What are the 08 guidelines and policies on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution issued by the Politburo of Vietnam?

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• What are the 08 guidelines and policies on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution issued by the Politburo of Vietnam?
• What is the completion of regulations under Resolution 52 on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Vietnam about?
• What are the policies promoting digital transformation in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam the Government, the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations?

What are the 08 guidelines and policies on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution issued by the Politburo of Vietnam?

08 guidelines and policies on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Section III of Resolution 52-NQ/TW in 2019 on guidelines and policies on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution issued by the Politburo of Vietnam include:

(1) Innovation of mindset, union of awareness, promotion of the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam management of the Government, participation of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations;

(2) Completion of regulations to facilitate active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and national digital transformation;

(3) Essential infrastructure development policies;

(4) National innovation capacity and improvement and development policies

(5) Human resource development policies

(6) Priority sector and technology development policies

(7) International integration policIies

(8) Policies promoting digital transformation in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam the Government, the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations

What is the completion of regulations under Resolution 52 on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Vietnam about?

According to the provisions of Section III of Resolution 52-NQ/TW 2019 on active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution issued by the Politburo of Vietnam, the completion of regulations to facilitate active participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and national digital transformation is specified as follows:

- Improve regulations, especially regulations on enterprises, business startup, intellectual property, commerce, investment, and business to facilitate national digital transformation and develop products, services, new economic models based on digital platform; promptly prevent any negative impact, in both economic and social aspects, ensure national security, defense, social order and safety on cyberspace;

Add new lines of business benefiting from investment incentives to promote participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution;

Develop regulations to allow state-owned enterprises to invest in technology development, make risky investment, and invest in business startup and innovation.

- Develop appropriate management regulations for digital economic and facilitate innovation. Promulgate controlled testing framework for technologies, products, services, and new business models created from the Fourth Industrial Revolution; regulate time and space constraints of the test;

Research and develop testing grounds for technology enterprises using advanced models around the world. Identify, acknowledge, and develop systems of standards and regulations for new products, technologies, and business models;

- Actively participate in regional and global legal frameworks in order to develop digital economy. Develop regulations and policies pertaining to data, data administration, facilitate the creation, connection, sharing, and extraction of data in a manner that guarantees safety and cybersecurity in Vietnam and aim to connect to ASEAN and the world. Develop legal framework for digital identification and national digital verification; establish national digital identification framework;

- Develop financial regulations to encourage social resources to invest in scientific research, development and application of technology and innovation. Amend regulations on investment in order to facilitate capital attraction, share purchase, sale, merger, acquisition of technology enterprises; enable foreign investors to contribute capital in startup businesses;

- Develop regulations on intellectual property rights, protection and effectively utilization of intellectual properties created by Vietnam; encourage commercialization and transfer of intellectual property rights, especially inventions in Vietnam on the basis of compliance with Vietnam’s regulations and law while maintaining national security. Encourage multinational companies to locate their research and development facilities in Vietnam;

- Develop regulations and policies pertaining to finance-monetary, electronic payment, tax administration, and cross-border services that fit digital economy development trend. Develop regulations on order placement for manufacturing and public procurement with respect to digital products manufactured by Vietnam;

- Promulgate policies to limit negative impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution;

Create legal framework to enable implementation of new employment models and jobs on digital platform and finalize social security policies to suit the Fourth Industrial Revolution and promptly deal with difficulties in social development;

Promote participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution to deal with environmental pollution, climate change, and rising sea level;

- Develop and implement the National strategy for developing technology enterprises, prioritizing digital technology enterprises, hi-tech enterprises that design, create, and manufacture in Vietnam;

- Develop and improve legal framework pertaining to sustainable smart city development; systems of national standards and regulations; data infrastructure system and assessment indicators of smart city effectiveness;

Identify roadmap for pilot implementation and select cities for pilot implementation of smart cities; permit pilot implementation of specific mechanisms while carrying out pilot implementation of smart cities in a manner that guarantees effectiveness and sticks to practical conditions;

What are the policies promoting digital transformation in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam the Government, the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations?

Also in Section III of Resolution 52-NQ/TW 2019 issued by the Politburo of Vietnam, policies promoting digital transformation in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam the Government, the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations include:

- Pioneer extensive digital transformation in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam the Government, the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations in a consistent, coherent, and synchronous manner.

- Develop digital database of the Government and governments of all levels; enable the general public to update necessary information on operation of the government apparatus.

Invest in developing infrastructures for collecting, managing data and transactions on the Internet in all government authorities.

- Prioritize developing public officials, officials, and public employees satisfying requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution; standardize and improve capacity of state officials of all levels.

Clarify functions, tasks, and regulations on cooperation between state authorities in digital transformation.

Improve administrative procedures in order to suit operation of digital government and minimize any in-person affairs.