Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Duc Long speaks at the conference - Photo: MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
On the morning of July 14, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology held a conference to review the results of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation activities in the first 6 months of 2025.
According to information from the Ministry of Science and Technology, in the first quarter of 2025, the ministry completed its apparatus, reducing the number of units under the ministry from 42 to 25 (a reduction of 40.5%); issued 49 internal decisions on the functions and tasks of component units.
The consolidation process is not just an organizational merger, but a comprehensive restructuring process: from the operating mechanism, functions and tasks, to organizational culture and governance model. The new Ministry of Science and Technology is positioned as the key agency leading the four key pillars: science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long assessed that the ministry needs to seriously implement and ensure effectiveness and substance in the implementation of online public services.
He emphasized: "It is necessary to review and resolutely not let the situation of requiring people to provide documents that overlap with data already in national databases such as population, household registration, land, insurance, to avoid unnecessary costs and time."
The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology also requested that, in the process of implementing online public services, it is necessary to review and restructure administrative procedures, reduce the number of documents based on available databases, and complete before July 20, 2025.
The Ministry of Science and Technology shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security, the Government Office and localities to review, restructure processes, digitize and provide all administrative procedures (online public services) under the management scope of implementation at 2 levels of local government according to a centralized implementation model, ensuring consistency and synchronization on the National Public Service Portal, to be completed before January 1, 2026.
In the first 6 months of this year, the science and technology sector has had many outstanding achievements.
The Ministry of Science and Technology has also launched the Vietnam Technology Exchange. Currently, Vietnam has 940 science and technology enterprises, about 4,000 innovative startups; an expanding ecosystem with 208 investment funds, 84 incubators, 40 business promotion organizations, and more than 75,000 stable digital technology enterprises.
There are currently 42 national science and technology programs being implemented, connecting research - production, and practical application. In the field of digital transformation, there have been 630 million transactions on the national data integration and sharing platform, reaching 73% of the annual plan. In addition, the rate of online records throughout the process is nearly 40%, improving the efficiency of public service provision.
The post and telecommunications sector grew strongly: revenue increased by 12.8%, network speed led the region, IPv6 reached 65% - in the top 10 in the world. Vietnam's digital economy accounted for 18.72% of GDP, up 10% over the same period; of which the core digital economy reached 8.63%.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/khong-duoc-yeu-cau-nguoi-dan-cung-cap-giay-to-da-co-tren-co-so-du-lieu-quoc-gia-20250714133305273.htm
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