At the seminar "Making space technology a new driving force for development" on July 24 in Hanoi, Tien Phong Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Phung Cong Suong cited the latest report of the Space Foundation, saying that the global space economy in 2024 reached nearly 613 billion USD and is forecast to surpass the 1,000 billion USD mark by 2030. This shows impressive growth rate and huge potential.
In Vietnam, although space technology is still in its early stages of development, we have made important steps. The Politburo has issued Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, clearly identifying science, technology and innovation as the main driving force of economic growth. In particular, space technology is one of the priority areas for development to serve the national security and defense strategy and sustainable development.
The Government is also gradually building policies to support infrastructure, finance and human resources to create favorable conditions for the space industry to take off, aiming to form a Vietnamese space industry in the future.
Also mentioning the State's policies on the role of space technology, Dr. Nguyen Quan - former Minister of Science and Technology said that Resolution 57 of the Politburo has raised the issue of the role of space technology very correctly. The Prime Minister also issued Decision 131 defining the list of strategic technologies and strategic technology products that the State focuses on developing. Among them, there are space technology and a number of space technology products suitable to the needs and capacity of the Vietnamese economy.
In the current period, space technology plays a particularly important role in the Vietnamese and global economy, especially when witnessing armed conflicts in the world. If Vietnam can master technology itself, and partly master the essential space, then the country will have the opportunity to master this technology and apply it to socio-economic development.
In the current conditions of Vietnam's resources to develop space technology, the first solution is to perfect the institution, including perfecting the Vietnam Space Committee, an inter-sectoral coordination agency to coordinate the activities of ministries, branches, and scientific agencies to coordinate general activities in the field of space science.
It is necessary to review State investment, to be able to master, absorb or create basic and core technologies in the field of space technology.
The Government should assign the Ministry of Science and Technology to establish or manage a national science and technology program on space technology. This program can be chaired and managed by the Vietnam Space Committee, to soon have strategic space technology products.
Second, it is necessary to concretize the viewpoints of Resolution 57, Resolution 193 and Resolution 1131. Vietnam must develop a project on space technology and pilot the formation of a strong scientific collective on space technology, headed by a chief engineer originating from the projects. If there is no project, then there is no choice of chief engineer.
Vietnam should also pilot the sandbox mechanism according to Resolution 193 of the National Assembly, that is, pilot a large technology project with the title of chief engineer being given a very high level of autonomy, accepting risks, accepting adventures and exempting those who preside over large technology projects from responsibility. Thus, it is possible to invite qualified, experienced and prestigious scientists to head large technology projects.
"Vietnam cannot expect the transfer of space technology from abroad. Regarding national security and defense, we must master this technology through building projects. In my opinion, we need a large enough investment from the State. Space technology is a "noble" field, with large investments, but the products are highly risky. We need to accept "risky investment", "culture of failure", accept risks so that scientists dare to take risks", the former Minister of Science and Technology proposed.
In addition, there needs to be a policy to train and attract staff, especially young staff. If we only rely on the market economy, Vietnam will find it difficult to have good scientists in basic research fields. The State needs to have a policy of ordering training like the subsidy period, through which we have had very famous scientists.
"In the coming time, Vietnam needs to be more determined and drastic in investing in space technology. We must invest more deeply and more in space technology, because the need for national security and defense is posing an issue that Vietnamese scientists must pay attention to. We cannot protect our territorial sovereignty and space sovereignty if we do not have good scientists in space technology," Dr. Nguyen Quan emphasized.
Sharing the same view, Dr. Nguyen Trong Hien - an expert from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recommended that Vietnam should pilot a new mechanism for managers to attract talent, creating an environment for professionals to develop their capabilities through technical projects, scientific experiments, and cooperation with space centers. If the mechanism problem is solved, Vietnam will be able to do more in space technology.
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