If there is a "forest of procedures", there can be no breakthrough in science and technology.

(NLDO) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that if there is a "forest of procedures", there cannot be a breakthrough in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

On the morning of March 18 at the Government headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the Government Steering Committee on Science, Technology, Innovation, Digital Transformation and Project 06 (referred to as the Steering Committee), chaired and directed the first meeting of the Steering Committee.

Thủ tướng: Nếu một — Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivers the opening speech. Photo: Nhat Bac

The meeting took place in person and connected online to ministries, branches and 63 provinces and cities across the country. Attending the meeting at the Hanoi bridge point were Deputy Prime Ministers, Deputy Heads of the Steering Committee: Ho Duc Phoc, Bui Thanh Son, and representatives of leaders of ministries, branches, universities and relevant agencies.

Before the start of the meeting, authorized by the Prime Minister, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Duc Long announced the Prime Minister's Decision on the establishment of the Government Steering Committee. The Steering Committee was established on the basis of merging the Steering Committee for Administrative Reform, the National Committee on Digital Transformation and the Working Group for Project 06.

Compared with other countries there is still a gap.

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the Government Steering Committee, said that the Politburo had issued Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation, and established a Central Steering Committee headed by General Secretary To Lam. Immediately afterwards, the Government promptly directed the issuance of an Action Program to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW.

The Prime Minister emphasized that administrative reform, digital transformation and the implementation of Project 06 have been actively implemented in recent years, but need to be upgraded and their quality and efficiency further improved.

According to the Prime Minister, in order to achieve the country's strategic development goals (striving to make Vietnam a developing country with modern industry and high average income by 2030 and a developed country with high income by 2045), the requirement is to be more innovative, stronger, more determined and drastic in action; to propose policies and guidelines that are close to the situation, to mobilize the combined strength of the people, society, domestic and foreign resources, to combine national strength and the strength of the times for rapid and sustainable development.

According to the head of the Government, in recent times, in the fields of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation, we have made progress and achieved certain results, but compared to advanced countries, compared to countries in the region and compared to development desires and requirements, there is still a gap.

Immediately after Resolution 57 was issued, the Politburo organized an inspection team to urge, guide, and remove difficulties and obstacles in the implementation. This shows the importance of the Resolution and the close direction of the Politburo.

Therefore, all levels, sectors, agencies, localities, businesses and people must act and move so that the whole country can move, thereby turning the Resolution into reality, into concrete products, into material wealth, bringing happiness and prosperity to all people.

Quickly remove institutional bottlenecks

The Prime Minister requested delegates to focus on discussing, analyzing and evaluating the implementation of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation activities, administrative reform and Project 06 in the past time, identifying existing problems, limitations, weaknesses, obstacles, barriers, bottlenecks, determining causes, drawing lessons, clearly defining key tasks and solutions in the coming time to clear up bottlenecks in organization and implementation.

Regarding upcoming tasks, the Prime Minister suggested doing well three key tasks related to science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, administrative reform and Project 06.

Firstly, focusing on institutional removal, the Ministry of Science and Technology and other ministries and branches urgently review relevant laws, synthesize and propose to the National Assembly in the form of one law amending many laws at the upcoming session, quickly removing institutional bottlenecks, with the view that institutions are the driving force, resource, and inspiration for development.

Second, continue to review and invest in infrastructure, allocate at least 3% of the 2025 budget for science and technology, including a source of 10,000 billion VND in excess revenue; develop specific plans and projects to implement in conjunction with preventing waste and corruption.

Third, diversify human resource training forms to meet development requirements in the current situation.

At the same time, the Prime Minister requested to promote administrative reform, focusing on administrative reform. "If there is a jungle of procedures, it cannot be done," the Prime Minister stated.

The Prime Minister also directed that when drafting and amending laws, decrees and circulars, agencies must answer and clarify the following questions: What contents concretize the Party's policies; what institutional bottlenecks and obstacles need to be resolved; what contents are omitted, what contents are inherited, perfected, and what contents are added; have administrative procedures and compliance costs been cut by at least 30%; have they been decentralized and delegated to the maximum; have they been reviewed to ensure transparency, what is the feasibility, and other requirements...

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