Myanmar Eyes Introducing E-Gov't System At All Ministry Offices

YANGON, March 8 (Bernama) -- Myanmar software companies are striving for introducing e-government system at all ministry offices and so far the implementation of such system has been in progress with 9 ministries out of the total 32, sources with the Myanmar Computer Association said on Monday.

These ministries are those of commerce, agriculture and irrigation, labor, home affairs, culture, transport, industry, electric power and communications, posts and telegraphs, reports Xinhua news agency.

The software used in these ministries are known as Internal Information System, Employee Bio Data Information System, Document Exchange and Management System, Industry Reporting System and Tender Reporting System, it said.

Meanwhile, in the bank sector, Myanmar has also introduced banking network system in some six banks in the country to interlink state and private banks to facilitate traders for banking transactions.

The system, being practiced with Yoma bank, Myanmar Citizens Bank, Tun Foundation Bank, Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank, Myawaddy Bank and Myanmar Industrial Development Bank, is carried out by local information technology companies of MIT and Global Net.

Myanmar IT experts said the country is in a position to launch e-commerce and mobile- (m-) commerce although e-payment system has not fully come into existence.

-- BERNAMA

Source :http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=480563

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