General Secretary To Lam has urged the implementation of extraordinary incentive policies - exceeding conventional salary frameworks - to attract at least 100 leading experts to return and work in Vietnam, with special support in housing, remuneration, and working conditions.

Le Hoai Trung, Chief of the Party Central Office and Standing Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, recently signed the announcement of General Secretary To Lam’s conclusions at the mid-year review conference on implementing Resolution No. 57.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Home Affairs has been tasked with drafting criteria, management regulations, working regimes, and recruitment procedures for chief engineers and chief architects responsible for executing strategic systems and breakthrough initiatives.

This draft must be submitted to the Prime Minister for approval in July, following consultation with the Central Steering Committee's Standing Board.

The General Secretary emphasized that ministries and agencies must proactively identify and propose suitable candidates for the roles of chief engineer and chief architect - whether top experts in Vietnam, overseas Vietnamese, or respected international professionals.

The goal is to establish a mechanism for appointing truly outstanding individuals with sufficient talent, integrity, and credibility, who will be granted full authority and resources to lead, mobilize talent, and bear top-level responsibility for the success of national strategies in science, technology, and innovation.

The announcement referenced exemplary figures such as Professors Tran Dai Nghia, Ton That Tung, Luong Dinh Cua, and Nguyen Van Hieu as models for this new generation of leaders.

To ensure an adequate talent pool, the General Secretary requested that the Ministry of Home Affairs, in coordination with the ministries of Science and Technology, Education and Training, Finance, and Foreign Affairs, develop and issue policies to attract domestic and international human resources - especially in high-tech sectors like artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and advanced materials.

Among these will be special incentive policies that exceed standard salary and benefits frameworks to attract at least 100 leading experts back to Vietnam. These policies must be completed by August.

The Ministry of Science and Technology is also tasked with developing a master plan to identify and utilize top-tier talent, focusing on key scientific and technological fields and national innovation and digital transformation. This strategy will include goals through 2030, with a vision toward 2050, and must be finalized by September.

In addition, the ministries of Science and Technology and Finance will work with relevant sectors and localities to secure adequate state budget allocations for science, innovation, and digital transformation in support of Resolution 57’s targets.

They are also expected to provide guidance for prioritizing high-impact, cross-sectoral, and inter-regional projects. Emphasis will be placed on investing in strategic technology projects, research centers, and national laboratories.

Regarding digital transformation, the Ministry of Public Security is tasked with developing and proposing breakthrough mechanisms for national data governance. These mechanisms must ensure that data is accurate, complete, clean, real-time, and seamlessly connected to enable measurable value creation.

Innovative approaches are needed in data governance to meet roadmaps, even if it means discarding outdated databases to avoid delays and inefficiencies.

The Ministry of Public Security must also complete the construction and activation of a national data center, national databases, and sectoral data systems, all of which must meet the “accurate - complete - clean - live” criteria.

Simultaneously, it must provide guidance for data utilization and develop frameworks for sharing and analyzing data across sectors to accelerate Vietnam’s national digital transformation and socioeconomic development.

The General Secretary stressed that agency leaders will be held accountable for unjustifiable delays.

Tran Thuong