Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung has signed a choice approving a plan to develop large home strategic technology enterprises within the 2026-30 interval, geared toward advancing digital infrastructure, digital human sources, digital information, strategic applied sciences and cybersecuri ty.
Vietnam goals to determine at the least 10 large home strategic technology enterprises by 2030 underneath a freshly-approved plan.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung has signed a choice approving a plan to develop large home strategic technology enterprises within the 2026-30 interval, geared toward advancing digital infrastructure, digital human sources, digital information, strategic applied sciences and cybersecurity.
At least 10 main strategic technology enterprises by 2030
Under Decision 1091/QD-TTg, large strategic technology enterprises will likely be tasked with mastering, growing and commercialising key strategic applied sciences, whereas possessing enough capability to undertake nationwide priorities in science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, contributing to technological sovereignty.
By 2030, Vietnam goals to determine at the least 10 large home strategic technology enterprises assembly a variety of standards. Each enterprise should generate annual income of at the least USD 1 billion, make use of greater than 5,000 staff with social insurance coverage, keep at the least one science and technology organisation working underneath related rules, allocate at the least 3 p.c of annual income to analysis and growth (R&D), and maintain at the least one patent granted by one of many world’s 5 main mental property workplaces – USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO or CNIPA.
These enterprises are anticipated to play a pivotal function in constructing a contemporary, inexperienced, interconnected and safe nationwide digital infrastructure able to supporting Vietnam’s digital transformation, digital economic system, digital society and digital sovereignty.
Specific targets embody bringing into operation at the least six extra worldwide submarine fibre-optic cable routes, together with at the least one wholly invested by Vietnam, and increasing 5G protection to 99 per cent of the inhabitants.
The plan additionally seeks to develop and improve nationwide digital platforms and shared databases serving ministries, sectors and localities nationwide. At least 5 large-scale, internationally compliant inexperienced information centres are to be established, supporting Vietnam’s ambition to develop into a regional information hub.
Large strategic technology enterprises can even assist construct an open, interconnected and safe nationwide information ecosystem, making certain standardised, accountable information sharing and utilisation. A supervised information market and associated companies, together with information aggregation, analytics and labelling, will likely be promoted.
The enterprises will contribute to growing a extremely expert digital workforce via cooperation among the many State, instructional establishments and companies.
Digital abilities coaching for presidency companies, organisations, companies and residents will likely be delivered via on-line studying platforms utilizing applied sciences akin to synthetic intelligence (AI), digital actuality (VR) and augmented actuality (AR). Policies can even be launched to draw home and worldwide specialists to strategic technology initiatives.
The plan goals for Vietnamese enterprises to grasp at the least 70% of applied sciences included within the Government’s strategic technology checklist. Vietnam additionally expects to develop into certainly one of Southeast Asia’s prime three nations in AI analysis, growth and utility.
At least six AI methods based mostly on Vietnamese information will likely be developed to deal with wants in justice, finance, agriculture and surroundings, culture-sports-tourism, training and healthcare.
Other targets embody growing digital twins for chosen provinces and cities, protecting city infrastructure, transport, logistics, healthcare, training and environmental administration, alongside a nationwide 3D digital map. At least one blockchain platform will likely be constructed to help governance and enterprise operations.
The plan additionally prioritises strengthening proactive nationwide cybersecurity capabilities to guard vital digital infrastructure and private information. A nationwide information-sharing community linking provincial cybersecurity centres with nationwide centres underneath the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of National Defence will likely be developed.
Vietnam additionally goals to construct aggressive home cybersecurity services able to increasing into worldwide markets.
Supporting innovation and market growth
To obtain these targets, the plan outlines options targeted on enhancing establishments and coverage implementation, deploying nationwide strategic duties in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, supporting analysis and market growth, and strengthening monitoring and analysis.
Localities are inspired to determine regulatory sandboxes in areas akin to digital infrastructure, digital information, strategic applied sciences and cybersecurity, enabling companies to check new services earlier than large-scale deployment.
The plan additionally requires mobilising home and overseas funding funds to help nationwide science, technology, innovation and digital transformation initiatives, whereas encouraging large technology enterprises to share technical requirements, processes, information and applied sciences with small and medium-sized enterprises, analysis institutes and universities via joint R&D and pilot initiatives.
Additional help measures embody facilitating technology switch from overseas, strengthening mental property safety, leveraging nationwide science and technology funds, and prioritising collaborating enterprises in funding and commerce promotion programmes to develop market entry at house and abroad.
The plan additional emphasises nationwide digital abilities growth via on-line studying platforms utilizing superior applied sciences and worldwide coaching requirements.
– (VNA/VLLF)