The Ministry of Science and Technology unveiled two groundbreaking laws signaling a daring transfer towards a human-centered digital future and stronger world competitiveness.
Yesterday afternoon in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology held its common press convention to summarize excellent actions in 2025 and introduce new insurance policies together with the Law on Artificial Intelligence and the Law on Digital Transformation.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hoang Phuong chaired the press convention.
At the press convention, the Ministry of Science and Technology offered detailed data on strategic laws lately handed by the National Assembly, particularly the Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law on Digital Transformation. These are thought-about foundational “building blocks” for Vietnam to interrupt via within the digital age and improve its worldwide competitiveness.
Regarding the Law on Artificial Intelligence, Tran Van Son, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry (NISCI) beneath the Ministry of Science and Technology, affirmed that this can be a historic step, establishing a authorized framework that each creates house for innovation and successfully manages dangers.
According to Tran Van Son, Vietnam has chosen a harmonious strategy, growing strongly like Japan however with better safety than South Korea’s primary strategy. The regulation is constructed on the precept of placing individuals on the middle, making certain that AI is a software to serve and can’t substitute the decision-making position of people. The core of the Artificial Intelligence Law contains risk-based administration, establishing a protected, clear, and accountable monitoring mechanism.
The regulation additionally focuses on knowledge infrastructure, computing infrastructure, and shared platforms to make sure digital sovereignty. One of the highlights of the regulation is that AI actions benefit from the highest funding incentives, supporting the formation of cutting-edge expertise provide chains and unicorn firms.
Regarding the Digital Transformation Law, Tran Quoc Tuan from the National Digital Transformation Agency beneath the Ministry of Science and Technology stated that this can be a “framework law” that connects and systematizes fragmented laws from earlier specialised laws to create a complete image of a digital nation. A very noteworthy new side of this regulation is the first-ever unified authorized codification of digital transformation ideas, offering a basis for the State to implement particular help insurance policies.
The regulation additionally establishes a robust political dedication by stipulating that no less than 1 p.c of the annual state finances be allotted to digital transformation. The Digital Transformation Law is anticipated to create a aggressive benefit via three key factors. Firstly, it goals to scale back compliance prices, restructure administrative processes, and allow knowledge digitization, saving buyers from having to go to a number of businesses. Secondly, it permits companies to innovate inside a authorized framework. Finally, it connects the nationwide digital platform, enabling the personal sector to attach with and reuse the capabilities of the general public digital platform, serving to companies “stand on the shoulders of giants.”
At the press convention, Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong emphasised that 2025 might be a breakthrough yr for the institutional improvement of the science and expertise sector, with 10 laws, 23 decrees, and practically 70 circulars being drafted and amended. Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong affirmed that by no means earlier than have all ministries, businesses, and localities targeted so strongly on constructing nationwide digital platforms and databases as this yr. Regarding newly enacted laws, the Ministry of Science and Technology has proactively developed implementation plans and coordinated with the Ministry of Justice to anticipate the issuance of 16 detailed laws, making certain that there might be no scenario of “laws waiting for decrees.”
Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong additionally directed subordinate models to proceed selling communication and growing publicly obtainable guidebooks and paperwork in order that residents and companies can simply entry and apply the laws as quickly as they arrive into impact.
In 2026, the Ministry of Science and Technology goals to place Vietnam among the many world’s prime 65 nations in e-Government, digital authorities, and on-line public service indexes. The nation targets processing 70 p.c of administrative procedures completely on-line, making certain 100% of important public companies combine synthetic intelligence, and offering all civil servants with primary digital abilities coaching. Additionally, all ministries, businesses, and localities are anticipated to achieve Level 3 in knowledge governance.
In the digital expertise business, the ministry units an bold objective of reaching US$224 billion in income and US$199 billion in digital {hardware} exports, supported by 89,000 digital expertise enterprises. It additionally plans to speed up the event of the semiconductor business, challenge an inventory of precedence merchandise eligible for funding incentives, and promote world enlargement of Vietnamese tech firms.
In the postal and telecommunications sector, the ministry goals for postal revenues of VND104 trillion, common Internet connectivity in any respect postal service factors, and 5G community protection for 90 p.c of the inhabitants.
By Tran Binh – Translated by Anh Quan