Affirming that implementing Resolution 57 is the core task of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung hopes that leaders of units under the Ministry will have new awareness and new energy to successfully complete the heavy tasks in the coming period.
Special policies have "hit the mark" and removed bottlenecks.
On the afternoon of March 6, right after the announcement ceremony of decisions on the organization and personnel of the new Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Minister Nguyen Manh Hung chaired the February state management conference of the Ministry.
Taking place in both in-person and online formats, the conference was also attended by 5 Deputy Ministers of Science and Technology Bui The Duy, Pham Duc Long, Le Xuan Dinh, Hoang Minh, Bui Hoang Phuong and leaders of heads and deputy heads of agencies, units and enterprises under the Ministry.
Through the clip shown at the beginning of the conference, some of the thoughts and guiding views of Minister Nguyen Manh Hung on science and technology (S&T), innovation (ICT) and digital transformation (DCT) were disseminated to all key staff of the new Ministry of Science and Technology.
The head of the science and technology sector emphasized that Resolution 57 identified the trio of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation as the three main pillars for national development in the new era, and pointed out: “For the first time, the trio of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation are included in a Resolution of the Politburo and also in a merged Ministry of the two Ministries of science and technology and information and communications into the new Ministry of science and technology. At the same time, creating a synergistic force to help Vietnam develop faster and stronger in the new era is the main driving force for Vietnam to become a high-income developed country.”
Clip of some thoughts and viewpoints of Minister Nguyen Manh Hung on Science and Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation. Source: Ministry Office.
Speaking directly at the conference, affirming that the implementation of Resolution 57 was identified as a key task by the Ministry's leaders, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung requested that heads of units and assigned officers also consider it a key task to focus on and make efforts to do.
Resolution 57 identified the “bottleneck of bottlenecks” as institutions, so the first thing that needs to be focused on and done as quickly as possible is institutions. With this spirit, in February, the National Assembly issued Resolution 193 on piloting a number of special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in the development of science and technology, innovation and national digital transformation.
Commenting on the special policies proposed in Resolution 193 that have “hit the mark”, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung cited: Exactly 1 week after the National Assembly passed this Resolution, 1 enterprise submitted a proposal to apply for a low-altitude satellite trial with 100% foreign investment; 2 Vietnamese network operators have committed in writing to invest 1.2 billion USD in 2025 to build a 5G network to increase the number of 5G stations by 4 times the number of stations invested in 2024; 4 Vietnamese enterprises committed to invest in 9 submarine optical cable lines and 4 domestic enterprises also committed to invest in data centers with a total capacity of 200 MW.
The above commitments, if realized, will contribute to promoting and creating development for the industry and the country. For example, if the two network operators invest in developing the 5G network as committed above, Vietnam's mobile speed will increase 4 times, thereby helping GDP increase by at least 1 - 2%. Or with businesses investing in 9 more submarine cable lines, the submarine cable system connecting Vietnam's Internet internationally will increase to 15 lines, helping to increase the level of safety and sustainability for the national digital infrastructure.
Through the initial results of Resolution 193, the head of the science and technology sector noted: “When thinking about new breakthrough policies, we must always think about what it creates and use that as a measure. If we hit the target, there must be measurable results.”
Regarding the work of institutional development, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung reminded all heads of units in the Ministry to improve their thinking, not to be limited to the thinking of department and division leaders so that the quality of documents is better. At the same time, it is necessary to boldly trust and assign work to employees so that they can grow; but there needs to be "backup" and support to avoid accidents.
Along with the requirement that units must be proactive and not submit documents late, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung also gave specific instructions such as: Each law and each institutional document must have a specialized unit in charge, with a core person responsible for synthesizing ideas and writing the main text; the construction file of each law must be kept by the construction team, with explanatory content for the viewpoints presented; after receiving the task of drafting an institutional document, the unit and core person must raise major issues and hold a meeting to ask for the Ministry's leaders' opinions on how to handle and resolve those issues... The Legal Department was assigned to synthesize these notes to develop a handbook on institutionalization at the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Unify the way of working, increase the use of virtual assistants
At the first state management conference of the new Ministry of Science and Technology, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung agreed with leaders of units on the Ministry's working methods.
Specifically, the heads of units are directly subordinate to the Minister; but according to the Minister's authorization, for matters that have regulations accounting for up to 95%, the heads of departments and divisions report to the Deputy Minister in charge and will basically end the work at the Deputy Minister. For new or complicated matters, the heads of units will report directly to the Minister.
The Minister of Science and Technology manages work on a weekly basis, while heads of units within the Ministry are required to manage work on a daily basis. Every quarter, the Minister will assign tasks to unit heads and evaluate the implementation results through the number of tasks achieved, completed on time or not recorded on the IT system.
At the conference, leaders of units of the Ministry of Science and Technology experienced the method of discussing and clarifying issues through questions and answers.
Specifically, through Q&A to clarify the connotation of the concept of "Strategic Technology" according to the Korean definition, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung instructed the Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Engineering Dam Bach Duong and leaders of other units to read and study very carefully to clarify an issue. "Instead of reading 10 proposals, you only need to read 1 but understand every sentence and every word in it thoroughly" , the Minister noted.
Based on the tasks assigned by the Ministry of Science and Technology to implement Resolution 57, the head of the science and technology sector has assigned tasks with requirements and progress to the Deputy Ministers according to the working groups of the agency, science and technology, innovation and digital transformation sectors such as: Developing guidelines on the expenditure structure for science and technology, innovation and digital transformation; planning what needs to be done this year to comprehensively digitalize science and technology, innovation and digital transformation activities; building a list of strategic technologies; proposing a plan to establish a trading floor for scientific and technological research results;
Research to have a technology program to support the development of the railway industry; draft a Resolution of the Politburo on nuclear energy development; Form a list of information and data on the fields of the industry that need to be collected and published to be able to manage and promote development based on data; issue a set of criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of spending on science and technology, innovation and digital transformation; promulgate a Program on shared platforms in Resolution 57...
Stating the viewpoint that “A job done quickly has good quality, a job done for a long time has poor quality” , Minister Nguyen Manh Hung reminded leaders of units not to be afraid of having too much work and a short time to complete it; at the same time, he recommended that they increase the use of virtual assistants to support their work.
The head of the Science and Technology sector affirmed that he will always act as an assistant to answer questions from officials, and at the same time hopes that the Ministry's staff will have new awareness and new energy to complete the extremely difficult tasks in the road ahead.
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