Orientation to development of scientific research for the Strategy of Science, Technology and Innovation Development in Vietnam by 2030

Pursuant to Subsection 2, Section III, Article 1 of Decision 569/QD-TTg in 2022 on the orientation to development of scientific research:

a) Social sciences and humanities

- Research and predict the development trends in the period up to 2030 and the following decades, including globalization and international integration; competition and conflicts in the international context; formation of new links in the world and in the region; sustainable development. Research and predict the impacts of global and regional trends on the model of development, institutions and security of Vietnam; research policies and solutions for Vietnam in order to take advantage of opportunities, overcome challenges for the purpose of development, assurance about security and improvement of Vietnam's position.

- Continue to summarize the practice of the process of national renewal, construction and development serving the plan for guidelines, strategies and policies on the national development and protection in each period; research the development theory in a new context to provide evidence for identification and clarification of the path to a developing country with modern industry and high middle-income in 2030 and a developed country with high income in 2045.

- Research on scientific and practical basis in order to innovate methods of leadership, improve capacity for leadership, power and fighting strength of the Communist Party; renovate state management, national governance; strictly improve the people's mastery; promote administrative reform, judicial reform; build and complete the Socialist Rule of Law of Vietnam in conformity with the new situation in each new stage of the development of the country. Research to innovate and strengthen the roles and responsibilities of organizations in the political system; reform and strengthen the effectiveness of socialist laws and legal; ensure human rights, citizenship, national defense and security.

- Research to fully complete the institution of market economy towards socialism in the new context; properly identify and maximize the role of all economic sectors, especially the individual economy in order to create new motivation for the development; predict and propose measures to improve resilience to the impact of internal and external challenges and risks, ensure macroeconomic stability; rapid, effective and sustainable development of the country, regions and local areas.

- Research to identify conditions, measures, innovation roadmap; transform the model of the economic development according to science, technology and innovation, digital economy in order to improve the productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of products, goods, services and the economy.

- Research characteristics, structure and development trends of the Vietnamese society under the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the context of international integration and the non-traditional security challenges; research and innovate the methods of the social management in terms of digital transformation; identify the conditions, measures and roadmap to build a developed society and a “rich people, strong, democracy and civilized country” in 2045; the roadmap and specific steps for the next 10 years.

- Research the characteristics of the formation, promotion and development of culture, ethnicity and religion in Vietnam and the impact of new trends in the context of international integration; build innovation culture, digital culture and cultural industry serving the national development; build a great national unity block, an advanced culture imbued with national identity, absorbing the cultural quintessence of mankind; focus on ethnic minority communities, ethnic minority and mountainous areas, disadvantaged groups in society, areas with extremely difficult natural and socio-economic conditions to ensure the inclusive and harmonious development among residential communities.

- Research education, training, formation of Vietnamese people in the new era as a social subject. Vietnamese people have been comprehensively developed, imbued with humanity and good cultural values, had expertise, skills, capacity for creation and innovation in order to meet the increasing requirements for promotion of industrialization towards modernity in the context of international integration.

- Research green innovation strategy, focus on environmental aspects in combination with ecology and society in accordance with the context of globalization.

b) Natural science

- Build modern basic science; keep abreast of trends of the world. Promote basic research and application-oriented basic research in sectors which may have strengths and needs to attempt to achieve regional and international advanced levels including mathematics, physics, chemistry, life science, earth science and marine science.

- Research the scientific basis for the reasonable use of natural resources; research to identify the nature, causes and impacts of natural disasters; interactions between nature - people and society; the process of climate change in Vietnam as a scientific basis for the proposal and implementation of measures for reduction and response to natural disasters, climate change and sea level rise.

- Promote interdisciplinary research between natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and technology on seas and oceans in order to establish scientific evidence for planning, making and completion of the policies on development, management and extraction of resources from the sea, response to climate change serving the sustainable development of the marine economy; provide the legal grounds and historical evidence serving the fight to protect the national sovereignty over seas and islands; interdisciplinary research between the natural sciences and social sciences, humanities on biodiversity conservation serving sustainable development.

- Focus on application-oriented basic research in order to acquire and master core and source technology to quickly, creatively, effectively apply and disseminate advanced technologies to production, service, business, life and social management in order to improve productivity, quality and competitiveness of enterprises, sectors and the economy, improve the people's life and ensure national defense and security.

Best regards!