Looking back at the 2020 - 2025 term and towards the new 2025 - 2030 term, the role of these four spearheads becomes even more evident.

Students participate in activities to learn about Hue's cultural heritage. Photo: Bao Minh

Culture - identity and competitive advantage

In the period 2020 - 2025, culture continues to be a fundamental pillar, demonstrated through outstanding achievements: many festivals and events of national and international scale were successfully organized; heritage conservation work was systematically implemented; Hue's cultural space gradually expanded and spread to the community. The brand "Hue - heritage city, festival city, Festival city" contributed to enhancing its position and attracting tourists .

However, Hue's cultural values ​​are still mainly exploited in the tourism sector, while the potential for developing cultural industry and creative economy has not been promoted accordingly. Therefore, in the next term, the orientation is to make culture a driving force for development, associated with creative industry, cuisine, fashion, performing arts, and especially heritage tourism. This requires strong innovation in management mechanisms, investment policies and exploitation methods, so that culture is not only a "spiritual asset" but also an "economic resource" for Hue.

Medical - specialized center and high quality service

With the foundation of the Hue Central Hospital system, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy and many specialized research facilities, Hue has been affirming its position as one of the major medical centers of the country. During the 2020 - 2025 term, the work of taking care of people's health, preventive medicine, as well as the capacity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the leading role of the Hue medical sector. The team of highly qualified doctors and nurses, combined with increasingly modern facilities, creates solid trust for the community.

Entering the period of 2025 - 2030, Hue aims to become the leading specialized medical center in the Central Highlands region, aiming at the level of Southeast Asia. This is not only to meet the needs of high-quality medical examination and treatment in the country, but also to exploit the type of medical services associated with health care tourism - a global trend. Applying digital technology, artificial intelligence in diagnosis, treatment, hospital management; developing traditional medicine in parallel with modern medicine; expanding international cooperation... are key directions for Hue to affirm its specialized medical position.

Education and Training, the human resource foundation for development

If culture is the identity, health is the strength, then education and training are the foundation for nurturing and developing high-quality human resources for Hue. In the 2020 - 2025 term, Hue continues to maintain its position as one of the major educational centers of the country, especially in university and postgraduate training. Educational institutions and universities are increasingly expanding their connections, linked to the needs of the labor market and international integration. Many key industries such as medicine, information technology, and culture and arts have provided human resources not only for Hue, but also for the Central region and the whole country.

In the coming term, the orientation is to build Hue into a center for training high-quality human resources, closely linked with the development strategy of the health, science and technology, tourism and culture sectors. International links in education, attracting students from many countries, along with building an academic - research - application ecosystem, will help Hue become a "city of knowledge", creating abundant resources for other fields.

Science and Technology, the driving force for breakthroughs in the digital age

During the 2020-2025 term, although science and technology in Hue have made progress, they have not really made a breakthrough. Notable successes lie in the implementation of e-government, smart cities, and the application of information technology in administrative management and urban life. A number of information technology, health and education products with high intellectual content have been formed, laying the foundation for the development of the digital economy.

In the period of 2025 - 2030, Hue identifies science and technology as the foundation and driving force for development. Promoting digital transformation, developing digital government, digital society, digital economy; building an innovative startup ecosystem; closely connecting institutes - schools - businesses; applying high technology in heritage conservation, in specialized healthcare and modern education. All will create a leap forward for Hue in the new era. This is also the "tool" for the remaining three spearheads to develop sustainably and effectively.

Four spearheads combine to create synergy
Students participate in activities to learn about Hue's cultural heritage. Photo: Bao Minh

It is noteworthy that the four spearheads in Hue's development do not exist separately but complement and interact with each other. Culture - heritage can be combined with science and technology to preserve and exploit intelligently. High-quality healthcare can develop strongly thanks to digital technology and highly trained human resources. Education and training provide human resources for healthcare, technology, and culture. And science and technology is the "key" for all four areas to operate in an innovative, creative, and integrated ecosystem.

Solutions to promote the effectiveness of four spearheads

For the four spearheads to truly become the driving force for development, it is necessary to focus on a number of key solutions:

1. Regarding mechanisms and policies: Build a unique and outstanding mechanism for Hue in all four areas, creating flexibility in attracting investment, land use, finance and attracting talent.

2. Regarding human resources: Focus on training and fostering, while attracting domestic and foreign talents; prioritize specialized healthcare, international education, and scientific and technological research.

3. Regarding regional and international connections: Expand cooperation with major domestic and foreign centers, learn advanced management models; create a global connection network.

4. On development integration: strengthen the connection between four spearheads, for example: culture combined with technology and tourism, health combined with health tourism, education combined with applied research.

5. Regarding brand and communication: building the brand "Hue - center of culture, education, health, science and technology" at national and international level, creating investment attraction and integration.

The 2020 - 2025 term has demonstrated Hue's great potential in promoting the four key development directions. However, the achievements have basically only stopped at the level of "potential and advantage". Entering the 2025 - 2030 period, the requirement is to turn advantages into real strength, through superior mechanisms, key investments and innovative approaches. If done, Hue will not only maintain its position as a "heritage city", but also rise to become a creative urban area, a regional cultural - medical - educational - technological center, contributing to affirming its strategic role in the country's development process when entering a new era - the era of national development.

PHAN THANH HAI

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