Decision 23/2026/QD-TTg list of high technologies prioritized for development investment and hi-tech products eligible for development promotion

DECISION

Promulgating the List of high technologies prioritized for development investment and List of hi-tech products eligible for development promotion

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government No. 63/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of Local Administration No. 72/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on High Technologies No. 133/2025/QH15;

At the proposal of the Minister of Science and Technology in Report No. 75/TTr-BKHCN dated April 29, 2026;

The Prime Minister hereby promulgates the Decision promulgating the List of high technologies prioritized for development investment and List of hi-tech products eligible for development promotion.

Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the List of high technologies prioritized for development investment and List of hi-tech products eligible for development promotion.

Article 2. Based on the socio-economic development, and written directions of competent authorities, the Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies in, reviewing and assessing periodically, and submitting to the Prime Minister for promulgating and updating the List of high technologies prioritized for development investment and List of hi-tech products eligible for development promotion.

Article 3. This Decision takes effect from July 01, 2026, and replaces the Prime Minister's Decision No. 38/2020/QD-TTg dated December 30, 2020, promulgating the List of high technologies prioritized for development investment and List of hi-tech products eligible for development promotion.

Organizations that have been granted with certificates or written recognitions for high technologies and hi-tech products in the List promulgated to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 38/2020/QD-TTg dated December 30, 2020, may continue to apply such List until the expiry date stated on the granted certificates or recognitions.

Article 4. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and Chairpersons of Peoples Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities shall implement this Decision./.

Appendix I

LIST OF HIGH TECHNOLOGIES PRIORITIZED FOR DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT

(Attached to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 23/2026/QD-TTg
dated May 15, 2026)

1. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

2. Big data and data analytics technology.

3. Cloud computing, edge computing, distributed computing, and high-performance computing technologies.

4. Internet of things (IoT).

5. Blockchain technology.

6. Quantum technology.

7. Next-generation digital infrastructure technology (5G, 5G-A, 6G, NG-PON, SDN/NFV, SD-RAN, SD-WAN, LPWAN, IO-Link wireless, next-generation optical transport network, and non-terrestrial network - NTN).

8. Technology for design, manufacture, and integration of equipment, software, platforms, and digital solutions serving digital government, digital economy, and digital society.

9. Digital twin; extended reality (XR); building information model (BIM).

10. Geoinformatics.

11. Advanced cybersecurity and information security technology.

12. Smart human-computer interaction technology in industry, transportation, healthcare, and education and training.

13. Technology for collection, processing, and exploitation of telecommunications and remote sensing data.

14. Technology for designing, manufacturing, packaging, and testing components, integrated circuits (IC) and flexible PE, semiconductor chips, and semiconductor materials.

15. Technology for developing operating systems for embedded computers and new-generation mobile devices.

16. Technology for designing and manufacturing high-definition displays and smart displays.

17. Technology for designing and manufacturing smart antennas and phased array antennas in frequency bands.

18. Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) and intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS).

19. Technology for design, manufacture, and integration of advanced robots; autonomous equipment and vehicles.

20. Technology for designing and manufacturing new-generation computer numerical control (CNC) machine-tools.

21. 3D printing/additive manufacturing technology.

22. Non-traditional manufacturing (NTM).

23. Advanced pressure forming technology for billets used in mechanical products.

24. Welding and surface treatment technology in special environments.

25. Technologies for designing and manufacturing control devices and high-performance static converters, and advanced drive systems.

26. Technologies for monitoring, management, control, positioning and navigation, sensing, and environmental perception for robots, autonomous equipment, and vehicles.

27. Technologies for diagnostics of operating conditions of industrial production lines and machinery.

28. Technology for designing and manufacturing advanced molds.

29. Technology for designing and manufacturing advanced agricultural machinery serving smart agriculture and precision agriculture.

