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Also attending the conference were Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long, leaders of ministries, branches, central and local agencies, and a number of domestic and foreign corporations and enterprises.
Gradually master and develop some core technologies
Reports and opinions at the conference affirmed that developing science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, and training high-quality human resources to promote economic growth are consistent policies and top priorities of our Party and State, concretized in the Party Congress Resolution, resolutions, conclusions, and directions of the Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat, National Assembly, Government, and Prime Minister.
Regarding the situation, delegates assessed that the focus on directing the completion of mechanisms and policies has resolved many bottlenecks, creating space and motivation for breakthrough development in science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, and high-quality human resources. In 2025, the Government will continue to direct the submission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of a number of important laws to continue supporting breakthrough development in this field such as the Law on Atomic Energy (amended), the Law on Digital Technology Industry, the Law on Science and Technology (amended), etc.
Vietnam has gradually mastered and developed a number of core technologies in production and manufacturing (such as jack-up rigs, lifting equipment, coal mining lines, etc.), reducing dependence on imports and increasing localization value; promoting the production of high value-added products, enhancing international competitiveness.
The agricultural sector has applied many high technologies in selecting plant and animal breeds, disease management, and agricultural product processing to help increase productivity and product quality, which is an important premise for Vietnam to have a highly efficient agriculture.
The medical and healthcare sector has mastered the technology to produce vaccines and medical equipment, and developed advanced treatment techniques to reduce import costs and improve quality. Vietnam's Global Innovation Index (GII) has improved positively. In 2024, Vietnam's GII ranking will be 44, up 2 places compared to 2023. Over the past 11 years, since 2013, Vietnam's GII ranking has increased by 32 places (from 76th to 44th).
Innovation centers and startup support centers have been established, initially forming a national innovation system with enterprises as the center and universities and research institutes as strong research entities. The number of innovative enterprises and creative startups is increasing. The rate of enterprises with innovative activities is about 25% of the total number of enterprises, including about 4,000 startups.
In particular, in the field of semiconductor technology and artificial intelligence (AI), Vietnam has made important strides in 2024, gradually affirming its role as an important link in the global supply chain. Notably, the Vietnamese Government and NVIDIA Corporation have cooperated to establish the NVIDIA AI Research and Development Center and the AI ??Data Center in Vietnam.
In addition, delegates pointed out a number of shortcomings, limitations and inadequacies in the slow implementation and concretization of legal documents and specific resolutions of the National Assembly; a lack of some important mechanisms and policies; the current testing mechanism has not really played its role, controlled testing still faces many difficulties; state budget resources are still limited compared to requirements, regulations on budget management are still very complicated; the quantity and quality of human resources in our country have not yet met development requirements, especially the human resources for research and development of high-tech products and services...
