📋 Tender Overview
Developing science and technology, innovation and digital transformation have become the decisive factor for development of countries; the prerequisite and best opportunity for Viet Nam to become a prosperous and powerful country in the new era – the era of the Vietnamese nation's rise.
Over the past time, the Party and the State have adopted various guidelines and policies to promote the application and development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation as well as proactive and active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, thus bring about many important outcomes. However, the speed and breakthrough in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation remain slow; the scale, potential and level of science, technology and digital transformation are still far behind that of developed countries; awareness about digital transformation at many administration levels, sectors, cadres, civil servants and citizens is not complete and profound; breakthroughs have not been made in research and application of science, technology and innovation, strategic and core technologies not at hand; relevant institutions, mechanisms and policies have not met requirements; high-quality workforce remains insufficient; infrastructure is not synchronous, especially digital infrastructure features with many limitations; information security and safety and protection of data remain challenging.
Against that backdrop, our country needs to have strong, strategic and revolutionary orientations and policies to create new momenta and breakthroughs in developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to enable our country to achieve robust development in the new era – the era of prosperous and strong development, and to successfully realize the goals through 2030 when Viet Nam has been envisioned to become a developing and upper middle-income country with modern industry, and through 2045 when Viet Nam has been envisioned to become a developed and high-income country. From that perspective, the Politburo requests for effective implementation of the following contents:
I- GUIDING VIEWPOINTS
1. Developing science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation is a breakthrough of top importance, a key driving force for rapid development of modern production forces, for improvement of production relations, for innovation of national governance method, for socio-economic development, for preventing the risk of lagging behind in order to achieve robust and prosperous development in the new era.
2. Enhancing the comprehensive leadership of the Party, promoting the aggregate strength of the whole political system as well as the proactive involvement of enterprises, entrepreneurs and people in the cause of science, technology, innovation development and digital transformation, considering this a profound and inclusive revolution across all fields, which must be carried out in a drastic, unwaveringly, synchronous, consistently and long-term manner with breakthrough and revolutionary solutions. People and enterprises are the center, subjects, resources and key driving force; scientists are the vital factor, the State plays the leading role in promoting and creating the most favorable conditions for the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.
3. Institutions, human resource, infrastructure, data and strategic technologies are the core and central contents, in which institutions are the prerequisite that need to be formulated perfectly first. Innovating law-making thoughts to stimulate innovation, eliminating the mindset of "if you can't manage it, then ban it". Ensuring high-quality workforce for the development of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation; adopting special mechanisms and policies to attract talents for the development of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation. Developing infrastructure, especially digital infrastructure and digital technology based on the principles of modernity, synchronization, security, safety, effectiveness and avoiding waste; enriching and fully tapping the potential of data, turning data into a main production means, promoting rapid development of big databases, data industry and data economy.
4. Rapidly and sustainably developing and gradually becoming self-reliant in technologies, especially strategic technologies; prioritizing national resources for investment in science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation. Maximizing Viet Nam's potential and intelligence by quickly absorbing, assimilating, mastering and successfully applying the world's advanced scientific and technological achievements; promoting applied research with a focus on basic research and moving towards self-reliant and competitive in certain technological areas that Viet Nam has demand, potential and advantages.
5. Ensuring national sovereignty in cyberspace as well as network security, data security, information safety of organizations and individuals is the consistent and inseparable requirement in the process of science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation.
