On the afternoon of February 11 in Hanoi, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the conference on science and technology development, innovation and high-quality human resources to promote economic growth.
At the conference, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung stated that traditional growth is gradually reaching its limit. We have just grown at over 7%, and if we want to increase by 7-10%, we must have new growth drivers. This can only come from science and technology, innovation and digital transformation.
Agriculture has helped Vietnam escape poverty, FDI and industry have helped Vietnam become a middle-income country. To become a high-income country, it must rely on science and technology, innovation and digital transformation.
According to Minister Nguyen Manh Hung, this is the main driving force to develop modern productive forces, perfect production relations along with national governance methods to develop the socio-economy, prevent the risk of falling behind, and move towards breakthroughs and prosperity in the new era.
According to the minister, the research is carried out on the basis of research activities. However, the money that the research facility receives from the State must be spent as the budget of a state administrative unit.
State agencies do things that are known and defined, but research is something that is unknown and does not exist, so it must follow a different mechanism. Let research institutes spend the money they receive from the State for research according to the spending mechanism of enterprises, the contract mechanism.
Thus, the State manages according to research results, that is, according to goals, instead of managing methods and processes.
Minister Nguyen Manh Hung emphasized that to develop science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, high-quality human resources are needed. To improve the quality of human resources of universities, it is necessary to attract research. This requires the State and businesses to order research.
Universities must become research centers, and to do so, they need to become magnets for research. That magnet is the laboratories that businesses cannot afford to invest in, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.
If we want to develop science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation, large enterprises must take the lead. If we want large enterprises, the State must assign them big tasks, only then can Vietnamese enterprises grow strong.
Resolution 57 sets the goal of forming 5 large digital technology corporations on par with advanced countries by 2025.
Large enterprises must take the lead in applying technology and digital transformation, thereby leading other Vietnamese enterprises to apply technology to digital transformation, stirring up a wave of science and technology in the whole country.
Large enterprises must take the responsibility to take the lead in science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation, and must take responsibility for Vietnam's technological innovation and digital transformation, contributing to GDP growth.
Large trade and service corporations should transform into trade and service industrial technology corporations. Without technology and industry, Vietnam cannot overcome the middle-income trap to become a high-income country.
"Large technology enterprises must go abroad to conquer the world, thereby learning and improving international competitiveness," Minister Nguyen Manh Hung stated.
