On July 31, the Ministry of Science and Technology held a daily press convention for July 2026. At the press convention, the Ministry of Science and Technology mentioned that in July it centered on perfecting establishments to create a basis to advertise science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to turn out to be the driving drive for nationwide growth.
According to the Ministry, in July 2026, the unit submitted to the Government for promulgation 4 decrees, 2 resolutions; submitted to the Prime Minister for promulgation 7 choices, 1 directive and issued 11 circulars below its authority.
By the top of July 2026, the Ministry has accomplished the submission and promulgation of paperwork detailing and guiding the implementation of legal guidelines, ordinances and resolutions of the National Assembly below the authority of the Government and the Prime Minister.
Notably, the completion of paperwork guiding the implementation of the Law on Digital Transformation, the Law on High Technology; promulgation of decrees stipulating the capabilities, tasks, powers and organizational construction of the Ministry of Science and Technology; decrees on the group and operation of the National Science and Technology Development Fund; mission to kind strategic technology enterprises; National Digital Transformation Strategy for the interval 2026-2030, orientation to 2045 and the Prime Minister’s directive on accelerating the implementation of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation tasks in 2026.
In the sector of scientific analysis, Vietnam has 2,658 worldwide publications on the Scopus database. The Ministry has organized the analysis and choice of 48 scientific and technological tasks; signed 9 sponsorship contracts; accepted 20 national-level tasks; newly granted 292 billion VND in analysis funds; granted 65 certificates of registration of scientific and technological activity outcomes.
The Ministry additionally obtained and appraised 28 proposals for strategic technology growth tasks from ministries, branches, and localities. To date, 31 strategic technology activity dossiers have been obtained with a complete estimated finances of practically 9,700 billion VND, regularly forming a mechanism to order large-scale analysis tasks to serve nationwide growth.
Innovation actions proceed to have many constructive modifications. The Ministry has issued 6 certificates of registration for technology switch with a complete contract worth of greater than 2,039 billion VND. Vietnam elevated 5 locations, rating fiftieth on the earth in response to the Global Startup Ecosystem Index in 2026. The entire nation at the moment has 964 science and technology enterprises and 46 innovation assist organizations.
In the sector of digital transformation, greater than 4.6 billion transactions have been carried out by means of the National Data Integration and Sharing Platform (NDXP), whereas 32.5 million digital signature certificates have been issued. The Ministry additionally accomplished the rules guiding the implementation of the Law on Digital Transformation, submitted the National Digital Transformation Strategy and issued rules on funding administration, high quality administration and deployment of managed testing fashions (sandboxes).
In specialised administration fields, postal service income in July is estimated at about 9,000 billion VND with an output of about 430 million invoices. Mobile broadband velocity reached 210.85 Mbps, rating ninth on the earth; IPv6 utilization price reached 67%, rating second in Southeast Asia.
The digital technology trade achieved income of about 662.724 billion VND, and export turnover of {hardware} and electronics reached about 21.5 billion USD. The entire nation at the moment has greater than 81,600 digital technology enterprises.
In the sector of mental property, the Ministry obtained greater than 18,000 industrial property registration functions and granted greater than 10,000 safety certificates. At the identical time, the Ministry continues to enhance insurance policies on radiation security, nuclear security and safety, strengthen cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to organize situations for nuclear energy growth within the new interval…
In the approaching time, the Ministry of Science and Technology mentioned it’s going to proceed to finish draft legal guidelines and authorized paperwork; speed up the implementation of strategic technology tasks; enhance administration mechanisms, monetary mechanisms and manage the appraisal of analysis tasks.
At the identical time, creating the science and technology market, supporting modern companies, implementing the Local Innovation Index in 2026 and implementing the 100-day Action Plan to deal with bottlenecks in digital transformation within the political system.