Decision 1493/QD-TTg 2026 approving special national programme on science, technology and innovation for strategic technologies

DECISION

Approving the special national programme on science, technology and innovation for strategic technologies^[1]

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the February 18, 2025 Law on Organisation of the Government;

Pursuant to the June 27, 2025 Law on Science, Technology and Innovation;

Pursuant to the December 10, 2025 Law on High Technology;

Pursuant to the Political Bureau’s Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of December 22, 2024, on breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 260/2026/ND-CP of June 30, 2026, detailing, and providing measures to implement, a number of articles of the Law on High Technology;

At the proposal of the Minister of Science and Technology in Report No. 156/TTr-BKHCN of July 27, 2026, and Official Letter No. 5852/BKHCN-NAFOSTED of August 5, 2026,

DECIDES:

Article 1. To approve the special national programme on science, technology and innovation for strategic technologies (below referred to as the Programme) with the following specific contents:

I. VIEWPOINTS

1. To regard the development of strategic technology products on the Prime Minister-promulgated List of strategic technology products as the objective; to regard the commercialisation, competitiveness and the capacity to participate in global value chains of products as the measure of efficiency. To organise the implementation of the Programme along an interconnected chain from research and technology development to production and commercialisation, contributing to promoting national technology self-reliance and socio-economic development, and national defence and security assurance.

2. To regard enterprises as the centre of strategic technology development activities in which the State plays the facilitating, guiding and supporting role; research institutes, higher education institutions and science and technology organisations serve as the core force in technology research, development, mastery and transfer and high-quality human resource training, aiming to establish a national strategic technology ecosystem and strategic technology enterprises with international competitiveness.

3. To prioritise cooperation among the State, enterprises, research institutes and higher education institutions throughout the entire process from demand identification, research, technology development, testing, improvement and production to commercialisation of strategic technology products; to manage the Programme based on objectives, outputs and impacts; to accept and share risks in research and technology development; to promote public-private cooperation and international cooperation and mobilise diverse social resources to implement the Programme.

II. OBJECTIVES

1. General objectives

To master, develop, improve and commercialise strategic technology products with high competitiveness to gradually participate in global value chains; to develop strategic technologies, particularly core technologies; to form a strategic technology ecosystem and strengthen linkages among the State, enterprises and science and technology organisations, contributing to improving national technology self-reliance and competitiveness.

2. Specific objectives

a/ The 2026-2030 period:

- To master at least 4 strategic technologies on the List of strategic technologies promulgated by the Prime Minister;

- To develop and commercialise at least 15 strategic technology products on the List of strategic technology products promulgated by the Prime Minister, including at least 5 products commercialised in regional or international markets, contributing to raising the localisation rate and participating in global value chains;

- To strive for a localisation rate of approximately 40% for commercialised strategic technology products;

- To develop at least 20 enterprises mastering strategic technologies and strategic technology products through taking charge of or participating in the performance of strategic technology development tasks under the Programme, including at least 5 enterprises with strategic technology products participating in global value chains.

b/ The 2031-2035 period:

- To master 6 strategic technologies on the List of strategic technologies promulgated by the Prime Minister;

- To develop and commercialise at least 25 strategic technology products on the List of strategic technology products promulgated by the Prime Minister, including at least 15 products commercialised in regional or international markets;

- To strive for a localisation rate of at least 40% for commercialised strategic technology products;

- To develop at least 30 enterprises mastering strategic technologies and strategic technology products through taking charge of or participating in the performance of strategic technology development tasks under the Programme, including at least 10 enterprises with strategic technology products participating in global value chains.

III. CONTENTS

1. To organise the formulation, appraisal, approval and performance of strategic technology development tasks assigned by the Prime Minister to address major national problems; to research, develop and master strategic technologies, core technologies and foundational technologies; to build capacity in the engineering, manufacturing, integration, testing, production and development of strategic technology products on the List of strategic technologies and the List of strategic technology products promulgated by the Prime Minister; to create breakthroughs in technology self-reliance and enhance national competitiveness, ensuring national defence and security and serving socio-economic development.

2. To organise the formulation, selection and performance of strategic technology development tasks in the form of order placement based on the development requirements of sectors, fields, localities and enterprises, and key science, technology and innovation problems; to focus on research, development, mastery and improvement of strategic technologies, core technologies and foundational technologies; to develop, improve, test, conduct trial production of, and commercialise, strategic technology products on the List of strategic technologies and the List of strategic technology products promulgated by the Prime Minister; to promote the formation of domestic research, development, innovation and production chains.

3. To organise the selection, funding and performance of strategic technology development tasks so as to research, explore and develop new technologies, source technologies, core technologies, foundational technologies and breakthrough technologies; to develop principles, models, solutions, prototypes and processes of strategic technologies and strategic technology products on the List of strategic technologies and the List of strategic technology products promulgated by the Prime Minister; to create sources of strategic technologies and strategic technology products to serve order placement tasks, development investment projects and enterprise innovation activities.

