A Success Story of Korean e-Government Systems Exported To Vietnam

Abstract

Many interests are on the e-Government systems from the business strategy perspective. The unique experiences by the Korean government became the attractive products for the underdeveloped countries which want to benchmark the Korea’s success as Korea made great achievement in the IT infrastructure in the national wide. The Korean e-Government exports reached USD 230 million in 2012. The e-Government systems are expected to have a substantially positive impact on Korea’s national brand image, exceeding the simple exports of IT technologies. Thus, this research addresses the importance and implications of the business strategies for the export of Korean e-Government systems to Vietnam. Through the success story in Vietnam, the paper provides for policy decision makers various implications and insights for the future. By introducing these systems (The e-Government systems from Korea - specially e-procurement systems), the Vietnamese government is able to enhance transparency and efficiency of its procurement administration services.