The Innovation Train: Accelerating from the staff - Part 3: Separating the bad from the good, building a team of staff of equal caliber in the new era

The strong progress in streamlining the organizational apparatus combined with improving the quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees has contributed to helping Vinh Phuc become more stable on the development track. However, in the face of the constant changes of the times, the train of innovation is accelerating strongly, requiring long-term, systematic mechanisms and strategies to form a team of cadres of equal caliber, not only proficient in expertise but also flexible in thinking, innovative in working methods, and acting with the highest sense of responsibility.

When excellence creates effectiveness

After a period of persistent implementation of the organizational structure arrangement in the direction of "Refined - Lean - Strong - Effective - Efficient - Effective", the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees of the province has been "purified" in the true sense - smaller in quantity but stronger in quality, thereby operating the administrative apparatus more smoothly and decisively.

A clear proof is that despite being in a period of high concentration on the work of reorganizing the apparatus according to the direction of the Central Government, Vinh Phuc still recorded many remarkable steps forward in socio-economic development.

According to statistics, in the first quarter of 2025, the province's GRDP increased by 8.75% over the same period, nearly double the 4.25% increase in the same period in 2024 and the highest increase in the period 2020 - 2025.

Of which, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector maintained a stable growth rate of 1.18%; the industry - construction sector increased by 12.55%; the service sector achieved an increase of 8.77%. Notably, the industrial production index recorded an increase of 12.74%; total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue increased by 11.88% over the same period in 2024.

Challenges on the innovation track

In addition to positive results, the work of streamlining the organizational apparatus and improving the quality of staff is facing many challenges and obstacles. One of the major "bottlenecks" is the lack of good leaders, managers, scientists and leading experts in many fields.

In addition, recruitment and attraction of talented people have received attention, but the results of attraction are still limited. Key areas such as information technology and digital transformation, which are urgent requirements in the new era, are facing difficulties in recruiting staff due to low salary and bonus mechanisms compared to the private sector.

The implementation of regulations on the work of young and female cadres is still limited and has not achieved the set goals. More worrying is the state of complacency and lack of full awareness of the role of regular study and training among a number of cadres, civil servants and public employees.

Meanwhile, the country is entering a new era of development, an era of national growth, where innovation, intellectual competition, artificial intelligence, digital technology, green and sustainable development become vital criteria.

Faced with the increasingly high demands of the times, the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees not only needs to be "skillful" but also really "strong", strong in professional capacity, solid in skills, sharp in thinking and action and courageous in carrying out responsibilities.

Comrade Nguyen Van Tuan, Center for Digital Infrastructure and Information Security, exchanges expertise and professional skills with colleagues.

Unleash your mind, clear the blockage

To build a team of cadres of equal caliber in the new era, Vinh Phuc determined to continue to promote streamlining the organizational apparatus in conjunction with improving the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees with long-term, methodical and consistent strategies.

In the immediate future, the province will continue to focus on synchronously implementing solutions in managing and using cadres at all stages, from recruitment, planning, appointment, rotation, transfer to evaluation, reward, discipline, dismissal, termination, training and fostering.

Along with that is the effort to create a democratic and open working environment, promoting the spirit of innovation, so that each cadre, civil servant and public employee has the conditions to maximize their capacity and creativity.

The province also pays special attention to developing a team of promising young cadres to create a solid source of successors; continues to innovate the work of evaluating cadres by products, gradually building a team of professional, proficient, modern civil servants and public employees to meet the requirements of the new period.

At the same time, effectively implement the National Strategy on attracting and utilizing talents to 2030, with a vision to 2050, focusing on key sectors and fields according to the province's development orientation such as healthcare, education, information technology, digital transformation, etc.

In the long term, the province is proactively reviewing and researching to perfect regulations on talents, criteria for identifying talents, attracting and employing talents in administrative agencies and public service units.

At the same time, continue to develop regulations on criteria for appointing officials who must have outstanding achievements and specific products; issue mechanisms, policies, and measures to pay allowances to support salaries according to tasks, products, and work results to encourage officials to work effectively and economically use assigned payroll quotas.

Sharing the solution to the problem of attracting and retaining talent, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hung, Principal of Vinh Phuc High School for the Gifted, emphasized: "A working environment that encourages creativity and innovation, creating conditions for talented people to develop, contribute and advance is the key factor to retain and promote the potential of high-quality human resources."

At Vinh Phuc High School for the Gifted, nurturing and developing talents is concretized through practical actions. The school regularly encourages and creates conditions for teachers who are in the talent attraction category to improve their professional qualifications, participate in scientific research and guide students in research.

To date, 2/4 of the teachers recruited have completed their graduate programs after being recruited. Not only does the school provide training, it also gives teachers the opportunity to develop their strengths and expertise by assigning them to teach in specialized classes, participating in training teams of excellent students to compete at provincial, national and international levels; at the same time, it empowers them to take the initiative in developing teaching programs appropriate to the students' level.

In particular, the working environment here is always focused on building a friendly, united, and respectful environment for individual values. In addition, the school also invests in adequate facilities, creating conditions for teachers to effectively implement teaching ideas; teachers with outstanding achievements are promptly honored and considered for planning and promotion to leadership positions. "When talented people are given opportunities and trust, they not only contribute but also spread values," Mr. Hung affirmed.

The journey of innovation - no one is left out

In the context of the country's strong transformation, the innovation journey places increasingly high, comprehensive and strict requirements on the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees. Innovation does not only come from policies and guidelines, but also from the responsibility and initiative of each individual in improving capacity, updating knowledge, perfecting skills and renewing thinking. Only when each cadre is truly aware of his or her own capacity and limitations, and is ready to change to adapt, can the reform machine operate smoothly, effectively and efficiently.

Realizing that foreign languages ​​are gradually becoming an indispensable skill in the integration period, in 2024, comrade Nguyen Van Tuan, a Grade III Information Technology officer, Center for Digital Infrastructure and Information Security, Department of Science and Technology, proactively registered to attend an English proficiency improvement training course organized by the Department of Home Affairs.

With a limited foreign language starting point, Comrade Tuan had to make many times more efforts, taking advantage of every moment outside of work to self-study, research, and accumulate knowledge. Thanks to his perseverance and progressive spirit, he recently achieved an IELTS 6.0 certificate.

Sharing about his learning journey, Mr. Tuan said: “I learn English, first of all, to serve my work. Working in the field of information technology, accessing global knowledge is a must. Next, I learn for my family, to set an example and accompany my children on their lifelong learning journey. And finally, I learn for myself. Learning a foreign language is not only a hobby, but also helps me stay alert, awake, broaden my perspective and develop myself.”

Not only stopping at improving foreign language skills, comrade Nguyen Van Tuan also proactively self-studied and researched artificial intelligence, a field that is opening up many new application directions in digital transformation.

Previously, he completed a master's program in Information Security, graduated from the Intermediate Political Theory class and attended the specialist class. The spirit of serious and persistent study has helped Mr. Tuan gradually improve himself, ready to meet the increasingly high requirements in the integration environment.

The innovation train is accelerating, requiring each cadre, civil servant and public employee to become a “locomotive” leading and helping the train go in the right direction. In addition to appropriate mechanisms and policies, the core is still the spirit of self-study, self-training, daring to innovate, daring to take on and take responsibility to adapt. When each individual proactively renews himself, the whole collective will create a solid driving force, helping Vinh Phuc make a strong breakthrough on the development track in the new era.

Phung Hai

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