Science, know-how and innovation must be the foundation to fulfil the nation’s double-digit progress within the coming time, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the Government’s Steering Committee on science and know-how improvement, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06, whereas chairing the committee’s first assembly of 2026 on February 25.
PM Chinh underscored the significance of the assembly in successfully implementing key duties and options, according to the path of Party General Secretary To Lam to pursue “breakthrough actions and generate spillover effects.”
He pressured that implementation must be extra substantive, with objectives serving because the guiding orientation and outcomes because the measure of effectiveness. This requires a shift from task-based to results-based considering, and from actions to concrete, quantifiable merchandise, assessed by means of clear efficiency indicators.
According to the PM, Vietnam is getting into a very necessary stage within the improvement of science and know-how in accordance with the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress. To realise the purpose of double-digit financial progress and guarantee fast but sustainable improvement, science, know-how and innovation must type the foundation, underpinned by new progress pillars such because the digital, inexperienced and round economies, synthetic intelligence, knowledge, semiconductors, digital infrastructure and knowledge centres, the PM underlined.
He famous that in 2025, the Politburo’s Resolution No. 57 was carried out resolutely, synchronously and successfully from the central to grassroots ranges, incomes broad help from the general public and enterprise group and delivering notable outcomes. Nevertheless, shortcomings persist, together with gaps between process completion and actual effectiveness, difficulties in implementation in some localities, and unresolved bottlenecks associated to human assets, digital infrastructure, knowledge and cybersecurity.
To make sure the assembly results in tangible progress, the PM referred to as on members to focus discussions on completely greedy and concretising the 14th National Party Congress’s decision on breakthroughs in science, know-how, innovation and nationwide digital transformation, figuring out areas that require explicit consideration.
He additionally requested an evaluation of whether or not science, know-how, innovation and digital transformation have actually change into progress drivers, and urged the proposal of breakthrough options to speed up the event of the information economic system, synthetic intelligence, digital infrastructure and digital human assets.
The Government chief requested members to suggest and clearly outline key duties and options for 2026, figuring out precedence breakthroughs in science, know-how, innovation and digital transformation to contribute to attaining double-digit progress and different assigned targets.
In addition, he referred to as for a evaluate of overdue duties from earlier conferences, with clear accountability assigned; stronger efforts by sure ministries and sectors in constructing and connecting knowledge methods; and measures to deal with remaining weaknesses in native infrastructure, notably on the commune degree, together with connectivity gaps and energy provide constraints./.VNA