, the Accounting Law recognizes electronic invoices, vouchers, Civil Code (amended) referring to electronic transactions, Law Information technology refers to e-Government and e-commerce. In addition, there are also important documents such as the Decree on digital signatures and electronic authentication services, the Decree on research, production, business and use of information protection codes that are not in scope. State secrets, Decrees on management, provision and use of Internet services, Procedures for electronic licensing for investment, trade, intellectual property law, and law on evidence , Criminal Code regulates cybercrime .

In general, in order for e-commerce in general and e-post in particular to come to life, there needs to be a more complete and complete legal corridor.

c. Payment infrastructure

In Vietnam, electronic payment activities have not yet developed, mainly based on cash and paper vouchers in banks. Creating a habit of paying by electronic payment means is a necessary task, though relatively difficult. In addition, the facilities and equipment for payment activities in our country are limited. Currently, the level of information technology application in the Vietnamese banking system is quite different from other regional banks. For example, modern banking services such as automated banking systems - ATM, payment cards, online banking have become familiar and popular in these countries, while in Vietnam, This service has just started to be applied or piloted in a narrow range with customers.

Currently, Vietnam is in the testing phase of applying the electronic payment system with the support of the World Bank through the project " Modernizing banks and payment systems ", launched from May 1994, started implementation since 1997.

The Post sector is not outside of these difficulties when developing electronic postage, however, an advantage of postage is that it offers a wide range of services from delivery to finance, so when developing electronic postage, can combine services together into a complete supply chain without too big investment.

Currently, Vietnam Post has a number of postal services that are fully capable of supporting electronic postal development such as money transfer services, postal savings services and personal account services. , currently very successful in the residential and rural areas (B2C).

Payment in e-commerce is a very complex and complex issue for developed countries in the world. This is reflected in the following issues: safety, security, electronic signatures, authentication, encryption, electronic payment, electronic banking. All of these issues are still very new and incomplete in Vietnam, especially security issues, encryption, or electronic banking, not to mention electronic payment via credit cards, ATMs, checks. personal. Therefore, we have not been able to develop electronic postage when payment infrastructure has not yet completed and more stable the problem of young electronic payment, has not achieved certain reliability in business circles. and consumers. It is one of the relatively large barriers and needs to be addressed well in order to be a solid stepping stone for the rapid and effective development of electronic postage.

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