The Minister of Science and Technology on October 12 signed a decision, officially approving the ministry's Data Strategy until 2030.
The Strategy is built upon the core principle that "Data is a strategic infrastructure," reflecting the ministry's pioneering vision in realizing digital government, digital economy, and digital society. Its aim is to establish Vietnam as a leading hub for science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation data in Southeast Asia.
The Strategy also emphasizes standardizing data according to national and international standards, ensuring interoperability with other ministries, agencies, localities, and international organizations. Concurrently, it focuses on building common catalogs, and standards for governance, open data, research data, public administrative data, and operational management data.
Science and technology data is positioned as a high-value national asset, serving as a digital knowledge foundation of the country and contributing to Vietnam becoming an innovation-driven nation based on knowledge, technology, and data.
The specific objectives of the Strategy demonstrate a broad vision and the close link between data development, administrative reform, and digital transformation.
Under the strategy, by 2030, 100% of the ministry's online public services will be fully delivered; all administrative records and data will be digitized, completely replacing paper-based documents; and 5,000 open datasets will be published to serve the research community, businesses, and the public.
Furthermore, a special highlight of the Strategy is the formation of a "data culture" across the entire science and technology sector, considering data as a basis for all policies and activities.
In parallel, the ministry will promote open cooperation and data interoperability among its internal units, other ministries, localities, research institutes, universities, and businesses. This will gradually build a unified and synchronized national data ecosystem, while actively participating in international initiatives on scientific data, aiming for global standards in data sharing, access, and security.
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