Major shifts in synthetic intelligence (AI), semiconductors, huge knowledge, biotechnology, quantum know-how, and good manufacturing are profoundly altering conventional improvement fashions and the worldwide financial construction.
The institutional and coverage framework in Vietnam continues to be strengthened, with 10 legal guidelines and one decision enacted, together with 35 decrees, 60 Prime Minister selections, and 78 circulars geared toward eradicating boundaries to analysis, testing, and commercialization of recent applied sciences.
Scientific analysis actions proceed to develop in each scale and high quality. In 2025, Vietnam’s variety of worldwide scientific publications reached greater than 25,000 papers, up 13.48 % in comparison with 2024.
Vietnam’s Global Innovation Index (GII) ranked forty fourth out of 139 nations and economies; and Vietnam ranked fifty fifth globally for its startup and innovation ecosystem.
Speaking at a latest occasion, Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan emphasised that worldwide expertise exhibits {that a} nation can’t be a robust innovator with out constructing an open, clear ecosystem that encourages creativity.
“If scientists are usually not empowered and wouldn’t have a good surroundings to innovate, technological breakthroughs shall be troublesome. If companies don’t make investments in analysis and improvement, the economic system will stay in a processing and dependent place.
“If universities and analysis institutes are usually not related to sensible realities and market demand, information will wrestle to be remodeled into nationwide competitiveness. If the State doesn’t use present monetary assets successfully, no new breakthroughs shall be created. And if society doesn’t worth information and encourage creativity, it is going to be very exhausting to type a really modern nation,” Quan mentioned.
According to the Minister, for the State, unlocking assets first means perfecting a contemporary, clear, steady institutional system that encourages creativity. Science and know-how is a singular subject. Innovation is all the time tied to experimentation, uncertainty, and the potential for failure. If administration follows a mindset of absolute security, breakthroughs can’t be created.
“The Ministry of Science and Technology is committed to continuing to improve institutions toward accepting controlled risks, promoting autonomy for science and technology organizations, reforming financial mechanisms, developing the science and technology market, protecting intellectual property rights, and creating a more favorable environment for innovative enterprises, tech companies, and tech startups,” he mentioned.
Digital infrastructure
National digital infrastructure continues to develop as 5G expands quickly; and knowledge facilities, cloud computing platforms, and shared digital infrastructure proceed to obtain heavy investment.
National digital transformation has proven clear progress, with the speed of end-to-end public service purposes rising sharply. Many nationwide databases have been put into operation, and the proportion of residents utilizing digital identification, digital signatures, and digital funds is rising.
The digital economic system now accounts for about 14.02 % of GDP. In AI, Vietnam ranks forty fifth globally, up 10 locations from 2022. The digital know-how business posted income of about $198 billion, with {hardware} and electronics exports reaching about $178 billion.
Under the brand new improvement orientation, science, know-how, and innovation are not simply supporting areas for improvement however have gotten the inspiration for fast and sustainable development, and a situation to make sure autonomy and self-reliance amid more and more fierce world know-how competitors.
National strategic applied sciences
A convention on implementing strategic applied sciences to concretize a Politburo Resolution and a Prime Minister Decision dated April 30, 2026 on the List of Strategic Technologies and the List of National Strategic Technology Products was held a number of days in the past.
Vietnam has prioritized core applied sciences, foundational applied sciences, and strategic merchandise able to creating breakthroughs in development, competitiveness, and nationwide autonomy.
Priority areas embody AI, huge knowledge, cloud computing, Internet of Things, semiconductor know-how, blockchain, next-generation biotechnology, quantum know-how, UAVs, and Make in Vietnam platforms.
The new strategy is to shift strongly from fragmented analysis pondering to a “national big-problem” strategy. Accordingly, strategic know-how duties could have clear output targets, technical targets, particular merchandise, utility addresses, and taking part enterprises recognized from the outset, whereas linking analysis with commercialization potential and sensible deployment.
Under the restructuring of the nationwide science and know-how program system, 42 applications shall be reorganized towards streamlining and purposeful layering into six main applications.
Currently, the Ministry of Science and Technology is specializing in finalizing implementation mechanisms; constructing key analysis facilities, testing facilities, and laboratories; and eradicating obstacles associated to finance, requirements, testing, conformity evaluation, and commercialization to speed up bringing applied sciences and analysis merchandise into observe.
Thai Khang