The first meeting of the Government Steering Committee on Science and Technology Development, Innovation, ...

Conference at Binh Dinh bridge point

The meeting announced Decision No. 598/QD-TTg dated March 13, 2025 of the Prime Minister on the establishment of the Government Steering Committee on science, technology development, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06.

At the meeting, the Ministry of Science and Technology reported on the results of implementing tasks on science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation in Resolution No. 57/NQ-TW of the Politburo dated December 22, 2024 and Resolution No. 03/NQ-CP of the Government dated January 9, 2025 on the Government's action program to implement Resolution No. 57/NQ-TW, and Notice No. 56/TB-VPCP dated February 23, 2025; proposed key tasks that need to be implemented immediately, including a paperless government, signing and transacting in the digital environment.

The Ministry of Public Security reports on the results of the implementation of assigned tasks on Project 06; the progress of the implementation of the National Data Center and the plan for the implementation and integration of data from national databases and specialized databases into the National Data Center.

The Ministry of Home Affairs reports on the results of implementing assigned tasks on administrative reform in the Government's Programs, Resolutions and Notice No. 25/TB-VPCP dated January 24, 2025.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan delivered a speech on building a paperless government, signing and transacting in a digital environment.

Speaking at the meeting on the implementation of building a paperless government, applying signatures and transactions in the digital environment, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan said that in recent times, Binh Dinh province has made government activities transparent, thereby saving costs and time for people and government agencies; at the same time, it also limits harassment and petty corruption.

The province has focused on processing documents on the network environment and collecting digital signatures. Currently, all documents in the state management system in the province are deployed on both USB token and phone sim platforms, especially on the smartphone system. With this deployment, leaders at all levels, when performing their directive and operational tasks, are not dependent on time. Regarding the deployment of the electronic one-stop system and online public services, the implementation of online public services in the province has reached 95%. The remaining 5% is due to some procedures requiring people to come and do them directly.

Currently, the province basically holds online meetings of the government at all three levels, minimizing direct meetings at the districts. Thereby, saving a lot of time and effort for the units to travel. For responding to feedback from people and businesses, receiving online responses, departments and localities all have a portal to receive and respond to information to respond online to people and businesses.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also proposed to the Government and central ministries and branches a number of important contents related to the development of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation. In particular, the province requested ministries and branches to review and unify the construction of an important digital platform for nationwide deployment, especially in the new government apparatus system. Ministries and branches reviewed specialized regulations to basically switch to electronic administration, limiting the storage of paper documents.

To ensure network security and create unity in the government system, the province proposed that the Ministry of Public Security take the lead in ensuring the entire network security system of government agencies, not allowing governments at all levels to invest and hire security guards as they do now. The Government and relevant ministries and branches should soon issue guidelines to deploy AI applications in governments at all levels. Ministries and branches should soon review and adjust the process of handling administrative procedures from 4-level governments to 3-level governments, associated with the new functions and tasks of all levels of government to promptly deploy and complete the apparatus from July 1, 2025 as announced by the Minister of Home Affairs...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the conference. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the careful preparation and organization of the meeting; basically agreed with the content of the reports, discussions, and opinions and assigned relevant agencies to absorb the opinions, complete and submit to the Prime Minister and Head of the Steering Committee for promulgation the Conclusion for unified implementation in the coming time.

The Prime Minister once again emphasized the importance of developing science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, administrative reform and implementing Project 06, things that "must be done, but must be done effectively, strongly transforming awareness into action, bringing specific results and benefits to the nation, the people and the people".

On behalf of the Government leaders, the Prime Minister commended the efforts, attempts and achievements of ministries, branches and localities, the drastic direction of members of the previous Steering Committees of the Government, the important contribution of the People's Public Security force, the consensus, support and active participation of the people and businesses.

In addition, the Prime Minister pointed out the shortcomings, limitations and slow-progressing tasks. Digital transformation has not developed commensurate with its potential and advantages and has not been a driving force for economic growth. Currently, only about 30% of enterprises apply digital technology to production and business activities. Remote areas still face difficulties in accessing the internet.

Administrative reform has not received due attention, coordination between ministries, branches and localities is sometimes slow and ineffective. Human resources for science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, administrative reform and implementation of Project 06 have not yet met the needs in terms of quantity, quality, distribution, working attitude and professional ethics; there is no public-private partnership mechanism in resource mobilization...

The Prime Minister clearly stated 5 viewpoints and guiding ideas to continue to strongly promote science and technology, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06. In particular, it is noted that administrative reform and science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation are closely linked, promote and support each other, taking people and businesses as the center and subject. Administrative reform, science and technology, innovation, digital transformation are objective requirements, strategic choices, top priorities, "cannot be done if not done". Resolutely change the state from passively receiving and resolving administrative procedures to a proactive state, actively serving people and businesses...

The Prime Minister emphasized three important tasks that ministries, branches and localities must quickly implement: promoting national digitalization; cutting and simplifying administrative procedures without limits, doing as much as possible; and developing comprehensive digital citizens. The spirit is "the apparatus must be streamlined, data must be connected, and governance must be smart".

Pointing out three specific tasks that need to be focused on, the Prime Minister requested to process administrative documents and especially administrative procedures in the digital environment; promote and popularize non-cash payments, with a specific roadmap to do better; promote electronic tax collection, apply electronic invoices generated from cash registers, especially for food and retail services.

Regarding the development of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation, the Prime Minister requested the development and promulgation of the National Program for the development of strategic technology and industry, including the development of a system of research and testing centers, key national laboratories, focusing on strategic technology. Develop a project to form large-scale domestic strategic technology enterprises to develop digital infrastructure, digital human resources, digital data, strategic technology, and cybersecurity.

Putting the National Data Center into operation in 2025, ministries, sectors and localities will build their own databases; soon open digital data trading floors; promote the development of data transmission systems via satellite; high-speed broadband optical cables...

Regarding administrative reform, the Prime Minister requested to continue to promote the provision, improve the quality and efficiency of online public service provision, associated with the arrangement of administrative units, and avoid work congestion. Promote the reduction and elimination of administrative procedures; change the state of "requesting" for public service provision to the state of "proactively" providing public services to the people. In 2025, 100% of airports, ports, and border gates will apply biometric technology and the VNeID platform.

Localities urgently complete the digitization of civil status data and land data, proactively research plans to reuse digitized data to simplify 200 administrative procedures under their authority./.

Source: https://binhdinh.gov.vn/tin-tuc/hoat-dong-cua-lanh-dao/phien-hop-thu-nhat-ban-chi-dao-cua-chinh-phu-ve-phat-trien-khoa-hoc-cong-nghe-doi-moi-sang-tao-chuyen-doi-so-va-de-an-06.html