VietNamNet Newspaper would like to send readers the full text of the speech of Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung at the 6th National Forum on Vietnamese Digital Technology Enterprises, January 15, 2025.
Increasing labor productivity, developing rapidly and sustainably, developing inclusively, escaping the middle-income trap, turning Vietnam into a developed socialist country, standing shoulder to shoulder with the world powers, aspiring for a strong and prosperous Vietnam, where no enemy dares to invade. What is the common answer to Vietnam's thousand-year-old concerns?

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung. Photo: Hoang Ha

That is technology. The digital revolution, and especially its revolutionary new development and breakthrough - the fourth industrial revolution, has created new opportunities and unique opportunities for Vietnam. Technology can effectively solve Vietnam's problems. Vietnam, with its own problems, is the market for the birth and development of Vietnamese technology enterprises. Vietnam is also the cradle for technology enterprises from Vietnam to go global, solving global problems. Make in Vietnam means creating in Vietnam, designing in Vietnam, making in Vietnam, manufacturing in Vietnam and by Vietnamese enterprises. Make in Vietnam is a slogan for action. Make in Vietnam is a spirit. A spirit of self-reliance. A spirit of mastering applications and mastering technology. From mastering applications to mastering technology.

Make in Viet Nam is a slogan for action. Make in Viet Nam is a spirit. A spirit of self-reliance. A spirit of mastering applications and mastering technology. From mastering applications to mastering technology.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung

Make in Vietnam will not only help Vietnam prosper but also help Vietnam have lasting peace, because it contributes to the development of a strong defense and security industry to protect Vietnam. The magic crossbow protecting Vietnam can only be made by Vietnamese people. Make in Vietnam has been around for 5 years. In the past 5 years, Vietnam's value in the digital technology industry has increased from 20% to 32%. In 2024, Vietnam's value in the 152 billion USD digital technology industry (CNS) is 32%. And we aim for Vietnam's value to be over 50% by 2030. This is a very high goal to help Vietnam escape the outsourcing trap. Escaping the outsourcing trap is to escape the middle-income trap. In the past 5 years, the number of Vietnamese CNS enterprises has increased by 50%. With 74,000 digital technology enterprises in a country of 100 million people, Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest ratio of digital technology enterprises per capita among developing countries. Make in Vietnam is also the pride of Vietnam. Resolution 57 dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo on Breakthrough in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation has conveyed the message of self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-reliance and national pride to promote Vietnamese intelligence. Vietnam is no longer a small country, it must stand shoulder to shoulder with the world's powers, must contribute to the development of humanity. Make in Vietnam is also our responsibility as a global nation and global citizen. That is, in addition to using and consuming human technology, Vietnam must also contribute to humanity, contribute to the technological development of humanity. The responsibility of domestic CNS enterprises for Make in Vietnam must be stronger than ever.

Make in Vietnam is also our responsibility as a global nation and global citizen. That is, in addition to using and consuming human technology, Vietnam must also contribute to humanity, contribute to the technological development of humanity.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung

Resolution 57 also sets the goal of self-reliance and competitiveness in technology, especially strategic technology. In the past, we focused a lot on application and processing, but now we must focus more on mastering technology, on design, on creating Vietnamese products, and on higher value stages. Each year, the State will spend 15% of the science and technology, innovation and digital transformation budget on mastering strategic technologies. We master strategic technologies to master Vietnam's digital transformation process. Only then can Vietnam develop sustainably. Resolution 57 directs the assignment of core enterprises to undertake large, national key projects on digital transformation, and assign core enterprises to master strategic technologies. This is a two-pronged arrow: mastering the digital transformation process, mastering digital transformation technology, and forming large technology enterprises in the country with international competitiveness. From now on, Vietnamese technology enterprises, especially large enterprises, must accept the Vietnamese mission and make Vietnam famous.

