On November 25, at the Government Headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung chaired a meeting on the development and application of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry.
UAVs are opening a new industry globally, having shifted from the testing phase to global industrial and commercial scale production.
This is a strategic industry, capable of creating great added value and directly contributing to GDP growth, improving labor productivity, contributing to protecting national security and sovereignty.
Vietnam is holding many advantages to develop UAVs and soon participate in this strategic industry.
Reporting at the meeting, Permanent Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan shared a number of viewpoints, including: Research, development and application of UAVs is an urgent need to master core technologies, form a UAV industry to serve people's lives, promote socio-economic development; UAVs are a synthetic high-tech industry;
Developing the domestic application market as a central driving force for the UAV industry; focusing on investing in inventions and inventions in scientific, technological and innovative tasks on UAVs; UAVs not only serve socio-economic development in peacetime, but also play a role in ensuring national defense and security.
The general goal is to develop national capacity in acquisition, mastery, creativity and gradually technological autonomy, soon forming a UAV industry to serve the economy, society and national defense.
Thereby, improving competitiveness and making Vietnam a leading center for UAV innovation and production in the region, contributing to economic development.
"In the process of developing goals, tasks, solutions for developing and applying UAVs, the Ministry has consulted international experience and reviewed, learned, and grasped the internal strength of domestic enterprises in this field," said Deputy Minister Vu Hai Quan.
After listening to the comments of the ministries and agencies: National Defense, Public Security, Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Construction, Government Office, Military Technology - Telecommunications Group, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung highly appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of Science and Technology and said that the basic contents closely follow Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo and the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation.
"However, it is necessary to carefully review and improve to properly demonstrate the national strategy level," the Deputy Prime Minister noted and suggested that the Ministry of Science and Technology review and standardize a number of specific goals, ensuring practicality and feasibility when implementing.
It is necessary to focus on building specific solutions with clear content, focus, key points, breakthroughs and high applicable in many fields.