30. Technology for designing and manufacturing smart education and training systems and equipment for STEAM.

31. Technology for designing and manufacturing advanced measuring equipment and devices.

32. Technology for designing and manufacturing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS).

33. Space, satellite, and low-orbit small satellite constellation technologies; satellite telemetry, tracking, and control technologies; propulsion technologies for small satellites.

34. Technology for design and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles.

35. Technologies for design and manufacture of vehicles, rails, turnouts, power supply systems, and specialized accessories for high-speed railways; railway communications and signaling control.

36. Renewable energy and clean energy technology; advanced energy storage technology.

37. Technology for smart grid, high-voltage direct current transmission.

38. Technology for new-energy propulsion systems for transport vehicles.

39. Technology for emission measurement, carbon capture, storage, and utilization.

40. Advanced technology for assessment of strategic mineral reserves.

41. Technology for treatment and recycling of solid waste in the electrical and electronics sectors; radioactive waste treatment technology; polymer treatment and recycling technology.

42. AI-integrated real-time natural disaster monitoring, forecasting, and early warning technology

43. Technology for design and manufacture of jack-up rigs and semi-submersible rigs; next-generation drilling and exploration technologies in the oil and gas sector.

44. Technology for separation and purification of high-purity rare earths and rare-earth materials.

45. Technology for designing and manufacturing high-performance electric machines: substations of 500 kV or higher voltage, gas insulated substations, and digital substations.

46. Technology for design and manufacture of mechanical components for offshore wind turbines: blades, main shafts, gearbox gears, large-size bearings; offshore installation and operation.

47. Technology for designing and manufacturing advanced sensors for automatic environmental pollution monitoring systems.

48. Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and metagenomics.

49. Synthetic biology and molecular biology technology.

50. Bioinformatics technology.

51. New-generation micro-biotechnology.

52. Next-generation microbiological technology.

53. Gene editing and molecular marker technologies in medicine and in selection and breeding of plant varieties, livestock breeds, and aquatic species.

54. Molecular analysis and diagnosis technology.

55. Technology for designing and manufacturing smart systems and equipment supporting medical diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and human health care.

56. Advanced, sustainable, and climate-resilient cultivation technologies.

57. Advanced and modern pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing technologies.

58. Technologies for design and manufacture of organoid and tumor simulation models serving drug testing and biomedical research.

59. Technologies for production of new-generation vaccines for humans and livestock; biological products in healthcare, agriculture, and environment.

60. Technologies for production of recombinant proteins, enzymes, and monoclonal antibodies in healthcare and agriculture.

61. Technologies for industrial-scale extraction, purification, and formulation of pure natural active ingredients.

62. Technologies for production of nano-products and nano pesticides in agriculture.

63. Technologies for production of neurotechnologies rehabilitation equipment.

64. Technology for manufacturing antibacterial and antiviral materials for medical use.

65. Advanced materials technologies.

66. Physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technologies.

67. Photonics and advanced optical systems technologies.

68. Nuclear and radiation technologies in healthcare, industry, agriculture, natural resources, and environment.

69. Microwave and plasma technologies in healthcare, environmental treatment, and food production.

70. Sonar technology serving marine economic development.

Appendix II

LIST OF HI-TECH PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION

(Attached to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 23/2026/QD-TTg
dated May 15, 2026)

1. AI-based and data-based systems, devices, software, identity analysis, prediction and control.

2. Platforms supporting AI research, development, and application; AI-integrated virtual laboratory systems and digital simulation systems.

3. Equipment, software, solutions, services for systems integration, cloud computing, edge computing, distributed computing, and high-performance computing.

4. Technology devices, software, solutions and services based on blockchain platforms.

5. Software personalizing learning pathways based on big data.

6. Next-generation network equipment, modules, and software (5G, 5G-A, 6G, NG-PON, SDN/NFV, SD-RAN, SD-WAN, LPWAN, IO-Link wireless, next-generation optical transport network, and non-terrestrial network - NTN).

