National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has urged the NA Committee on Science, Technology and Environment to renew legislative thinking with a more strategic, creative and proactive approach, ensuring that it is not lagged behind reality.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has stressed the need for deeper, more systematic and strategic research to finalise a comprehensive national quantum technology development plan that serves Viet Nam’s development goals while ensuring strategic autonomy.

Prime Minister’s Decision No. 826/QD-TTg, issued by the Prime Minister on May 11, 2026, approves the Programme on developing applications of population data, identification and electronic authentication to serve national digital transformation for the 2026-2030 period, with a vision to 2035.

The recent state visit to Sri Lanka by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has served as a “strong catalyst” for advancing cooperation in science, technology and digital transformation between the two countries, Sri Lankan Minister of Science and Technology Chrishantha Abeysena has said.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of its Organisation Commission Nguyen Duy Ngoc has called for faster development of a unified digital database for the Party organisation and building sector, stressing that data must be accurate, complete, continuously updated, standardised and shared nationwide.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has stressed the requirement of accelerating digital transformation within the legislature to improve its operational efficiency.

A seminar on strengthening Viet Nam – Republic of Korea (RoK) economic cooperation in the new context was held in Seoul on May 12, bringing together policymakers, technology businesses and corporations from both countries to discuss new opportunities for strategic collaboration.

The “Border Guards Accompany Digital Transformation in Border Areas” model not only demonstrates the responsibility, deep affection, and proactive and creative spirit of the border guards across the border regions but also marks a strategically significant step in building a comprehensive border defence system in the new situation.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung reiterated Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s demand for breakthrough action delivering tangible and measurable results while chairing the third meeting of the Government’s Steering Committee for science and technology, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06 in Ha Noi on May 11.

In the era of integration and digital transformation, foreign languages have become a core competency that helps young people affirm their position.

Digital transformation in the collective economy and cooperative sector is expected to have a strong impact on production processes, improve productivity, and expand markets. However, the implementation process still faces many “bottlenecks” that need to be addressed.

The Party Central Committee Secretariat’s Directive No. 04‑CT/TW, dated March 17, 2026, on strengthening the Party’s leadership of publishing activities in the new context, reaffirms the status and role of publishing as a vital ideological field and sets out the requirement to advance the sector’s development.

Viet Nam’s agricultural digital transformation is moving beyond the experimental phase towards large-scale implementation. In this process, enterprises play a leading role in bringing technology into production and generating actionable data to support their operations. In the long term, an integrated data infrastructure must be established, standardised and shared across the entire sector.

The National Assembly (NA) on April 23 approved the revised Law on Civil Status featuring a major digital governance reform, with civil registration services no longer bound by administrative boundaries, in a move aimed at improving public services and accelerating digital transformation.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee held a hybrid conference on April 21 to review the Youth Month 2026, highlighting encouraging results in youth activities nationwide.

Politburo member and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Nguyen Duy Ngoc on April 15 paid a working visit to Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing while accompanying General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam, his spouse, and a high-level Vietnamese delegation on a state visit to China.

One of the key tasks of the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) is to bring together a large contingent of scientific intellectuals nationwide. In the context of digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI), VUSTA intellectuals need to innovate to become a more effective strategic advisory and policy critique force.

The Government’s issuance of Decision No. 611 approving the Project “Digital transformation in the cultural sector to 2030, with a vision to 2045” is a timely concretisation of the Politburo’s Resolution No. 80-NQ/TW on cultural development in response to the requirements of the digital era, where technology has become one of the pillars shaping how national cultural values are created, preserved and disseminated.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung has signed Decision No. 611/QD-TTg dated April 4, 2026, approving the Project on “Digital Transformation in the Cultural Sector until 2030, with a vision to 2045.”

A nationwide programme aimed at nurturing a new generation of business leaders capable of driving green transition and digital transformation has been approved, with plans to train 10,000 managing directors for Vietnam’s private sector by 2030.