Press Release: SmartOCR Honoured at Vietnam Digital Transformation Awards 2021

On December 9, 2021, at the Vietnam Digital Awards 2021 Ceremony, the document digitization solution SmartOCR was honored in the category of Outstanding Digital Technology Products and Solutions. Mr. Dao Bao Linh, Head of the Artificial Intelligence R&D Department at GMO-Z.com RUNSYSTEM, represented the company to receive the award. The Vietnam Digital Awards 2021 (VDA 2021) is a national award directly guided by the Ministry of Information and Communications, aiming to honor outstanding digital transformation achievements by government agencies, public units, businesses, and individuals, thereby promoting national digital transformation efforts. This year's judging panel consisted of leading experts in IT and digital transformation such as: Dr. Nguyen Quan – former Minister of Science and Technology, President of the Vietnam Automation Association; Mr. Nguyen Huy Dung – Deputy Minister of Information and Communications; Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuc – Director of the Authority of Information Security – Ministry of Information and Communications; Mr. Huynh Quyet Thang – Rector of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, etc. Out of over 300 submissions from businesses nationwide, GMO-Z.com RUNSYSTEM’s SmartOCR solution was selected as one of the 53 most outstanding entries recognized and honored by the jury.

Mr. Dao Bao Linh, Head of the Artificial Intelligence R&D Department at GMO-Z.com RUNSYSTEM, receives the certificate for Outstanding Digital Technology Product 2021 with SmartOCR

SmartOCR is a solution that recognizes handwriting, printed text, and extracts characters from image data, converting them into editable text using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The OCR engine of SmartOCR can process documents in Japanese, English, and Vietnamese with an accuracy rate of over 97%. It is also the only solution on the market capable of recognizing Vietnamese handwriting. With its Extractor tool, SmartOCR allows information fields to be extracted according to each enterprise's needs, customizable for different usage purposes. The solution supports a wide range of documents such as legal papers, membership cards, loyalty cards, household registration books, application forms, surveys, invoices, contracts, land-use rights certificates, financial reports, academic materials, etc. In practice, SmartOCR has been implemented for various customers in different industries: building digital storage systems; reducing data entry time in BPO services; integrating with SmartKYC for electronic customer identification in finance and banking. Sharing about the benefits SmartOCR brings to businesses, Mr. Nguyen Tan Minh – Deputy General Director of GMO-Z.com RUNSYSTEM affirmed: "In the era of Industry 4.0, digitizing field operations is a prerequisite for deploying other technologies. SmartOCR helps businesses digitize documents right from the input stage, improving management efficiency, especially in banking, finance, and insurance. By applying SmartOCR, businesses can save 50% - 80% of time, process steps, and costs. In the future, OCR will be widely applied across all sectors, helping to shorten procedures, streamline workflows, digitize data, and enhance user experience.” Earlier, in October 2021, SmartOCR along with other solutions in the "One-stop Solutions" ecosystem such as SmartRPA – Robotic Process Automation, SmartKYC – Electronic Customer Identification, SmartStore – Smart Retail, SmartGift – Smart Promotions… were also named in the Top 10 IT Enterprises providing outstanding digital transformation solutions and services at the 2021 Top 10 IT Enterprises Recognition Ceremony organized by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA).