General Secretary To Lam calls for innovation in daily work

(NLDO)- General Secretary To Lam emphasized that innovation must go hand in hand with the solid development of science and technology foundations and the level of national technological autonomy.

On October 1, General Secretary To Lam, Head of the Central Steering Committee for Science and Technology Development, Innovation and Digital Transformation (Steering Committee), attended the Ceremony to respond to the National Innovation Day 2025 at the National Innovation Center (NIC) in Hoa Lac, Hanoi.

Also attending were Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of ministries, sectors and localities.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the event. Photo: Nhat Bac

Speaking at the event, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that any country that is one step ahead in science, technology, and innovation will have a competitive advantage and move forward quickly and far. Meanwhile, those who are slow to innovate will be left behind.

The General Secretary affirmed that Vietnam has no choice but to consider science and technology, innovation and digital transformation as the top important breakthroughs, the main driving force to innovate the development model, and realize the two 100-year goals: By 2030, to become a developing country with an upper middle income. By 2045, to become a developed, high-income country.

According to the General Secretary, this is not only an objective need, but also a command of the times, determining the position of the nation in the next decade. No country can take off with low-quality science and technology and slow innovation activities.

In addition to the positive results in recent times, the General Secretary pointed out that the development of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation still has some limitations such as institutions and policies not keeping up with reality. Along with that, the level of mastery of core technology is not high, venture investment in this field has not been promoted, and there is a lack of high-quality human resources...

To promote scientific and technological innovation and digital transformation activities in the coming time, the General Secretary requested unity in perception and action, considering innovation as the cause of all people, the entire political system and the entire society.

Along with that, firmly develop the foundation of science and technology, especially mastering core technologies and source technologies such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, big data, biotechnology, new materials, and clean energy.

General Secretary To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and delegates visit the exhibition space at the event. Photo: Nhat Bac

According to the General Secretary's direction, it is necessary to soon perfect outstanding institutions and policies to encourage research, development of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation. In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to developing venture capital funds and building a national innovative startup ecosystem.

In addition, promote three pillars, including: The State creates institutions - Institutes and schools provide knowledge - Enterprises act as centers of innovation, turning ideas into products, services and economic values.

General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the spirit of smart and creative labor has been an endless source of our nation since the founding of the country. This spirit helps Vietnam turn difficulties into opportunities, turn potential into strength, overcome difficulties and challenges to gain the potential and position it has today. The General Secretary affirmed that nothing can prevent Vietnam from developing strongly and prosperously.

General Secretary To Lam called on people to innovate in their daily work. Accordingly, each civil servant should improve processes, each teacher should innovate methods, each engineer should write more lines of code, each entrepreneur should enter the market, each young person should dare to challenge their own responsibilities.

"Let each person have a useful idea, each agency a specific improvement, each locality a leading product, so that the whole country can become an innovation ecosystem" - the General Secretary stated.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event. Photo: Nhat Bac

Speaking afterwards, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully thanked and accepted all the profound, close, dedicated, and motivating instructions of General Secretary To Lam. The Prime Minister also affirmed that science, technology, and innovation are objective requirements, strategic choices, and top priorities of our Party and State.

The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches, agencies, units, localities, enterprises and individuals, based on their functions, tasks and powers, to effectively organize and implement the tasks assigned by General Secretary To Lam.

The Head of Government noted not to be perfectionist, not to be hasty, not to formalize innovation; not to create barriers to innovative thinking and decisive action in innovation, not to be entangled in administrative procedures, not to limit the innovation space of any collective or individual.

The Government leader also asked international partners and organizations to support Vietnam in sharing experiences in policy making, infrastructure, human resources, finance, technology transfer, startups, etc.

For the young generation, students, the Prime Minister emphasized 3 more pioneers: Exemplary pioneers leading the way in innovation and digital transformation; exemplary pioneers leading the way in overcoming their own limits to always innovate anytime, anywhere, in all matters, in all circumstances; exemplary pioneers leading the race against time, developing intelligence, being decisive and resolute in innovation.

In 2024, the Prime Minister decided to make October 1st every year the National Innovation Day. This year's National Innovation Day has the theme "Innovation for all - Driving force for national development".

Source: https://nld.com.vn/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-keu-goi-doi-moi-sang-tao-trong-cong-viec-hang-ngay-196251001122209466.htm