Unlike in the past, when the transition to the single-window mechanism was conducted manually, digital transformation is now taking place amid high compliance requirements and increasingly clear penalties.
The platform is expected to serve as shared digital backbone enabling stakeholders in the clean food sector to gradually digitise, standardise, and publicly disclose information, ultimately aiding the fight against unsafe products and protecting consumer interests.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Le Hung, lecturer at the ESIEE Paris - an engineering school of University Gustave Eiffel, said future “Make in Vietnam” science and technology products will not only directly serve domestic demands, improve the people’s livelihoods, and boost labour productivity, but also have the potential to compete in international markets.
As the Party identified breakthroughs in science – technology and innovation as a key driver of national progress, the mastery and adoption of biometric technologies must go hand in hand with safeguarding public trust, data security, and citizens’ interests, all aligned with the people-first philosophy guiding the country's digital agenda.
Training must undergo a fundamental overhaul, with quality as the core focus. Curricula should be updated to international standards and developed in a comprehensive manner, said members of the executive board of the network of overseas Vietnamese nuclear energy experts (VietNuc)
Jointly organised by the municipal People’s Committee, the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in the city (HCMC C4IR) and the Vietnam International Financial Centre in Ho Chi Minh City (VIFC-HCMC), the event was part of a series of activities showcasing the vision for building VIFC-HCMC, while expanding cooperation with global partners in finance, technology and innovation.
Vietnam is standing at a historic moment to achieve a meaningful breakthrough based on science, technology and innovation.
Vietnam should prioritise investment in key quantum laboratories toward establishing a National Quantum Research Centre; develop long-term human resources training programmes; build a supportive innovation ecosystem through regulatory sandboxes and targeted investment funds; and strengthen international cooperation with leading global research institutions.
To ensure that science and technology truly act as a powerful growth engine, experts emphasised the need for the Government to put in place supportive mechanisms and policies that encourage enterprises to invest in research and development, while strengthening cooperation among the State, research institutions and the business sector.
Heng LiHong, who is also a member of the Standing Board of the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese (BAOOV), expressed his confidence that this new growth model will help Vietnam move beyond a development path reliant on low-cost labour and resource extraction, enabling the country to gradually climb to higher levels in the global value chain.
Finance Minister Nguyen Van Thang has recently held a working session with Eduard Stiphout, Senior Vice President in charge of strategic supply chain and procurement at ASML, during which he highly appreciated ASML’s growing interest in the Vietnamese market.
Technology has opened up new approaches to heritage preservation and promotion. At sites such as the Temple of Literature, Hanoi’s Old Quarter and the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, night tours featuring creative lighting, immersive storytelling and extended reality (XR) applications have expanded visitors’ experiences and reimagined how heritage can be explored.
Vietnam considers capacity-building and greater self-reliance in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation a strategic priority, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang.
Ho Chi Minh City is witnessing a strong investment wave in the data centre sector. The city has set up a dedicated task force to support investment procedures for a Hyperscale Data Centre serving AI development, with total investment estimated at around 2 billion USD. The investor consortium includes UAE-based technology company G42, Microsoft, FPT Corporation, VinaCapital, and Viet Thai Group.
The Ministry of Public Security places great emphasis on close cooperation with UN agencies to enhance capacities in combating transnational crime, peacekeeping, promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, and counter-terrorism, Quang stated.
The Hanoi Declaration places special emphasis on strengthening intra-bloc digital cooperation to promote economic growth, social progress, and cultural development in the region through joint efforts based on equality and partnership, aiming to lay a solid foundation for a prosperous and peaceful ASEAN Community.
Party General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 16 attended the ground-breaking ceremony of Vietnam’s first semiconductor chip manufacturing plant, part of a series of works in celebration of the upcoming 14th National Party Congress.
Informing the UN official about some of Vietnam’s achievements in sci-tech development, innovation, and digital transformation, Deputy PM Nguyen Chi Dung highlighted that the country and the UN have recorded progress in their sci-tech relations, with cooperation in strategic areas matching global trends and bilateral cooperation demand.
Hung said that Vietnam has developed a complete 5G ecosystem - from network infrastructure such as base stations and core networks to applications, hoping that Singapore would support this ecosystem.
Vietnam’s digital economy is growing at a remarkably strong pace, extending its reach beyond the regional to the global stage. Its current growth rate is estimated to be three times faster than that of the broader economy, positioning Vietnam among the world’s leading digital economies.
