Reporting at the meeting, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Truong Hai Long said the strategy had been formulated on the basis of the Party Central Committee's guidelines and resolutions on developing high-quality human resources and fostering talent.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, although a number of policies to attract talented individuals have been introduced, they remain fragmented, lack coherence, and are not sufficiently aligned with specific strategic priorities. Recruitment has largely been based on general criteria rather than measurable outcomes, limiting the effectiveness of these policies. At the same time, the public sector has yet to become an attractive destination for leading experts and highly qualified scientists.
The strategy aims to establish a modern national talent ecosystem with strong international integration. By 2045, Vietnam aims to become an attractive destination for scientists, experts, and talented professionals from both within the country and abroad.
To achieve these objectives, the Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed several key groups of solutions, including improving the institutional framework; introducing exceptional policies on salaries, bonuses, housing, and healthcare; studying the establishment of ‘Viet Nam Talent Visa’ and a global Viet Nam talent network; expanding decentralisation and granting greater autonomy to talented individuals; simplifying administrative procedures; and adopting an outcome-based management approach focused on performance and tangible results.
After hearing comments from participants, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra commended the Ministry of Home Affairs for its serious and responsible preparation of the draft strategy. However, she described it as "a highly complex and far-reaching strategy" requiring strategic thinking and long-term vision, while ensuring consistency with the Party Central Committee's resolutions on science and technology, innovation, human resource development, education, healthcare, and the renewal of Viet Nam's development model.
Concluding the meeting, the deputy PM stressed that the strategy must clearly define Viet Nam's pathway for developing talent and establish genuinely breakthrough mechanisms. It should be designed with an ecosystem approach, ensuring seamless links from talent identification, education, and training to recruitment, utilisation, recognition, development, and the full realisation of talent. She also outlined key principles for refining the strategy, including thoroughly implementing the Party's vision for rapid and sustainable national development, and positioning talent development within the broader national development strategy and the Party Central Committee's system of strategic resolutions.
The strategy should focus on strategic and priority sectors that are critical to enhancing the country's competitiveness, self-reliance, and long-term development. It must fundamentally shift from an administrative approach to talent management towards a development-oriented model centred on nurturing, governing, and maximising the nation's human resources and talent, while building a comprehensive talent development ecosystem.
The strategy must be strategic, coherent, innovative, and practical. It should build upon existing policies while introducing bold reforms in line with international practices, and establish open, interconnected mechanisms linking the public and private sectors as well as domestic and international talent resources.
