The basic is still to proactively train talent.

PV: Sir, we have a Resolution on the use of talented people. From your participation in scientific councils, what is your opinion on this issue?

Prof. Dr. Dao Trong Thi: We must have a correct understanding of talent in order to choose the right talent. Talent must be outstanding, of international stature, of the stature of advanced countries in the world. Talent must be a pioneer, outstanding and ahead of others. Many talents are needed to meet the demand, so that the country can rise to the top in scientific and technological development.

We are currently accelerating socio-economic development to achieve double-digit growth, moving towards the era of national development, so we need high-quality human resources. How do you evaluate the quality of high-quality human resources today?

- Vietnam's great success is that during the war, when life was difficult, we sent many excellent students to study abroad. That was the Party's far-sighted vision. Then, 10-20 years later, they returned home and made great contributions to the country's development.

Now we want to “jump” into the semiconductor chip production chain, while a large number are still in the process of training, not to mention that after training it may take another 10 years to start working. It is a whole process, university training takes many years, let alone training talented people, several decades is normal. If we want to go fast, we cannot skip stages, so in the beginning, we must first attract, even hire high-quality human resources from abroad, they are people with very high qualifications in important stages of the supply chain, with a leading nature. They are outstanding talents of world-class. If we want to develop, we must go ahead of others, if we go later, we cannot do it, there will be no big profits.

Many people say that we have a large amount of knowledge from Vietnamese people abroad. If we can attract them, we will have an abundant source of high-quality human resources, don't you think?

- To attract high-quality human resources, foreign experts or Vietnamese people living abroad, we need to select highly qualified people, but we can only attract a certain number. Training and developing domestic human resources will take a long time to reach the same level as those experts. Therefore, we must attract outstanding high-quality human resources. However, attracting them from outside is very expensive, because they are living in a high-salary environment, and when we attract them, the cost is even higher because they are far from home. Therefore, we can hire them. They are a "special department" to handle problems that domestic high-quality human resources cannot meet the requirements.

Sir, attracting or hiring experts is only a short-term issue, but in the long term, if we want to master technology, we must pay attention to domestic training?

- Training must always be a long step ahead. Because to train an ordinary person, university level takes 5 years, let alone train talents. Now if we wait 10 years, it will be too late. In the immediate future, when we have not trained in time, we need high-quality human resources to serve the rapid development of the country in the current period, we must attract and hire experts from outside. In the long term, domestic training must still be basic and proactive, we must train outstanding talents.

Sir, General Secretary To Lam once mentioned that training must focus on basic science, from which great works and research can be created. Perhaps we need to focus on this in training because there are currently few students in these fields?

- If you want to be a leader, you have to be a country with a high level of education, leading in basic science. The world's famous scientists are all basic scientists. High technology must be truly new technology, that is the real talent. In our country, there is a paradox: at the bottom, we are good, but at the top, we are mediocre. That is, high school students who compete internationally are on par with their international peers, but few have inventions or innovations. So how can we be a leader, how can we be on par with them, or surpass them?

Thank you very much!

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