Promoting science and technology, innovation and digital transformation

The Vietnamese ICT community presented flowers to congratulate Minister Nguyen Manh Hung, who was assigned by the Party, State and National Assembly to lead the Ministry of Science and Technology, the new ministry after merging the two ministries of Science and Technology (old) and Information and Communications.

Also attending the meeting were Deputy Ministers of Science and Technology, Ministry of Information and Communications and Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son, along with representatives of leaders of Associations, Unions and ICT enterprises.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Nguyen Quan, Chairman of the Vietnam Automation Association, said that the ICT Meeting in the early spring has become an annual tradition of ICT Associations. Resolution 57 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation has ignited new hopes for breakthrough developments in these fields, creating momentum for breakthrough and impressive developments not only for the scientific community but also for the economy.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung speaks at the event

Mr. Nguyen Quan emphasized the four key points of Resolution 57, which are: The Resolution affirms investment in science and technology on a larger scale, unprecedented, that is, allocating 3% of the total state budget expenditure, 2% of the national GDP for R&D; Accepting risks, adventures, and delays of science and technology to create exemptions from responsibility for scientists; affirming for the first time State funding for science and technology according to the fund mechanism through the Science and Technology Fund; affirming the key position of Vietnamese scientists and technologists, the Party leader is the Head of the Steering Committee.

Mr. Nguyen Quan - Chairman of Vietnam Automation Association

From the perspective of a technology enterprise, Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CMC Corporation, shared that Resolution 57 and the speech of General Secretary To Lam on September 2, 2024 have created emotions, added new energy, and new confidence in the country's development. Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh believes that in the future, Vietnam will accompany the world to the smart era.

Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CMC Group

Speaking at the event, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung highly appreciated the organization of the event, thereby contributing to connecting the Ministry with the Associations and Unions.

The Minister emphasized that Resolution 57 was signed on December 22 (the founding day of the Vietnam People's Army) to convey the message: Those who work in science and technology today must live with the spirit of the army as in wartime. With that spirit, the Resolution on piloting special policies for the fields of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation was just passed by the National Assembly on February 19, 2025. This important Resolution of the National Assembly was written in less than 1 week, normally it takes 6 months to draft this Resolution. The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Information and Communications have joined hands to create a revolutionary Resolution.

The spirit of the Resolution is that wherever there is a blockage, whatever is stuck for a long time, especially urgent matters, then resolve it; wherever there is a need for a breakthrough, then provide special policies there. This Resolution is considered the first action to implement Resolution 57, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung said.

At the "ICT Meeting Spring At Ty 2025", the Vietnam Automation Association, the Vietnam Radio - Electronics Association and the Vietnam Information Technology Association announced a cooperation agreement including 6 main cooperation contents, including coordination in consulting and criticism during the implementation of Resolution 57.

The National Assembly requested the Resolution Drafting Committee to have many messages that are easy to spread to the people about special policy mechanisms to create breakthroughs in the fields of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation. Therefore, the names of the provisions in this Resolution are also very special, all of which have a message. They are: Accepting risks in research; Allocating research expenses; Research results owned by research organizations; Promoting businesses to spend on science and technology through tax incentives; Supporting telecommunications businesses to invest in 5G quickly nationwide; Allowing bidding for digital transformation projects; Supporting money from the central budget to build the first semiconductor chip research and production factory in Vietnam...

Referring to the working session with the Guangxi Delegation (China) led by Mr. Tran Cuong, Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which recently took place, the Minister said that the two sides shared their views on science and technology development. Accordingly, the role of the State in science and technology development is to convey strong and clear messages about science and technology, demonstrating the political determination of the Party and the State. The State must take the lead and establish a venture capital fund. The State must be the first customer, using the output products of units working on science and technology and innovation. AI users will win over non-AI users. AI-using enterprises will win over non-AI enterprises. Countries using AI will develop more than countries not using AI.

Concluding the event, the Minister expressed his hope that the associations would continue to actively support the Ministry and the sector in the coming time; at the same time, he proposed to adjust the name of the spring meeting event so that it could represent the entire Vietnamese science and technology community./.

Source: https://mic.gov.vn/gap-go-ict-xuan-at-ty-2025-thuc-day-khcn-doi-moi-sang-tao-va-chuyen-doi-so-197250220145757286.htm