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The Prime Minister has just issued Decision No. 21/2026/QD-TTg dated April 30, 2026 on the List of strategic technologies and the List of strategic technology products, notably the addition of high-speed rail and urban rail technology to the group of 10 national strategic technologies. Download Adding high-speed rail and urban rail technology to the group of 10 national strategic technologies - Illustration This is considered an important adjustment step to closely follow the requirements of strategic infrastructure development, forming new industries and improving Vietnams technological autonomy. The decision takes effect from July 1, 2026 and replaces Decision No. 1131/QD-TTg dated July 1, 2026. June 12, 2025 by the Prime Minister. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, one of the notable contents of this decision is the adjustment of the Strategic Technology List from 11 groups to 10 strategic technology groups. In particular, high-speed railway and urban railway technology groups are added; At the same time, digital technology groups are restructured in a more integrated direction. Specifically, the previous digital technology groups were eliminated and transformed into the group Artificial intelligence technology, big data, digital twin, cloud computing. According to the assessment of the Ministry of Science and Technology, this adjustment reflects the trend of technology convergence and the need to focus on highly leading digital platforms in the era of digital transformation. Notably, high-speed rail and urban rail technology are included in the national strategic technology list. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, this is a technology that clearly meets the criteria specified in Clause 2, Article 5 of the High Technology Law 2025, because it is associated with a very large national strategic infrastructure space, capable of creating a strong spillover impact on many economic sectors and forming new industrial capacity in Vietnam. According to the orientation of the Central Steering Committee on the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, this is a particularly suitable technology. with the requirement to form new industries, improve national competitiveness and increase autonomy in key infrastructure areas. Not just simple traffic technology, high-speed rail technology is seen as an integrated technology cluster including infrastructure, materials, construction, signal information, electricity - traction, control, vehicles and operation maintenance. The practical foundation for including this technology in the strategic list was strongly strengthened after the National Assembly promulgated it. Resolution No. 172/2024/QH15 on investment policies for the North-South high-speed railway project. According to the Resolution, the North-South high-speed railway has a length of about 1,541 km, design speed of 350 km/h, with a preliminary total investment of about 1,713 million billion VND. The exceptionally large scale of the project not only creates a need for infrastructure investment but also opens up a market space and technology learning large enough to form new industrial capacity. According to the assessment of the Ministry of Science and Technology, this scale will help high-speed railway technology become a truly strategic technology axis, instead of just an imported technology branch serving project construction. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Construction also points out that Vietnam currently has no experience in design and construction. constructing and manufacturing components and equipment as well as organizing operation and maintenance of high-speed railways with high technical requirements and precision. Therefore, gradually mastering technology and gradually reducing dependence on foreign consultants, technologies and contractors is an urgent requirement. This is considered an important basis for classifying high-speed railway technology into the strategic list in accordance with the direction of mastering technology in key areas. From a technical perspective, the addition of this technology group also helps the new list align more closely with the reality of infrastructure development and industrialization goals associated with large-scale national projects. Previously, Decision No. 1131/QD-TTg did not have any technology groups that directly reflected the technology axis of high-speed railways and urban railways. Vietnam established 10 strategic technology groups. Also according to Decision No. 21/2026/QD-TTg, Vietnam identified 10 strategic technology groups including: Digital technology; next generation mobile network; robotics and automation; advanced biotechnology and biomedicine; advanced energy and materials; semiconductor chips; cybersecurity and quantum; marine, ocean and underground technology; aerospace; high-speed railway and urban railway. The strategic technology product portfolio also shows a strong priority orientation on core technologies that are globally competitive such as large Vietnamese language models, specialized AI, specialized chips, industrial robots, cloud computing platforms, network security systems, quantum technology and low orbit satellites. Besides, many new technology fields are leading the future such as green hydrogen, BESS energy storage system, capture carbon, small modular nuclear reactors (SMR), deep sea technology and rare earth deep processing are also included in the list of development priorities. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the issuance of the Strategic Technology List and Product ListStrategic technology is an important legal basis for synchronously implementing preferential policies, support, public investment, sponsorship, ordering as well as mobilizing social resources for strategic technology development. The Ministry of Science and Technology will preside over reviewing, periodically evaluating and advising on updating the list of
