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Infrastructure is a fundamental component of national capacity - the convergence of economic development, digital transformation, green transformation and sustainable competitiveness. Breakthrough is not just about accelerating investment, but about increasing the operating capacity of the entire system - measured by time, cost and reliability of goods flow, people flow, energy flow and data flow. Every bridge, every metro line, every national power or data network is a measure of institutional discipline, coordination capacity and social trust. The content of infrastructure breakthrough that the Draft Political Report submitted to the 14th Congress proposed is: Continue to synchronously improve and make strong breakthroughs in the construction of socio-economic infrastructure; especially multi-modal transportation infrastructure, technological infrastructure serving the process of management, administration and development creation. development, infrastructure for digital transformation, green transformation, energy transformation, and adaptation to climate change. This breakthrough needs to be understood in a systemic sense - not just expanding project investment, but improving the operating capacity of the entire national infrastructure. The article proposes a new approach for infrastructure breakthrough, including a scientific priority setting method, five strategic investment pillars, and a modern implementation mechanism according to the National Project Management Office (NPMO) model. Infrastructure - the physical foundation of development institutions After nearly four decades of Doi Moi, Vietnam has achieved great achievements in economics, society and international integration. However, to enter a new era of development - the era of innovation, greening and sustainability, our country needs a strong push in socio-economic infrastructure. Infrastructure is not just physical works, but the operating capacity of the country - the ability to connect people, businesses, regions and value chains. A modern infrastructure helps reduce transaction costs, increase labor productivity, and open up new development space. On the contrary, weak infrastructure is a huge bottleneck in the development process. Looking back over the past years, especially the 2021-2025 term, many large infrastructure projects have been invested, but it is still necessary to continue to prioritize strategic infrastructure, especially ensuring synchronization, connectivity and spillover effects. This is the time we need to move from building construction thinking to system building thinking - considering infrastructure as an institutional component of national capacity. The nature of infrastructure breakthrough in the new period Breakthrough is not just to accelerate investment, but to increase the operating capacity of the entire system - measured by time, cost and reliability of goods flow, people flow, energy flow and data flow. A path only really has meaning. This means it connects to economic corridors, shortens transportation time and reduces logistics costs. A power network only maximizes its value when it has the ability to intelligently dispatch, connect renewable energy sources and ensure national energy security. A digital infrastructure is only truly useful when it becomes the backbone of public administration and innovation. Therefore, infrastructure breakthroughs need to be repositioned: from expansion investment to operational design; from single industry to systemic linkage; from investment cost to life cycle efficiency. This is an approach that demonstrates institutional vision and modern governance capacity. It is necessary to prioritize investment in (i) energy infrastructure - power grid - storage and smart dispatch. Priority setting - scientific foundation for a long-term vision Infrastructure investment is always an area that requires huge resources and long implementation time. In conditions where the public budget is still limited, public debt must be controlled, and the ability to mobilize socialization is not strong, determining the correct order of priorities and focusing investment is a prerequisite to avoid scattered, duplicate and ineffective investment. This is also an important orientation that the Government consistently implements in the 2021-2025 term. First of all, it is necessary to unify three fundamental principles in setting infrastructure investment priorities: 1. Remove bottlenecks first, open space later (Bottleneck first): focus on bottlenecks that are limiting the capacity of the whole system, such as power transmission infrastructure, inter-regional logistics corridors, or routes connecting seaports - industrial parks - border gates; 2. Prioritize results, not projects (Outcomes over assets): do not use the number of projects as a measure of achievement, but evaluate according to specific results - traffic time, logistics costs, level of congestion reduction, and efficiency of serving people and businesses; 3. Maintenance before expansion (Maintain before expansion): investing in maintenance, upgrading and optimizing the operation of existing works must be considered a highly profitable form of investment, helping to save budget and prolong the life of public assets. To ensure objectivity, it is necessary to apply a multi-criteria scoring system (MCDA) in project selection. Each infrastructure project should be evaluated according to a clear set of criteria, including: 1. Level of systemic impact and socio-economic efficiency; 2. Ability to connect value chains, economic corridors and regionsg motivation; 3. Impact on climate adaptation and emission reduction; 4. Ability to mobilize capital outside the budget, especially through PPP, green bonds, carbon credits; 5. Implementation readiness (site clearance, design documents, contractor capacity); 6. Ability to generate revenue and ensure sustainable operating and maintenance costs. Along with that, four final filtering t