We master strategic technologies to master the digital transformation process of Vietnam. Only then can Vietnam develop sustainably.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung

In 2024, the revenue from foreign markets of Vietnamese CNS enterprises reached 11.5 billion USD. And more importantly, it is increasing at a rate of over 30% per year. We set a target that by 2035, the revenue from foreign markets of Vietnamese CNS enterprises will reach 100 billion USD and surpass agricultural exports. That is, Vietnam's digital technology exports must be higher than Vietnam's agricultural exports. This is a very high and challenging goal for Vietnamese CNS enterprises. But if we cannot do this, we cannot say that Vietnam is a regional and world center for science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, as Resolution 57 has assigned us. Technology exports are also a test for Vietnamese technology. Talking about technology means talking about talent. There are many Vietnamese people abroad who have become famous in technology. It is time to return to Vietnam or connect with Vietnam to build Vietnamese technology businesses. Talent has global characteristics. Vietnam will create conditions for global talent to converge here, allowing testing of new technologies and new business models, with a Sandbox approach, accepting risks: What is not yet known how to manage will not be banned but will be allowed to be tested under control. "Technology special zones", "Innovation special zones", with the connotation of being places to test superior mechanisms for innovative technology businesses.

Our Vietnam will create conditions for global talent to converge here, allowing testing of new technologies and new business models, with a Sandbox approach, accepting risks: What is not yet known how to manage will not be banned but will be allowed for controlled testing.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung

Resolution 57 identifies the trio of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation as the three main pillars for national development in the new era. In which, science and technology is the foundation, it creates new knowledge and new technology. Innovation is the driving force, it transforms new knowledge and new technology into new ideas and new solutions. It is the magic wand to turn research results into new products, new services, new processes, creating practical values ​​for socio-economic development. Digital transformation is moving all activities to the digital environment, digitizing the real world to create a new space - digital space, providing a digital platform, digital technology, digital data and digital connectivity to accelerate and expand the scale of application of science and technology and innovation. Digital transformation creates a digital space - a new land of application, an ideal environment for science, technology and innovation, so favorable that individuals can also apply science and technology to participate in innovation. As we can see, current technology is mainly digital technology, or based on digital technology, current innovation is also mainly digital innovation. Digital transformation creates an environment and tools to realize innovative ideas and solutions. For the first time, the trio of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation are included in a Resolution of the Politburo, and will be included in a unified set of the two ministries of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Information and Communications. The interconnectivity and inseparability of these three will create a new, breakthrough and revolutionary driving force for the development of science, technology and innovation in the digital environment. General Secretary To Lam, on behalf of the Politburo, has just signed and issued Resolution 57, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army, December 22, 2024. This is a special and important resolution on Breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation, with many revolutionary viewpoints, tasks and solutions, similar to Resolution 10 for agriculture 40 years ago, but this time for science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation. From a lack of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, we will move towards sufficient, surplus, export and large-scale export of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, just like we did with agriculture. Resolution 10 is to escape poverty, Resolution 57 is to escape the middle-income trap. Resolution 10 is to liberate labor, Resolution 57 is to liberate creativity. The common spirit of both Resolution 10 and Resolution 57 is to manage by objectives, regardless of how things are done, to give autonomy and responsibility to workers, to accept risks and evaluate based on overall efficiency, and for workers to benefit from the fruits of labor and creativity.

Resolution 10 is to escape poverty, Resolution 57 is to escape the middle-income trap. Resolution 10 is to liberate labor, Resolution 57 is to liberate creativity.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung

General Secretary To Lam is the Head of the Central Steering Committee for Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation. From now on, science, technology, innovation and digital transformation have truly become a revolution of the entire Party and the entire people, and will enter a period of breakthrough development. And we expect that science, technology, innovation and digital transformation will make a particularly important contribution to Vietnam's rise up and become a developed socialist country with high income by 2045, when Vietnam will be 100 years old. In the spirit of Resolution 57, I would like to declare the opening of the 6th Vietnam CNS Business Forum, Make in Vietnam, with the theme: "Mastering digital technology, mastering the digital transformation process of Vietnam with Vietnamese digital technology enterprises". Wish our Forum a great success! The presence of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the Make in Vietnam Forum will convey a very strong message of our Party: Developing and mastering science and technology, innovation and digital transformation are prerequisites and the best opportunity for our country to develop richly and powerfully in the new era - the era of the Vietnamese people's rise.

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