Putting policy into practice

Students of the University of Technology (University of Danang ) during a practical class. Photo: MAI QUE

MR. TRAN ANH TU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY (MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY):

Many opportunities for Da Nang

The Law on Digital Technology Industry forms a specialized legal corridor, ensuring that there are strong and outstanding incentives to develop the digital technology industry - a foundation industry. At Point c, Clause 2, Article 5 of the Law on Digital Technology Industry states: Provincial People's Committees shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology in state management of the digital technology industry in sectors, fields, and localities within the scope of assigned tasks and powers.

Da Nang, with its position as a strong center of digital technology, innovation and startups in the Central Highlands, has many favorable conditions for developing the digital technology industry, especially in the fields of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, smart cities, digital government, digital tourism and high-quality digital human resources. The city needs to preside over and closely coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology to manage and promote digital technology industry activities in the area in an effective and unified manner. In addition, the city takes advantage of preferential and specific mechanisms issued and approved by the Central Government to develop key areas such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence.

Practice hours of students from the University of Technology (University of Danang). Photo: MINH LE

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Gia Nhu, Principal of School of Engineering and Technology (Duy Tan University):

Accompanying the development of digital human resources

Da Nang has a solid foundation for training digital human resources, with 38 technology training facilities and the presence of core schools such as Duy Tan University, University of Science and Technology, Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (Da Nang University) ... The city has a solid foundation to continuously supply high-quality human resources for the digital economy. However, the quality of training output does not match the development requirements, only 25% of new graduates meet the requirements of businesses. The rest lack soft skills and practical experience. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality of training to meet the reality with solutions connecting 3 parties (state - school - business).

Specifically, learning through projects such as incorporating real-life city problems (population data, smart traffic, flood management) into course projects; coordinating the design of master's programs or specialized certificates for leadership positions in information technology and data. Regarding the development of AI and semiconductor chips, training institutions need to promote international cooperation to solve the problem of the lack of specialized lecturers. Duy Tan University has coordinated with Samsung Group to implement a technology talent training program, training 500 students/year in AI, big data, IoT; coordinated with Fore (Japan) to establish an in-depth training program on network safety and security, called "Blue Rock Cyber Security Talent Incubator".

MS. DANG THI ANH TUYET, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF MEDCAT JOINT STOCK COMPANY:

Turn data into real assets

Data is a new resource and a key factor for national digital transformation, improving competitiveness and serving the interests of Da Nang people. The development and use of data must go hand in hand with ensuring information security, network security and personal data protection. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure national digital sovereignty over Vietnam's digital data. MedCAT proposed that the city focus on building a database serving two-level management and administrative tasks, with the ability to connect and link inter-sectoral data.

The goal is to solve specific problems of each industry in the most effective way; conduct a test of merging personal medical data to build a unified electronic health record, creating conditions for smarter health management and care; extract and process land data from captured images to serve the city's land data cleaning campaign... These are specific steps, helping Da Nang turn data into real assets, creating a solid foundation for the development of the digital technology industry in the future.

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