Expectations from pioneering models
According to Professor, Dr. Tu Minh Phuong, Chairman of the Board of the Academy of Posts and Telecommunications Technology, the Academy will devote significant resources to investing in research, technology development and product commercialization, with financial support for projects increasing from several hundred million to billions of VND. In addition, the Academy plans to establish an Innovation Centre to actively and effectively support research, application and technology transfer activities.
The goal of achieving 12 R&D personnel per 10,000 people by 2030, as stated in Resolution No.57, clearly shows the pivotal role of science, technology and innovation in national development. Focusing on R&D and digital transformation is identified as a strategic investment for the future. Many research institutes and universities have been proactively adjusting their development plans, promoting cooperation with enterprises, focusing on strategic technology research, mastering core technology, and striving to play a pioneering role in the national innovation ecosystem.
Two years ago, Electric Power University officially participated in a project on supporting the national innovation and startup ecosystem until 2025 (referred to as Project 844). This was the starting point to promote the scientific research movement, taking innovation as the key to the development of the school.
The university is also on the list of 18 universities prioritised for consideration of investment in semiconductor laboratories, aiming to realise the goal that by 2030, Vietnam will train at least 50,000 university-level human resources or more to serve the semiconductor industry.
“To meet the current 32 training programmes, the university has a policy of upgrading teaching and learning equipment, expanding and modernising laboratories and practice rooms. In the coming years, the school plans to invest about 1 trillion VND to modernise teaching equipment and upgrade facilities,” said Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Van Chau, Principal of Electricity Power University.
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An “initiative” to gather resources from the University of Technology - Vietnam National University, Hanoi is a policy to attract international lecturers and students to work and research for one to six months at the school. In particular, in 2025, graduate students and doctoral students will study full-time at the school, receive scholarships to exempt tuition fees and support monthly living expenses.
The above information was shared by Professor, Doctor of Science Nguyen Dinh Duc, former Chairman of the Council of the University of Technology. The university’s new policies focus on highly applicable research directions, especially in core technology areas such as artificial intelligence, data science, advanced materials, robotics, automation, high-tech agriculture, information security as well as electronics, energy, chip-microchip design and semiconductors, etc.
Pioneering models linking universities, research institutes and enterprises are playing a leading role, promoting research and development (R&D), gradually building the endogenous competitiveness of Vietnam’s digital economy. Great expectations are placed on this synergy as a driving force to overcome existing bottlenecks, moving towards forming a sustainable and autonomous digital technology ecosystem.
Experts believe that scientific research must be linked to practice, while taking enterprises as the center of innovation. This viewpoint is consistent with Resolution No.57, which sets the goal of Vietnam being self-reliant and competitive in technology, while also orienting the assignment of core enterprises to take the lead in implementing large, key national projects on digital transformation and mastering strategic technologies.
On that basis, Viettel Military Industry and Telecommunications Group determined to master chip technology, the foundation of all high-tech products, and set a goal of producing 100% of basic chips in Vietnam by 2035. To promote human resource training, the Viettel Digital Talent programme, after four seasons, has attracted more than 6,000 students to apply, with more than 700 students participating in training. Interns are trained by leading experts and participate in Viettel’s key projects. At the end of the programme, many students were officially recruited, and many initiatives were put into practical production and business.
In Ho Chi Minh City, to promptly respond to challenges in technology and human resources, the City People’s Committee’s plan recently specified key tasks and solutions. In 2025, the city determined to focus on two main groups: the group of management human resources in the public sector; and the group of human resources for key areas from businesses, the labour market and overseas Vietnamese. The city builds a flexible mechanism for the movement of labour/experts between the public-private sector, domestic-international, regardless of origin, as long as there are products and valuable contributions.
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According to Dr. Truong Minh Huy Vu, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies, regarding investment capital for technology, Ho Chi Minh City aims to spend 2% of GRDP on R&D by 2025, of which 60% will be mobilised from society. In addition, the city will allocate at least 3% of the budget for science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, gradually increasing according to development requirements.
Joining together, breaking through together
Hanoi National University has realised the closed cycle “from laboratory to market” by establishing the High-Tech and Innovation Park. This is not only a space to incubate scientists and research groups that meet international standards, but also promotes domestic and foreign cooperation, attracts investment in R&D, transfers and commercialises intellectual property, develops spin-off businesses, and startups. The park will also be an important foundation for Hanoi National University, universities and enterprises to implement practical technology research cooperation programmes.
Dr. Truong Minh Huy Vu said that Ho Chi Minh City is studying the application of a linkage model in the process of developing a multi-purpose High-Tech Centre, focusing on two pillars: cooperating with leading universities in the region to promote research and human resource training; building a flexible management mechanism, increasing the participation of enterprises to accelerate the process of technology transfer and application.
Ho Chi Minh City needs to specify policies and mechanisms to encourage investment and innovation, as well as promote close links between research institutes, universities and enterprises. With this orientation, the city expects to create a breakthrough in digital technology development, he noted.
Pham Duc Nghiem, Deputy Director of the Department of Startups and Technology Enterprises under ther Ministry of Science and Technology, emphasised that in addition to cooperation, it is necessary to establish a research and testing center with the participation of investment support from enterprises. Enterprises that are given priority are those that produce in fields with national advantages.
