According to the 2024 Global Innovation Index (GII) report, Vietnam ranks 44th out of 133 countries and economies, moving up two spots from 2023. Vietnam leads the world in three indices: high-tech imports, high-tech exports, and creative goods exports.
Science-technology is an important driving force to boost economic growth, create breakthroughs for productivity and increase national competitive edge as the country is developing its socialist-oriented market economy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reiterated on May 15.
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Hai Phong City top the 63 provinces and centrally-run cities in the Provincial Innovation Index 2023 rankings released by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
From now to 2025, the northern province of Bac Giang will press on with developing human resources to serve digital transformation, said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mai Son.
On the basis of the nine-month results, Vietnam may achieve at least 10 of the 15 targets set for this year, including all the social targets, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on October 23.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) will work with relevant agencies to conduct innovation evaluation and help localities identify right directions to follow to help raise Vietnam’s position in the Global Innovation Index (GII) rankings, an official has said.
Vietnam has moved up two places in the Global Innovation Index (GII) in 2023, ranking 46th out of 132 countries and territories, according to a GII report released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
Vietnam has continued to show progress in converting innovation input into output performance, climbing from 59th to 57th place, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) in 2023.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Giang is attending the 64th series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva from July 10 to 13.
The northern province of Quang Ninh is set to ramp up digital transformation in all fields this year, firstly in health care, education, industry, tourism, transport, and logistics.
If leaders of State agencies take drastic action and thoroughly understand the requirements and methodology for change, they will be able to create momentum for reforms, a senior lawmaker has said.
Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) are viewed an important resource for national development and safeguarding, and young expatriates have proved to be an important part of innovation promotion in the homeland.
Hanoi is working on a plan to form a technology trading platform - a move considered critical for the development of the science-technology market in the capital and in Vietnam as a whole.
The transaction value in Vietnam’s science-technology market posted average annual growth of 22 percent during the 2011-2020 period, a recent conference reviewing the 10-year development of the market heard.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at working session with the Ministry of Science and Technology on April 13 that breakthroughs in science-technology are needed for the country to gain speed in development.
Vietnam targets raising the proportion of trained workers to 35-40 percent by 2030 under a support programme for labour market development newly issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Reductions in business conditions and related administrative procedures have helped save about 18 million workdays, or 6.3 trillion VND (273.4 million USD), each year, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said.
