The National Assembly has passed the Law on Digital Transformation, this Law takes effect from July 1, 2026.
Digital transformation is the process of transforming operating methods, governance and service provision based on digital technology, digital data, digital systems, digital platforms, and digital processes to create new, effective and transparent values.
This Law stipulates that the State shall implement special mechanisms and policies to attract and value experts, talents, and high-quality human resources in the field of digital transformation in accordance with the law.
At the same time, state agencies and state-owned enterprises are allowed to hire experts and collaborators, such as proactively choosing forms and deadlines for contracts with domestic and foreign personnel and experts.
In addition, state-owned enterprises are allowed to cooperate, exchange, and use experts and personnel to serve digital transformation activities.
Along with that, people with outstanding achievements in digital transformation are honored and rewarded according to the provisions of law on emulation and commendation.
The law also stipulates that agencies under the political system implement a special preferential treatment regime for people working in digital transformation, including cadres, civil servants, and public employees of units assigned to perform state management functions on digital transformation of agencies at the Central level, provinces, and cities.
People in charge of digital transformation and network security in agencies in the political system; chief engineers, chief architects in science, technology, innovation, digital transformation and other job positions related to digital transformation.
Reward forms include salaries, allowances, working conditions, career development opportunities and other forms of reward.
Regarding training and development of digital human resources, the state management agency on digital transformation promulgates and updates the Digital Capacity Framework as a basis for training, fostering, evaluating, analyzing, and summarizing information on digital human resources.
Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, and People's Committees at all levels are responsible for organizing the dissemination of basic digital capacity in accordance with the Digital Capacity Framework for subjects suitable to the assigned sectors, fields, and areas.
At the same time, agencies in the political system are responsible for organizing training and fostering digital capacity according to the Digital Capacity Framework, ensuring that cadres, civil servants, and public employees have sufficient digital capacity necessary to deploy specialized digital transformation.
Enterprises and labor-using organizations are responsible for organizing training, fostering, and popularizing basic digital capacity for workers; training and guiding career change, improving digital capacity suitable to market needs for workers at risk of job loss due to digital transformation.
