In 2026, HCMC will allocate VND12.705 trillion to science and know-how in its budgeted expenditures, accounting for 4.16 % of complete public spending.
The HCMC Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation (Steering Committee) convened a convention to overview the 2025 agenda and description key duties for 2026 in implementing the Politburo’s Resolution 57, the Secretariat’s Scheme 204, and the Government’s Scheme 06 on the morning of January 14.
Reporting on the implementation of Resolution 57, Mr. Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the HCMC Department of Science and Technology, mentioned town has earmarked VND12.705 trillion for science and know-how in the 2026 price range, making up 4.16 % of complete spending. The determine aligns with targets set in the HCMC Party Congress Resolution for the 2025–2030 time period and underscores town’s robust dedication to funding in science and know-how.
According to Mr. Lam Dinh Thang, 2026 has been designated as a yr of acceleration, deploying synchronized measures in order that science and know-how, innovation, and digital transformation can yield concrete, quantifiable merchandise that instantly contribute to the purpose of double-digit financial progress. A core precedence is positioning companies on the middle of innovation, advancing the commercialization of analysis outcomes, mobilizing broader social sources, and channeling funding into strategic sectors. Under central authorities necessities, provinces and cities should register three to 5 “major problems” with tangible, assessable deliverables by year-end.
On that foundation, the HCMC Department of Science and Technology proposed three missions aligned with central directives. These embody establishing a know-how alternate platform connecting company innovation wants with universities and analysis institutes; organising an internationally oriented Innovation Center with pilot insurance policies permitting mental property to be used as collateral for loans; and making a enterprise capital fund with contributions from the State price range. The division additionally proposed two further initiatives: a pilot scheme to commercialize merchandise derived from analysis, and a sandbox to regulate digital property and digital forex on the International Financial Center.
Mr. Lam Dinh Thang added that in 2026, town will proceed investing in digital infrastructure and good governance, increasing 5G protection from 70 % to 80 % of the inhabitants, and upgrading IoT and good digital camera networks. HCMC additionally plans to increase using current high-tech infrastructure, announce no less than one new digital know-how zone, and in Q1-2026 unveil its good metropolis improvement proposal to appeal to funding and construct a brand new knowledge structure befitting a mega-city.
The metropolis may even coordinate intently with the Ministry of Public Security to implement essential duties, together with development of National Data Center No.2; deployment of town’s Cybersecurity Monitoring Center; completion of nationwide and key sectoral databases; piloting digital replicas and location-based digital IDs; piloting an information alternate platform; and finishing the 4 pillars of digital citizenship—digital id, digital accounts, digital knowledge and digital literacy.
Presenting a report on Scheme 06 implementation, Colonel Nguyen Dinh Duong, Deputy Director of the HCMC Police Department, emphasised that 2026 is not going to solely proceed ongoing work however elevate Scheme 06 and Resolution 57 to a extra substantive and impactful stage. The metropolis’s breakthrough roadmap is structured round 5 core job teams.
These embody finishing an built-in data-sharing platform for efficient connectivity and exploitation; establishing a positive authorized framework that encourages citizen adoption; making certain absolute safety of non-public and company knowledge; mobilizing public participation anchored on 4 foundational pillars; and increasing initiatives that instantly profit residents.
Key measures embody rolling out digital citizen service stations in residence complexes and public places; making use of biometric authentication alongside the Ben Thanh–Suoi Tien Metro Line; and connecting town’s safety digital camera techniques to the nationwide inhabitants database to improve good mobility administration and guarantee public order and security.
By Ngo Binh, Van Minh – Translated by Thuy Doan