Experience the Anbi robot at the Festival 'Bac Giang Youth - Innovation in the digital age.' (Photo: Dong Thuy/VNA)

The Government has just issued Resolution No. 71/NQ-CP amending and updating the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation.

In order to achieve the goals set out in Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, the Government requires that in the coming time, in addition to regular tasks, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities need to raise awareness, make breakthroughs in innovative thinking, determine strong political determination, resolutely lead and direct, create new momentum, new momentum in the whole society in developing science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation.

Building and promoting national brands on innovation

Build and promote the national brand of innovation; build a digital platform and digital tools to measure online the level of completion of digital transformation tasks; develop a plan to implement the Government's action program with specific quantified goals; assign responsibilities to heads of units directly in charge and direct; strive to arrange the proportion of officials with expertise and experience in science and technology in the leadership team of each state agency and unit, aiming to reach at least 25%.

Review and amend regulations on encouraging and protecting dynamic, creative cadres who dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility for the common good in the direction of supplementing and adjusting to promote the spirit of creativity, dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility of the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees in developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation in the spirit of Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW...

Removing bottlenecks in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation development

Ministries, sectors and localities must urgently and resolutely improve institutions; eliminate all ideas, concepts and barriers that are hindering development; turn institutions into a competitive advantage in the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation. Review and remove bottlenecks and barriers in institutions and policies in the development of science, technology, innovation, digital transformation and high-quality human resources; perfect legal regulations to ensure a legal corridor for the activities of all sectors and fields in the digital environment.

Amending legal regulations to remove bottlenecks in science, technology and innovation activities towards accepting risks, risky investments and delays in scientific research, technology development and innovation. Amending the Law on Science and Technology (2013) and related laws in the project to develop the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation to: Remove difficulties and obstacles, create a favorable legal corridor to promote science, technology and innovation; simplify administrative procedures, promote decentralization and delegation of power in state management; focus investment resources from the state budget, attract non-budgetary investment for science, technology and innovation.

Supplement policies to remove bottlenecks and complete the Law on Digital Technology Industry; review and arrange the organization, functions, tasks and powers of state agencies from central to local levels to ensure unity and improve the effectiveness of state management of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation... Increase investment and complete infrastructure for science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation.

Developing a network of innovation hubs

Develop a network connecting innovation centers, creative startups, focusing on strategic technologies and digital transformation. Implement programs and projects to promote key technology and innovation fields of the National Innovation Center.

By 2030, at least 5 projects and programs in the fields of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, digital technology, smart factories, smart cities, etc. will be implemented.

Interacting with robots. (Photo: Anh Tuyet/VNA)

Develop and implement the Program for developing the digital economy and digital society with specific quantified goals; develop mechanisms and policies to support and encourage organizations, individuals, and businesses to invest in and build laboratories, research centers, and science and technology development; pilot the deployment of digital copies for a number of centrally-run cities.

Building the Internet of Things (IoT) industry and a number of specialized industrial parks developing IoT; digitally transforming industrial parks and industrial clusters towards enhancing IoT applications to become smart industrial parks and industrial clusters; promoting and developing a number of industries and fields applying the Internet of Things industry such as manufacturing, trade, energy, agriculture, transportation, healthcare, etc.

Developing and utilizing high quality human resources

At the same time, develop and promote high-quality human resources and talents to meet the requirements of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation. Synchronously implement solutions to enhance STEM education and career guidance, attract excellent students to study STEM majors; develop and implement policies to detect and nurture STEM talents early, plan and invest in upgrading and expanding the system of specialized schools and gifted schools in natural sciences.

Implement training programs for talented engineers, masters and doctors in basic sciences, key engineering and technology fields to serve strategic technology development; training programs, retraining of technicians, high-quality vocational training, meeting the requirements of applying new and high technologies. Focus on investing in building a number of universities, advanced training centers specializing in artificial intelligence and other strategic technology fields.

Innovate training programs, diversify training methods for STEM majors; build an online education and training platform according to international standards, develop a digital university education model combining the application of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual space.

Review and develop policies to attract, recruit and reward digital transformation human resources, specialized forces to ensure network safety and security working in state agencies, ensuring sufficient quantity and quality, suitable for specific fields, regions, etc.

Improve the quality of online public service delivery throughout the process

Promote digital transformation, application of science, technology, and innovation in the operations of agencies in the political system; improve the effectiveness of national governance, the effectiveness of state management in all fields, and ensure national defense and security.

Promote the application of science and technology to build scientific foundations to support decision-making in the operations of state management agencies; build a model of a smart monitoring and control center to strengthen public management, improve governance effectiveness and operational efficiency of all levels of government.

Investing in developing digital transformation infrastructure in a locality. (Illustration photo: Minh Quyet/VNA)

Improve the quality of online public service provision throughout the process; provide new personalized, data-based digital services to people and businesses; minimize administrative procedures, processing time, and administrative procedure compliance costs; comprehensively innovate the handling of administrative procedures, and implement administrative procedures regardless of administrative boundaries.

Strengthening direction, supervision and assessment of service quality for people and businesses in implementing administrative procedures and public services based on data and accountability of state agencies and competent persons in serving the people.

Promote digital transformation in the cultural sector to develop the cultural industry. Build and develop high-quality digital cultural products; encourage and attract a large community to participate in creating and producing positive, healthy and benevolent digital cultural products in the digital environment...

Encourage businesses to invest in digital transformation

Strongly promote science, technology, innovation and digital transformation activities in enterprises. Review and develop incentive policies to encourage enterprises, especially small and medium enterprises, cooperatives and business households to invest in digital transformation, research, application of science and technology to improve production, business and corporate governance efficiency.

Organize the implementation of solutions to promote knowledge transfer, training of scientific and technological human resources, and innovation through foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises; develop solutions to support domestic technology enterprises to invest abroad.

Develop regulations on establishing research facilities for digital technology and digital transformation policies in enterprises to research, apply, and cooperate in transferring modern digital technology achievements from abroad to the country; establish research facilities for digital technology policies and transfer modern digital technology achievements from abroad to the country.

Centralized monitoring and control center of Tay Ninh province. (Illustrative photo. Source: VNA)

Develop mechanisms and policies to support digital technology enterprises, organizations and individuals with capacity to carry out key tasks on digital transformation; support policies to develop digital technology enterprises to exploit the domestic digital transformation market to reach out to the world; promote the development of small and medium enterprises...

Strengthening international cooperation

Strengthen international cooperation in science, technology development, innovation and digital transformation.

Promote multilateral and bilateral international cooperation with countries, territories, multinational corporations with advanced science, technology, and digital transformation capabilities, international organizations, and the world's leading research institutes in science, technology, and innovation; promote technological diplomacy, attract external resources, contribute to ensuring economic security, and enhance technological autonomy.

Actively and proactively participate in shaping frameworks, rules, and governance on science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation in multilateral cooperation mechanisms; study the possibility of participating in new cooperation mechanisms and initiatives on science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.

Develop a project for Vietnam to proactively participate in international standardization organizations. Have a mechanism to build a team of experts to participate in leadership positions of international standardization organizations, participate in technical standards committees of a number of fields related to strategic technology development.../.

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