In his keynote paper presented on January 21 at the ongoing 14th National Party Congress in Hanoi, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung said that science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation have been redefined by the Party as the three drivers for Vietnam to achieve double-digit growth.
The Minister, who is also a member of the 13th Party Central Committee, was quoted by the Government News as further saying that Vietnam needs science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation to transform itself from a middle-income to a high-income country.
Science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation have been redefined by the Party as the three drivers under a new approach, creating greater development space and unlocking resources to support growth, he said.
The Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo has identified science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation as the breakthrough of top importance and the main driving force to accelerate the development of modern production force, improve production relations, innovate national governance, and improve the country's self-reliance, according to the minister.
To ensure that science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation truly serve as the central growth drivers, the minister said the first priority is to measure their contributions to GDP growth, adding that the ministry is currently developing methodologies to assess impacts science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation at both national and local levels.
Given the current domestic context, Vietnam's priority order should be digital transformation, innovation, and science and technology from now to 2031, the minister stressed.
Digital transformation changes the way of governance, innovation should focus on providing support for businesses to innovate technologies, test new technologies, and renew governance models, he said.
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