The military is at the forefront of digital transformation.

Immediately after the issuance of Resolution 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in national science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense organized the dissemination and study of the Resolution throughout the armed forces. Simultaneously, they issued a Resolution and Plan on this matter within the military. Military agencies and units have demonstrated a high sense of responsibility and proactively implemented many decisive, synchronized, and effective measures.

Báo Cà Mau•23/10/2025

Emulation campaigns include "Innovation and Digital Transformation" and "Digital Literacy for the People".
Innovation, creativity, and the application of science and technology are key to achieving breakthroughs.
Promoting science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation.
Ca Mau is a pioneer in innovation and breakthrough in digital transformation.

The entire army is embracing innovation and applying digital transformation.

The Central Military Commission has set the goal of developing science, technology, innovation , and digital transformation in the military by 2030 to be among the leading groups nationally, with some areas reaching international standards; mastering strategic technology and digital technology, and enhancing self-reliance in the design, manufacture, improvement, and modernization of high-tech weapons and equipment. This includes developing strategic weapons, enhancing combat capabilities, accessing advanced global technologies, and conducting management, command, and control operations in a digital environment.

To successfully achieve this goal, agencies and units throughout the army, especially Party committees and commanders at all levels, must focus on leading and directing efforts to raise awareness, build political determination, and create a new momentum for the development of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation. Implementing the above resolutions should be considered a top priority breakthrough in building a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern army.

According to the assessment of Military Region 9, Ca Mau province is one of the top units effectively implementing digital transformation in the Military Region. (Photo provided by the Provincial Military Command)

Agencies and units throughout the military are rapidly disseminating scientific and technological knowledge to officers, soldiers, and defense workers through newspapers, digital platforms, social networks, and other electronic means; making the " Digital Literacy Movement" regular and widespread; and striving for every officer and soldier to become a "digital soldier".

Ensuring a robust military data transmission infrastructure to support digital transformation. (Photo provided by the Provincial Military Command)

Simultaneously, agencies and units should urgently complete institutional frameworks; strengthen investment and improve infrastructure for science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation in the military. They should effectively implement the "Strategy for the Development of Military Communication Systems for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045". Priority should be given to developing and utilizing high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation in the military, in order to fulfill the requirements and tasks of national defense in the new situation.

Modernizing the armed forces

In Ca Mau province, following inspections and assessments by Military Region 9, the Party Committee and the Provincial Military Command have implemented tasks related to the development of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation, achieving many positive results and becoming one of the top units in the Military Region.

Recognizing the importance of popularizing digital knowledge throughout the military, the Provincial Military Command organized over 80 training courses with more than 4,000 officers and soldiers receiving instruction on Resolution 57 of the Politburo and related documents. 100% of agencies and units received online training on artificial intelligence organized by the Central Party Office; 80% of officers and soldiers were introduced to the "Digital Literacy Movement".

Military Region 9 conducts a survey to assess the situation regarding innovation, creativity, and digital transformation at the Ca Mau Provincial Military Command. (Photo provided by the Provincial Military Command)

To date, 100% of the province's military computers have been installed with MiAV, TA21, and a secure USB 2.6 solution; ensuring a good military data transmission infrastructure serving digital transformation, with speeds of 10Mbps - 20Mbps. The Provincial Military Command also requested and used 13 organizational digital signatures and 161 individual digital signatures. Since the province's merger, thousands of documents have been issued, with the percentage of digitally signed documents exceeding 99%, and individual digitally signed documents exceeding 92%.

The process of implementing innovation and digital transformation shows that the awareness and knowledge of officers and soldiers of the provincial armed forces are constantly improving. Each officer and soldier demonstrates a high spirit of striving to become a "digital soldier," meeting the requirements of modernizing the armed forces and ensuring the effectiveness of local military and national defense work in the digital age .

Every officer and soldier demonstrates a high spirit of striving to become a "model soldier." (Photo provided by the Provincial Military Command)

“Digital transformation in the military has become an urgent requirement and an inevitable trend to enhance overall strength and meet the demands of national defense in the new situation. The digital transformation process is yielding clear results, contributing to improving the capacity, leadership thinking, command, training, exercises, combat readiness , and logistics and technical support for the forces. It ensures that the work of understanding, forecasting, and advising on situation resolution is carried out quickly and effectively, preventing passivity and surprises; and the advisory activities for the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee on local defense and military affairs have achieved better results,” Lieutenant Colonel Tran Hoang Trieu, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Provincial Military Command, informed.

" How can we ensure that every officer and soldier in the army becomes a 'digital soldier,' mastering digital platforms and possessing digital skills to effectively serve their assigned tasks? We must 'modernize' people before modernizing weapons and equipment, as we often say, 'people first, weapons second', " emphasized General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense.

For the 2025-2030 term, the Provincial Military Party Committee has selected digital transformation as one of the important breakthroughs to contribute to the nationwide effort to build a smart, lean, and efficient army capable of mastering high technology, ready to cope with all challenges, and firmly protect the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of the Fatherland.

Thanh Hai

Source: https://baocamau.vn/quan-doi-tien-phong-chuyen-doi-so-a123273.html