“Technology self-reliance” for Vietnam to become a developed country Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung chose the first working session of 2025 (January 2) to talk with leaders of agencies, units, and enterprises under the Ministry of Information and Communications about development orientation in the next period and key tasks in 2025.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung discussed with leaders and deputy heads of units under the Ministry of Information and Communications about the development orientation of the information and communications industry and sector in the coming time. Photo: Le Anh Dung

Throughout the talk, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung repeatedly expressed his wish that leaders of units must dare to think big, never think that Vietnam is small, and contribute to the development of humanity through building a national brand. This shows the importance of human resources in implementing tasks as well as the 'understanding' of ideology and awareness so that the staff can work better. "In the era of national growth, each individual must grow stronger, dare to think big, dare to think that Vietnam is not small, dare to think that Vietnam is not weak, dare to think that Vietnam contributes to the development of humanity. Then, take on bigger tasks to do. Find ways to turn difficult tasks into easy tasks" , Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung requested. In fact, in the field of information and communication technology, Vietnam is leading the region and the world, for example: Being in the top 15 countries to issue digital transformation programs early, top 20 globally in cybersecurity; the second country in the world to announce a national digital infrastructure framework; having the second highest rate of publications per capita in the ASEAN region; and being the country that manages cross-border social networking platforms among the best in the world...

In the field of information and communication technology, Vietnam is leading the region and the world, typically Vietnam is the second country in the world to announce a national digital infrastructure framework. Illustration photo: D.T.

With the question-and-answer format, the head of the IT&T industry once again emphasized the meaning and importance of questions in the present era, while noting that questions should not be asked that are too big, but should be asked about things related to oneself, maybe what one is doing and maybe what one is thinking. In response to the concerns of Director of the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) Dang Hoai Bac about the orientation of exporting knowledge through training, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung analyzed each direction in detail, recommending that the Academy should focus on online training, because this is the right direction and can be done: "Online training does not require teachers, does not require laboratories. This is a door for Vietnam to go abroad to train human resources. PTIT being able to do this is also Vietnam's contribution to the development of humanity". Emphasizing the view that Vietnam must be "technologically self-reliant" to become a developed country, the head of the Information and Communications sector said that from the perspective of a training unit, PTIT needs to educate students on the idea of ​​going abroad to gain experience, and then returning home to start a business, contributing to the development of the country. Love diversity for sustainable development of the organization. In the limited time of the exchange, through thoroughly answering nearly 10 questions in many fields of the industry, from telecommunications, Internet, network information security, to journalism, publishing and foreign information, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung also gave many pieces of advice to leaders of units on the management model, the necessary skills of managers as well as having faith in the strength and capacity of each individual in the organization.

At the meeting, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung answered many concerns of leaders of agencies and units in the Ministry of Information and Communications. Photo: Le Anh Dung

Answering the concerns of the leaders of the Department of Telecommunications, Vietnam Internet Center about the concept of digital competitiveness and IoT development in Vietnam, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung pointed out that digital competitiveness sounds abstract, but it is the ranking of digital infrastructure , data infrastructure, digital government, digital economy, network security, the ratio of digital technology enterprises to the total number of enterprises... Or about IoT, if we consider it from an IoT device, such as a surveillance camera, we will see the importance and impact of IoT devices that are changing society; or another type of IoT, smartphones, is also changing the behavior of each person. Minister Nguyen Manh Hung also reminded the leaders of agencies and units in the Ministry of Information and Communications about the harmonious combination between the state and enterprises in developing digital infrastructure and IoT: "To lead a country, no one can do things with long-term vision and strategic significance better than the State; no one can do short-term things better than the market and enterprises" . At the same time, note that whatever unit leaders do, they must do it to the best of their ability. Faced with the publishing industry's concerns about the impact of AI, the head of the Information and Communications industry said that the publishing sector can learn from the story of the journalism industry with social media. At that time, from being caught up in and chasing after social networks, the press returned to its core values ​​of authenticity, accuracy, objectivity, and accountability. The press uses social media technology to make news and considers social networks as an environment to appear. Therefore, publishing must maintain the core values ​​of its industry and use AI to support its work, so that writers have more time to be creative: "The emergence of a new tool, technology, will change our profession; but also provide us with good tools to do our job. And what AI does well, humans do not do, spending time on creativity".

According to Minister Nguyen Manh Hung, from being swept away by and chasing after social networks, the press has returned to its core values ​​of authenticity, accuracy, objectivity, and accountability. Illustration photo: Hoang Ha

Through direct answers to questions, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung also summarized and gave general advice to the heads of agencies, units, and enterprises in the Ministry on the issue of management models and human resource management in the organization. According to the Minister, the new Ministry manages many sectors and fields, creating great opportunities for heads of departments and divisions to lead their units' fields. The responsibility will be heavier, but the operating space will also be larger. In particular, it is important that department and division leaders have faith in the strength of each individual in the digital age, take advantage of global knowledge thanks to the support of virtual assistants. The head of the Information and Communications sector also gave what organizational leaders need to do to utilize the capacity of human resources. Specifically, think of challenges, trust in assigning tasks, and show how to turn big tasks into small tasks, difficult tasks into easy tasks. Through participation and guidance on how to do things, each employee in the organization will gradually mature. In addition, the heads of agencies, units and enterprises in the Ministry of Information and Communications are also reminded that in order for the organization to develop sustainably, it is necessary to consider it normal for 5-10% of the staff in the unit to speak differently from the leader. "Diversity in a leadership team will create sustainable and long-term development for the organization. Department Head leaders should choose deputies who are different from themselves, so that they can compensate for themselves," Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung reminded.

Vietnamnet.vn

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/dam-nghi-den-nhung-viec-lon-thi-moi-lam-duoc-viec-lon-2361021.html