Attendees included Lo Minh Hung, Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council; Cha A Cua, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; and other members of the steering committee.

In October, the province continued to implement coordinated measures to advance science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

All communes and wards now use a unified management and administration software system. All provincial- and commune-level leaders, officials and civil servants process documents online and use digital signatures. The digitisation rate for administrative procedure dossiers and processing results has reached 98.2%.

The province’s data repository is also being expanded, with artificial intelligence integrated to facilitate data access, support management and decision-making, and provide information to residents and businesses.

The provincial People’s Committee and the Ministry of Science and Technology have signed a cooperation programme for science, technology, innovation and digital transformation for 2026-2030. The programme sets out 15 priority tasks focusing on sectors in which the province has potential and competitive advantages, including high-tech agriculture, agro-processing, renewable energy, forest protection, digital infrastructure and smart tourism.

At the meeting, participants reviewed progress the performance of tasks under Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW. They also proposed measures to address bottlenecks in funding allocation, information technology staffing and digital infrastructure at grassroots level, as well as improve the use of the province’s shared data repository and advance digital transformation within the Party.

Concluding the event, Viet called on the Department of Finance and the Department of Science and Technology to work closely with relevant agencies, units, communes and wards to urgently review and resolve outstanding difficulties and accelerate the disbursement of funding for science, technology, innovation and digital transformation initiatives.

He also stressed the need to remove obstacles and complete the rollout of electronic medical records across localities.

Provincial departments and agencies, and commune- and ward-level administrations were urged to select breakthrough science and technology products and models aligned with local potential and strengths, with clear economic value, commercialisation prospects and potential for wider replication.

The provincial leader further instructed the steering committee’s standing body to promptly finalise documentation to amend the decision on the steering committee’s organisational structure and establish supporting task forces. The body was also asked to proactively develop implementation plans, identify key priorities and assign clear responsibilities to deliver tangible progress in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation in the coming period./.