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Possessing the institutional foundation and infrastructure among the leading groups in the country, the Mekong Delta, especially the City. Can Tho is facing a great opportunity to make a breakthrough in the digital economic era. However, the gap between policy and the endogenous capacity of businesses is still a major bottleneck, causing the process of innovation, technology absorption and growth model transformation to take place slower than expected. The strong transformation of the digital economic world requires private businesses to adapt and innovate constantly - Photo: VGP/LSDigital technology opens up new opportunities, but businesses are still slow to transform. This issue was raised and discussed in depth at the Workshop Science, technology, innovation and digital transformation (STI, CST) - Driving force for business development, taking place in the city. Can Tho on December 18. The conference brought together many experts, managers, and business representatives to find solutions to the problem of business development in the Mekong Delta in the context of a strongly accelerating global digital economy. According to Mr. Le Thanh Tam, Deputy Director of the City Department of Science and Technology. Can Tho, Mekong Delta in general and City. Can Tho in particular is an area rich in potential, but is facing many challenges in developing creative business models and applying new technology. The strong transformation of the digital economic world requires private businesses to adapt and innovate constantly. The application of creative solutions and advanced technology in production, management and service provision is extremely necessary, Mr. Le Thanh Tam emphasized. Reality shows that the economic structure of the region is currently still focusing mainly on traditional sectors such as agriculture, food processing and tourism. Despite possessing many advantages in resources, geographical location and labor resources, most businesses still do not effectively take advantage of new technologies or innovative business models. The reason lies in the lack of technology transfer, weak modern management systems, and limited resources for research and development (R&D). This causes labor productivity, added value and competitiveness of businesses in the region to not keep up with the requirements of the digital economy. Business capacity: The regions biggest bottleneck. From the perspective of the business community, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuong Linh, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Mekong Delta branch, pointed out a series of structural limitations. According to Ms. Linh, businesses in the region are currently few in number, small in scale and capacity. The ability to adapt to the new context is still weak. Technology level is low, production and business activities rely mainly on experience, while links in the global supply chain are still fragmented. Besides, logistics infrastructure is not synchronized, the market is declining, pressure from climate change is increasing, creating more challenges for businesses. Looking from an innovation perspective, Dr. Pham Thi Hong Phuong, Expert of the National Creative Startup Ecosystem (NSSC), believes that to truly innovate, one must start from the most basic foundations. Innovation must originate from building a corporate culture with a mechanism to encourage creativity. Technology application needs to be deployed regularly to improve creative capacity in the business community, Dr. Phuong emphasized. She also proposed that the City. Can Tho and the Mekong Delta provinces need to focus on building a creative startup community, providing shared workspaces, financial support and a network of mentors for startups in strong fields such as technology, agriculture and tourism. Scientists, managers and experts attending the conference - Photo: VGP/LSThe gap between the ecosystem and the endogenous capacity of the enterpriseA quantitative perspective is provided by Associate Professor. Dr. Phan Thi Bich Nguyet, Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, analyzed based on the 2025 local innovation index announced by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Accordingly, the City. Can Tho achieved 46.21 points, ranked 10/34 provinces and cities nationwide. Although still maintaining the leading position in the Mekong Delta, the decline compared to 2024 (ranked 7/63) raises big questions about the sustainability of the current growth model. In-depth analysis of the score structure according to the evaluation framework of WIPO and the Ministry of Science and Technology shows a clear differentiation between two groups of indicators: Creation and Execution. In the role of creation, Can Thos public sector shows clear superiority. obvious. The Institutional pillar reached 65.87 points, the Infrastructure pillar reached 60.02 points, among the highest in the country. This reflects that the policy environment and development infrastructure are relatively favorable for innovation. However, in the opposite direction, the absorptive and transforming capacity of the business sector reveals many bottlenecks. The enterprise development level index only reached 21.21 points, in which important component indexes such as Creative Linkage (17.44) and Knowledge Absorption (20.42) were all at low levels. Notably, the large difference between the institutional score (65.87) and the t-value indexFixed assets and long-term financial investments of enterprises (10,15) show a development paradox. Despite the favorable macro environment, many businesses are still stuck in short-term business thinking, afraid to accumulate capital and invest in intangible assets. According to experts, the core weakness of the region does not lie in the lack of policies, but in the business communitys ability to absorb policies. Although the output of inventions is highly appreciated, the commercialization and spread of inventions into production and business acti
