Focus on breakthroughs and removing institutional bottlenecks in science and technology development and innovation

We must measure the satisfaction and trust of people and businesses; we must resolutely digitize the entire process, deploy "one-stop - one-time declaration" public services on an interconnected data platform.

On October 15, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, the Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee on Science and Technology Development (S&T), Innovation and Digital Transformation (Steering Committee) held its third quarterly meeting. General Secretary To Lam, Head of the Steering Committee chaired the meeting. Attending were National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu...

View of the meeting at the Party Central Committee headquarters. Photo: VIET CHUNG

The report at the meeting said that over the past 9 months, Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo (on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation) has truly come into life, creating a high level of consensus in awareness and action. Many specific and practical results have contributed to improving the effectiveness of national governance, effectively operating two-level local governments, promoting socio-economic development and ensuring social security, taking care of people's lives.

Thereby, the confidence of the business community, people, experts, and scientists at home and abroad has been enhanced. However, there is still much work to be done, many bottlenecks that need to be resolved to make stronger breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, and digital transformation.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the meeting. Photo: VIET CHUNG

Concluding the meeting, General Secretary To Lam acknowledged and commended the efforts of all levels and sectors from the Party agencies at the Central level, to the National Assembly, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, agencies in the local political system; the efforts and proactiveness in the advisory work and proposals of the standing agency, the support team, the national advisory council, especially the role of the Standing Steering Committee in closely monitoring, evaluating, and directing the implementation resolutely, with specific results. The General Secretary thanked and acknowledged the contributions of the team of domestic and foreign experts, overseas Vietnamese who have paid attention and accompanied domestic agencies in the process of implementing Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW.

Mining data to break down “separatist thinking”

General Secretary To Lam stated that it is necessary to firmly implement the new operating principle agreed upon by the 13th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee: "Discipline comes first - Resources go together - Results are the measure". This must be the guiding ideology throughout, the compass for all activities. Discipline is demonstrated in strictly implementing the directive conclusions, adhering to progress, not pushing or avoiding; overdue tasks must be thoroughly handled. Resources must be fully guaranteed, allocated correctly, accurately, quickly, effectively, avoiding spreading and wasting. All efforts must be measured by specific, substantial, measurable results, not by formal reports.

General Secretary To Lam requested that removing institutional bottlenecks must be the top priority; exploiting data to break down "separatist thinking"; intellectual property institutions, commercializing research results to connect institutes and schools with the market; public-private partnership institutions to mobilize social resources; removing them, at the same time, there must be a strong enough mechanism to protect cadres who dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility for the common good; must create an ecosystem, strongly unleash social resources, take enterprises as the center, from "State-made" to "State-created" to liberate and mobilize maximum private resources for science and technology development, innovation, according to the principle "What the private sector can do but is not the field in which the State plays a leading role, create conditions and encourage the private sector to do"; Only when enterprises are truly central, will the 3-house model (State - school - enterprise) come into reality.

View of the meeting at the Party Central Committee headquarters. Photo: VIET CHUNG

General Secretary To Lam suggested that we must take the satisfaction and trust of the people and businesses as a measure; we must resolutely and comprehensively digitize the process, deploy "one-stop - one-time declaration" public services on an interconnected data platform. To realize those major orientations, we must unify a resolute, transparent, and consistent action motto, as in the guiding spirit of the 13th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee: "Three focuses - Three publicities - One measure". The three focuses include: quickly institutionalizing the conclusions of the Steering Committee; organizing drastic implementation with specific products; regularly checking and supervising, promptly removing obstacles. The three publicities include: publicizing progress; publicizing responsibilities; publicizing results for people and society to monitor and accompany. One measure is the standard of living and people's trust.

Do not accept term-based thinking and cling to local interests.

General Secretary To Lam requested that Party agencies from the central to local levels implement the digital transformation project in Party agencies to ensure efficiency, according to the set roadmap. The Government Party Committee directed to completely resolve the backlog of documents guiding the implementation of laws, and strive for 100% of decrees and circulars guiding the implementation of new laws related to science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation to be issued and take effect before March 31, 2026.

General Secretary To Lam chaired the meeting at the Party Central Committee headquarters. Photo: VIET CHUNG

The National Assembly Party Committee directs the implementation of the National Assembly's digital transformation project. The supervision content must focus on three core issues, including: the progress and quality of building national databases; the efficiency of disbursement and use of state budget resources; the actual results of commercializing science and technology products and the "3-house" model.

The Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front directs the implementation of the digital transformation project in the agencies of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations; directs the organization of independent and substantive social monitoring and criticism programs on the quality of scientific and technological research and innovation; provides online public services and the progress of implementing national databases that directly affect the people.

General Secretary To Lam emphasized the responsibility of the leaders. First of all, ministers, heads of sectors, secretaries, chairmen of provincial and communal People's Committees and leaders of departments and divisions must fully and deeply understand the requirements and tasks of science and technology development, innovation, national digital transformation with the destiny of the country, and be resolute in directing and operating. "Do not accept the mindset of tenure, clinging to local interests, not daring to think, not daring to do, not daring to make breakthroughs. Anyone caught up in these situations and not changing must be promptly replaced, not slowing down the country's development process," the General Secretary stated.

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