7. Smart terminals for next-generation networks.

8. Smart antennas and phased array antennas for frequency bands.

9. Platforms for processing, analyzing, and providing telecommunications and remote sensing data products and services; satellite image analysis systems.

10. Equipment, software, platforms, and digital solutions serving digital government, digital economy, and digital society.

11. Digital twin systems for: urban areas; transport and energy infrastructure; digital infrastructure; industrial parks, factories, and smart equipment.

12. Extended reality devices, software, solutions and services.

13. IoT equipment, software, platforms, solutions, and services.

14. Building information modeling (BIM).

15. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for management of hydrometeorological databases, disaster forecasting, and environmental monitoring.

16. Advanced devices, software, solutions and services for cybersecurity and information security assurance.

17. Software and equipment for new-generation intelligent cybersecurity platforms.

18. National decentralized electronic identification systems.

19. Automated design and testing software; electronic components, integrated electronic circuits, multifunction integrated circuits, flexible electronic circuits, semiconductor chips, and semiconductor materials.

20. High-resolution displays and smart displays.

21. Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) and intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS).

22. New-generation computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools.

23. Equipment, products, and solutions for 3D printing/additive manufacturing.

24. Non-traditional manufacturing (NTM).

25. Advanced pressure-forming production lines and equipment for billets used in mechanical products.

26. Welding and surface treatment equipment and solutions in special environments.

27. High-precision high-quality advanced molds with technical functions.

28. Advanced food processing and preservation equipment systems.

29. Advanced agricultural machinery serving smart agriculture and precision agriculture.

30. Collaborative robots, surgical robots, wearable labor-assistance devices; autonomous vehicles, autonomous devices with manipulator arms; AI-integrated humanoid robots.

31. Autonomous mobile robots; software and systems for monitoring, management, control, positioning and navigation, sensing, and environmental perception for autonomous mobile robots.

32. Intelligent human-machine interaction systems based on voice and gestures.

33. Software, methods, simulation systems, and intelligent human-machine interaction systems in industry, transportation, healthcare, and education and training.

34. Control devices and high-performance static converters, and advanced drive systems.

35. Contactless, non-destructive and light-diffusing measuring devices.

36. Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS).

37. LiDAR devices, inertial navigation systems (INS), high-precision electronic compasses.

38. Advanced systems, equipment, and solutions for diagnostics of operating conditions of industrial production lines and machinery.

39. Smart education and training systems and equipment for STEAM.

40. Satellites, small satellite constellations, satellite equipment and ground stations, satellite terminal stations; propulsion systems for small satellites.

41. Unmanned aerial vehicles, swarm unmanned aerial vehicles, and autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles.

42. Software and systems for monitoring, management, control, positioning and navigation, sensing, and environmental perception for unmanned aerial vehicles, swarm unmanned aerial vehicles, and autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles.

43. Autonomous ocean and deep-seabed exploration equipment; software and systems for monitoring, management, control, positioning and navigation, sensing, and environmental perception for autonomous ocean and deep-seabed exploration equipment.

44. Vehicles, rails, turnouts, specialized materials, power supply systems, and specialized accessories for high-speed railways.

45. Railway signaling control systems (train control, protection, monitoring and automatic train operation, electronic interlocking, train detection, and obstacle detection).

46. Railway power supply systems and railway power supply system protection equipment.

47. 5G/FRMCS wireless communication systems for railways.

48. Electric traction power supply systems operating at 1500VDC, 3000VDC, and 25KVAC.

49. Environmentally friendly transport vehicles powered by new energy.

50. Renewable energy power generation systems and advanced energy storage systems; grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).

51. Systems for production, storage, transportation, and distribution of hydrogen and biofuels.

52. High-efficiency photovoltaic panels.

53. High-performance lithium batteries, flow batteries, non-lithium batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen-based power generation systems, and supercapacitor energy storage systems.

54. Carbon fiber/glass fiber composite wind turbine blades for large-scale turbines; high-precision large-scale wind turbine gearboxes and gears; specialized large-scale bearing systems for wind power.