IV. TASKS AND SOLUTIONS

1. Improving mechanisms and policies

- To review, modify, supplement, improve or promulgate mechanisms and policies according to competence in order to facilitate research, development, mastery, testing, production and commercialisation of strategic technologies and strategic technology products.

- To effectively organise the implementation of specific mechanisms and policies for strategic technology development tasks in accordance with law.

- To study and propose competent authorities to promulgate or decide on the application of specific and superior mechanisms and policies for strategic technology development tasks of special importance or for arising issues for which existing legal provisions have yet to meet practical requirements.

2. Researching and developing strategic technology products

To organise the performance of strategic technology development tasks with the aim of mastering strategic technologies and developing strategic technology products on the List of strategic technologies and the List of strategic technology products promulgated by the Prime Minister.

3. Supporting commercialisation and market development for strategic technology products

- To promote state agencies, public non-business units, and state enterprises to prioritise order placement, procurement, hiring and use of strategic technology products developed within the framework of the Programme in accordance with law.

- To formulate and declare national standards and national technical regulations according to fast-track procedures; to develop measurement, testing, inspection and certification capacity for strategic technology products, ensuring synchronisation with task performance progress and meeting product marketing requirements.

- To support organisations and enterprises in participating in investment promotion, trade promotion, technology supply-demand connection, product advertising and domestic and international market expansion; to promote the participation of strategic technology products in global value chains.

- To encourage strategic technology enterprises, especially chain-leading enterprises, to cooperate with small- and medium-sized enterprises, research institutes and higher education institutions in technology research, development, testing, improvement and transfer, forming strategic technology product development linkage chains.

- To encourage, right from the stage of formulating tasks, the identification of agencies, organisations and enterprises expected to receive, test, apply or commercialise task performance outcomes; in case the identification fails, it is required to formulate market development and product commercialisation plans upon task completion.

4. Developing human resources and international cooperation serving the Programme

- To select, employ, and provide preferential treatment to, outstanding chief engineers, experts and scientists and high-quality human resources who directly perform the Programme’s tasks in accordance with law.

- To build, update and exploit the network of strategic technology experts on the National Digital Platform for Science, Technology and Innovation Management to serve the selection of experts, chief engineers, advisory council members and key personnel for task performance.

- To identify high-quality human resource demands of the Programme’s tasks in association with science, technology and innovation human resource training programmes and schemes; to encourage enterprises, research institutes and higher education institutions to coordinate with one another in training and further training human resources during task performance.

- To promote international cooperation in research, development, mastery, transfer and co-development of strategic technologies; to attract foreign experts and science and technology organisations to participate in task performance; to strengthen the participation in international standardisation activities, mutual recognition of testing, inspection and certification results for strategic technology products.

5. Monitoring, evaluating and coordinating implementation of the Programme

- To build and operate the system for monitoring, management and summarisation of implementation of the Programme on the National Digital Platform for Science, Technology and Innovation Management; to build a database on strategic technology development proposals and tasks and implementation results to serve management, administration, information sharing and repetition prevention.

- To organise periodical surveys and evaluations of Viet Nam’s capacity to master strategic technologies and capacity to develop and produce strategic technology products as a basis for determining objectives, formulating lists of tasks and evaluating implementation results of the Programme.

- To organise the monitoring, evaluation and coordination of implementation of the Programme based on objectives, outputs and impacts; to uniformly manage the list of tasks for strategic technology groups and fields; to promptly review, update and adjust the list of tasks and allocate resources appropriate to technology development requirements, market demand and objectives of the Programme.

- Periodically and upon completion of each phase, to organise the evaluation of implementation results of the Programme regarding the level of objective achievement; outcomes of strategic technology mastery, and strategic technology product development and commercialisation; resource use efficiency; impacts on socio-economic development, national defence, security and national technology self-reliance; on that basis, to propose competent authorities to adjust objectives, contents, lists of tasks, mechanisms, policies and resources for implementation of the Programme. To organise a mid-term review in 2030 and a final review upon completion.

V. FUNDING SOURCES

1. State budget funds in the fields of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation shall be allocated in accordance with the law on the state budget, the law on science, technology and innovation and the law on high technology.

2. Off-budget funding sources include:

- Counterpart funds of in-charge organisations, and organisations, enterprises and individuals engaged in performing strategic technology development tasks;

- Funds from international cooperation;

- Other lawful financial sources in accordance with law.

3. Applying specific mechanisms to the Programme:

- Strategic technology development tasks under the Programme will be entitled to specific mechanisms and policies provided in the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation, the Law on High Technology, and Decree No. 260/2026/ND-CP and guiding documents.

- The performance of strategic technology development tasks shall be managed based on objectives, outputs and evaluation milestones; the presumptive expenditure mechanism shall be applied based on outcomes of each evaluation milestone in association with output products of the tasks.

- To permit the simultaneous application of different research options, different technology orientations or independent technology solutions to achieve the same objective of strategic technology development; to conduct evaluation and screening based on evaluation milestones and terminate options that fail to meet requirements in accordance with law.

