Ministry of Science and Technology writes national startup project, encourages innovation, tolerates failure

Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung - Minister of Science and Technology - spoke at the ceremony - Photo: MAI HA

On April 21, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology held a ceremony to respond to World Creativity and Innovation Day 2025.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung - Minister of Science and Technology - said that the Innovation and Creativity Day on April 21 is not only a day for scientists or technology enterprises, but to honor the creative thinking of everyone in all industries and fields (farmers improve agricultural machinery, students create learning products).

For Vietnam, April 21st is not only a day for scientists or technology businesses, but also a day to honor the creative thinking of everyone in all industries and fields (farmers improve agricultural machinery, students create learning products), encourage the spirit of "dare to think, dare to do, dare to innovate" in the whole society, connect creativity and innovation with sustainable development.

Mr. Hung said that the Politburo has assigned the Ministry of Science and Technology to write a national startup project, the main content of which is to form a spirit of innovation among all people, making innovation a way of life and lifestyle for all people and organizations.

Build a culture of innovation, encourage discovery, and tolerate failure.

Innovation is the driving force for development, promoting innovation is promoting development, planning for innovation is planning for the future. Innovating scientific and technological activities to focus on solving major national problems.

According to him, if creativity and innovation can become universal, there must be comprehensive digital transformation, digitizing the entire real world, and bringing all activities to the digital environment.

The digital environment is the ideal environment for any idea to materialize as quickly as possible, because it is non-physical, non-distance and non-contact. Vietnamese innovation must be placed in the context of national digital transformation.

"Building a culture of innovation for all people will be the core to creating success for the breakthrough in science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam that the Party Central Committee and General Secretary To Lam have launched," said Mr. Hung.

Ms. Pauline Tamesis - United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam - Photo: MAI HA

Ms. Pauline Tamesis - UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam - said that artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually reshaping economies and societies. In Vietnam, 54% of administrative agencies have used AI, but only 20% have ethical guidelines for its use.

This raises fundamental questions, she said: How do we ensure fairness? How do we protect rights? And how do we prevent technology from deepening inequality?

Ms. Pauline Tamesis believes that students will not only be digital users, but also digital leaders.

“The role of students is crucial, not only in creating technologies, but also in defining the values ​​that those technologies serve. And we, the United Nations, stand ready to support your efforts to the best of our ability,” Ms. Pauline Tamesis emphasized.

April 21 is chosen by the United Nations as World Creativity and Innovation Day, to raise awareness of the role of creativity and innovation in socio-economic development, building a sustainable society and promoting all aspects of human development.

2025 is the fourth year that the Ministry of Science and Technology organizes a ceremony in response to World Creativity and Innovation Day.

Response themes: "Innovation - think differently, do differently for better"; "Innovation - pioneering enterprises - prosperous nation"; "Innovation for all people - comprehensive digital transformation - for a better life".

Read more Back to Topics

Back to topic

NGUYEN BAO

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bo-khoa-hoc-cong-nghe-viet-de-an-quoc-gia-khoi-nghiep-khuyen-khich-doi-moi-khoan-dung-that-bai-20250421174510637.htm