55. Digital protection devices and equipment for assurance of power quality in power systems.

56. High-efficiency industrial waste heat recovery equipment for electricity generation.

57. Equipment for emission measurement, carbon capture, storage, and utilization.

58. Systems, equipment, and solutions for solid waste treatment in the electrical and electronics sectors; radioactive waste treatment; polymer treatment and recycling.

59. AI-integrated real-time natural disaster monitoring, forecasting, and early warning systems, equipment, and solutions.

60. Jack-up rigs and semi-submersible rigs for the oil and gas industry.

61. New-generation systems, equipment, and solutions for drilling and exploration in the oil and gas sector.

62. Rare earth ore refining systems achieving industrial-grade purity.

63. Systems, equipment, and solutions for assessment of strategic mineral reserves.

64. Super-flexible, super-durable and ultra-light materials of biological origin, environmentally friendly materials, or materials used in harsh environments.

65. Advanced polymer materials and high-quality polymeric substrates for use in harsh environments and resilient to tropical climate; high-performance fibers, specialty glass fibers, and carbon fibers.

66. Thin films using physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technologies; thin-film transistors.

67. Pure metals and high-strength specialty alloys; high-purity materials manufactured on an industrial scale; steel materials, aluminum alloys, and composites serving railway vehicles and infrastructure.

68. Self-healing materials; stealth materials; advanced nanomaterials and nanocoatings.

69. Advanced environment-friendly 3D-printing materials.

70. High-performance rare earth permanent magnets for electric motors; advanced magnetic materials.

71. Materials for manufacturing micro-electromechanical components and smart sensors; semi-conductor, optoelectronic and photonic materials.

72. Advanced ceramics for electronic components, semiconductors, and heat-resistant and wear-resistant components in machinery manufacturing industries.

73. New construction materials, sustainable materials, and green materials.

74. Photonic components and modules serving communications, sensing, and biomedical applications.

75. Lenses, special-use digital cameras, new-generation camera modules.

76. Large-capacity laser (except diode laser) projectors.

77. Medical, agricultural, industrial, natural resources, and environmental equipment utilizing nuclear and radiation technologies.

78. Microwave and plasma equipment in healthcare, environmental treatment, and food production.

79. Ground-penetrating radar systems.

80. Bioinformatics data storage, processing, and analytics systems, software, and platforms.

81. Gene therapies and molecular marker panels applied in medicine.

82. Bioproduct kits, solutions, and analytical and diagnostic databases applied in medicine, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture.

83. High-sensitivity biosensors used in healthcare, agriculture, and environment.

84. Cells and cell-derived products serving medicine; high-quality pharmaceutical products industrially produced through cell cloning and tissue culture.

85. Lyophilized drugs, multi-component controlled-release drugs, lidose-based drugs, and targeted therapy drugs.

86. Biopharmaceutical products applied in medicine, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture.

87. New-generation vaccines, medical biologicals and diagnostic biologicals.

88. Pure natural active ingredients applied in medicine, pharmaceuticals, and food.

89. Advanced equipment for medical diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and human health care.

90. Brain-computer interface (BCI) devices supporting rehabilitation.

91. Antibacterial and antiviral equipment and materials for medical use.

92. Monoclonal antibodies, proteins, and recombinant enzymes.

93. Geospatial solutions applied in precision agriculture, smart agriculture, land administration, and resource management.

94. Industrial-scale automation and monitoring systems, equipment, and solutions for soilless cultivation.

95. Smart cultivation facilities integrated with digital technologies.

96. Equipment and systems for tissue culture and production of cell tissues and seedlings.

97. High-potential, high-yield, high-quality plant varieties, livestock breeds, and aquatic species resistant to adverse biotic and abiotic conditions.

98. Advanced biological products.

99. Nano-products and nano pesticides used in agriculture.

100. Microbial strains and microbial products serving healthcare, agriculture, and environment.