- To adopt specific mechanisms on the selection, employment and preferential treatment for chief engineers, experts, scientists, science and technology organisations and enterprises participating in performing strategic technology development tasks; to promote the attraction of highly qualified domestic experts, overseas Vietnamese and foreign experts to participate in the Programme.

- To prioritise investment, exploitation and use of research institutions, laboratories, testing and inspection facilities, conformity assessment facilities, digital infrastructure, data infrastructure, standards, technical regulations and science and technology infrastructure directly serving research, development, testing, trial production and commercialisation of strategic technologies and strategic technology products.

- Organisations and individuals participating in the Programme and strategic technologies and strategic technology products formed from implementation results of the Programme will be entitled to incentive and support mechanisms and policies in accordance with law.

- When necessary, to perform strategic technology development tasks of special importance for which existing mechanisms and policies have yet to meet practical requirements, the Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related ministries, agencies and localities in, reporting to competent authorities for consideration and decision the application of specific mechanisms and policies in accordance with law.

- The research, development, testing, transfer, exploitation and use of strategic technologies and strategic technology products in the field of national defence and security or relating to state secrets must comply with the laws on national defence and security and protection of state secrets and relevant laws.

VI. ORGANISATION OF IMPLEMENTATION

1. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall:

- Assume the prime responsibility for managing, coordinating and organising the implementation of the Programme; formulate annual and medium-term plans; and monitor, inspect, supervise, evaluate and synthesise implementation results of the Programme;

- Assume the prime responsibility for organising the appraisal of, and approving, or submitting to competent authorities for approval, strategic technology development tasks in accordance with regulations; and assume the prime responsibility for appraising strategic technology development tasks proposed by ministries, sectors and localities or assigned by the Prime Minister (for the field of national defence and security, comply with the law on the national defence and security industry and industrial mobilisation);

Assume the prime responsibility for organising the announcement, selection, direct assignment, funding, and order placement; and manage, inspect, evaluate, and conduct acceptance testing of, the Programme’s tasks in accordance with law;

- Assume the prime responsibility for the summarising funding demands for implementation and management of the Programme, and send them to the Ministry of Finance for summarisation and submission to competent authorities for decision in accordance with the law on the state budget;

- Assume the prime responsibility for the formulating or promulgating according to competence documents guiding implementation of the Programme; specify criteria for each type of strategic technology development task; techno-economic norms, financial norms, expenditure items and professional guidelines serving implementation of the Programme;

- Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with central agencies and localities in, studying and proposing competent authorities to promulgate or decide on the application of specific, superior mechanisms and policies, as well as inter-agency coordination mechanisms in formulation, appraisal and performance of strategic technology development tasks when necessary;

- Before December 31 every year or upon request, report to the Prime Minister on situation and results of implementation of the Programme; and propose the adjustment of objectives, lists of tasks, mechanisms, policies and resources for implementation of the Programme when necessary.

2. The Ministry of Finance shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology and related agencies in, summarising, balancing and allocating state budget funds to implement the Programme in accordance with the law on the state budget.

3. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, other central agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees shall:

-  Assume the prime responsibility for the formulation and proposal of strategic technology development tasks under their management based on priority development orientations, competitive strengths and practical demands of sectors, fields and localities; and send them to the Ministry of Science and Technology for summarisation and appraisal in accordance with regulations;

- Assume the prime responsibility for the performance and management of strategic technology development tasks assigned by competent authorities; and coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology in the course of appraisal, performance, inspection, supervision and evaluation of the performance results of such tasks;

- Summarise funding demands for performing tasks and management funding under their management and send them to the Ministry of Science and Technology for summarisation in accordance with regulations;

- Receive, manage, exploit, apply and commercialise task performance outcomes; prioritise the testing, order placement, procurement and use of strategic technology products in accordance with law;

- Before November 30 every year or upon request, report to the Ministry of Science and Technology on situation and results of the performance of strategic technology development tasks under their management.

4. Implementation duration of the Programme

- The Programme shall be implemented from 2026 through 2035 in two phases: the 2026-2030 period and the 2031-2035 period.

- Strategic technology development tasks under the Programme shall be approved, performed, acceptance-tested and liquidated before September 30, 2035, unless otherwise decided by competent authorities, serving as a basis for summarisation, evaluation and final review of implementation of the Programme.

- In case of necessity, the Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related ministries and agencies in, reporting to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision the adjustment of implementation duration of the Programme.

Article 2. Effect and transitional provisions

1. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing.

2. For proposals for order placement of strategic technology development tasks that have been submitted to competent state agencies prior to the effective date of this Decision, their formulation, appraisal, approval and performance must continue to comply with the Programme promulgated together with this Decision and related regulations.

2. Strategic technology development tasks approved by competent authorities on the basis of the proposals specified in Clause 2 of this Article shall be regarded the tasks of the Programme.

Article 3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of other central agencies, Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees and related agencies, organisations and individuals shall implement this Decision.-

For the Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
HO QUOC DUNG