On the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, General Secretary and President To Lam wrote an important article on “Digital transformation - an important driving force for developing productive forces, perfecting production relations, bringing the country into a new era”. In it, the General Secretary and President emphasized many remarkable new perspectives on the role of digital transformation in the country's development in the new situation.

General Secretary - President To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and Standing member of the Secretariat Luong Cuong. Photo: VNA

VietNamNet interviewed Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc , Vice Chairman of the Scientific Council of Central Party Agencies, former Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine about this issue.

4 new perspectives on digital transformation

How do you evaluate the new views of the General Secretary on digital transformation? In the article, General Secretary - President To Lam expressed very new, highly theoretical views on the particularly important role of digital transformation. Firstly, General Secretary - President To Lam affirmed: There must be a digital transformation revolution to develop the country in the new era. Digital transformation is not simply the application of digital technology to socio-economic activities, but also the process of establishing a new, advanced and modern production method - "digital production method". Secondly, the new views in the article of General Secretary - President To Lam are completely consistent with the theory of socio-economic forms of Marxism - Leninism, but are applied and creatively developed in the new context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to develop the country quickly and sustainably in the new era. Third, General Secretary - President To Lam explained very clearly the basic law of Marxism - Leninism: Production relations are consistent with a certain level of development of productive forces in the revolution - digital transformation. The General Secretary stated: “We are facing the requirement of a revolution with strong and comprehensive reforms to adjust production relations, creating new momentum for development. That is the digital transformation revolution, applying science and technology to restructure production relations in accordance with the remarkable progress of productive forces..., the characteristic of productive forces is the harmonious combination of humans and artificial intelligence; data becomes a resource, becomes an important means of production; at the same time, production relations also have profound changes, especially in the form of ownership and distribution of digital means of production”. In addition, the General Secretary also affirmed: “Artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and cloud computing are gradually becoming important production tools in many industries and fields. Infrastructure, especially digital infrastructure... creates the foundation for the development of the digital economy and digital society”. General Secretary - President To Lam also pointed out: “In the relationship between productive forces and production relations, productive forces play a decisive role in the development of production relations, production relations must be constantly adjusted to suit the increasingly high level of productive forces. When production relations do not keep up with the development of productive forces, they will become an obstacle, hindering the progressive development of the entire mode of production, thereby affecting the overall development of the country".

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc. Photo: TCCS

Fourth, General Secretary - President To Lam thoroughly analyzed the law of the dialectical relationship between infrastructure and superstructure in the context of digital transformation. The General Secretary analyzed: “Changes in production relations will strongly impact the superstructure, opening up new methods of social governance, creating new tools in state management, fundamentally changing the way the State and citizens and social classes interact. The digital transformation process needs to be carried out comprehensively and synchronously, taking into account the dialectical relationship between infrastructure and superstructure, in order to build a socialist-oriented market economy, both promoting the strength of modern productive forces and ensuring the good nature of the socialist regime, in accordance with the specific conditions of Vietnam in the new era.” In my opinion, this is completely consistent with the law of the dialectical relationship between infrastructure and superstructure in the context of digital transformation.

New momentum brings the country into a new era

In the article, General Secretary - President To Lam pointed out 4 key tasks that need to be carried out in the coming time to make digital transformation a true revolution. To do this, what changes do you think need to be made? In the article, General Secretary - President To Lam affirmed: Digital transformation must truly be a revolution that brings the country into a new era - the era of the Vietnamese people's rise. To successfully carry out the revolution - digital transformation, successfully implement the direction of General Secretary - President To Lam, in my opinion, there need to be some fundamental changes. First, change in awareness, have a new mindset about the revolution - digital transformation. Second, have high political determination, take drastic actions to successfully carry out the revolution - digital transformation. Third, mobilize the combined strength of the entire Party, the entire people, the entire army and the entire political system to successfully carry out the revolution - digital transformation. Fourth, focus on building, perfecting and organizing good implementation in practice of institutions, mechanisms and policies for digital transformation, digital economy and society. Fifth, unleash and maximize all social resources, especially human resources - the decisive factor of the innovation cause, of the revolution - digital transformation. Sixth, realize the mechanism: the Party leads, the State manages, the People are the masters in implementing the revolution - digital transformation. Seventh, ensure security and safety in the process of implementing the revolution - digital transformation. According to you, how should these issues be realized in the documents of the upcoming 14th National Party Congress? It must be affirmed that both in theory and practice, the viewpoints in the article of General Secretary and President To Lam are completely correct, have a vision ahead of time, and are consistent with the strong and stormy development of science and technology, especially the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

General Secretary and President To Lam chaired a meeting of the Subcommittee on Documents of the 14th Party Congress on August 27. Photo: VNA

Currently, the entire Party, the entire people, and the entire army are highly determined and making great efforts to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, prepare for Party Congresses at all levels, and move towards the 14th National Party Congress. Therefore, I believe that in the process of preparing documents for Party Congresses at all levels, especially the documents for the 14th National Party Congress, we need to thoroughly grasp the new viewpoints and especially important guiding thoughts of General Secretary - President To Lam on digital transformation. Because this is a revolution that creates a new breakthrough, a new driving force in developing productive forces and perfecting production relations, bringing the country into a new era - the era of the Vietnamese people's rise: rich, strong, democratic, civilized, prosperous, happy, and steadily moving towards socialism.

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