Reporting at the Congress, Comrade Bui Minh Cuong, Director of the Publishing House, said: During the 2020 - 2025 term, despite facing many difficulties due to the prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, fluctuations in the publishing market, digitalization pressure and budget cuts, the Publishing House still fulfilled its assigned political tasks well, maintaining its position as a prestigious science and technology (S&T) publishing unit in the national publishing system.
Comrade Bui Minh Cuong - Director of the Publishing House spoke at the Congress.
In 2024, the Publishing House published 197 books with a total of 223,822 printed copies, with revenue reaching more than 17.8 billion VND. Notably, the Vietnam National Pharmacopoeia (2 volumes) compiled by the Vietnam National Pharmacopoeia Council and the Vietnam Pharmacopoeia Center ( Ministry of Health ) won the C Prize, the 7th National Book Award.
In addition to publishing activities, the Publishing House has actively organized many seminars and exhibitions introducing science and technology books in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; coordinated with the National Agency for Science and Technology Information to publish key publications such as the White Book, Science and Technology Blue Book, Vietnam Creativity Golden Book; annually organized the event " Science Book Week" on the occasion of Vietnam Science and Technology Day on May 18 to spread the spirit of loving science in society.
Along with the above activities, in the past term, the Publishing House also proactively deployed the application of information technology in management and operation; completed the draft of the Electronic Publishing System Project. However, publishing activities in the e-commerce market have not yet been implemented due to technical and legal problems. This is one of the challenges that the Party Cell identified as needing to focus on resolving in the new term.
Overview of the Party Congress of the Publishing House for the 2025 - 2030 term.
At the Congress, delegates highly agreed on the breakthrough development orientation of the Party Cell in the coming term: Building and putting into operation a comprehensive digital publishing platform, integrating smart editing tools, digital copyright management system, modern electronic distribution channels and high interaction with readers. Making the Publishing House a pioneer in digital transformation of the science and technology publishing industry in Vietnam.
The Party Cell also proposed to develop a National Target Program on publishing "Books on science, technology, innovation and digital transformation " , piloted in the period 2026 - 2031. The program aims to systematize and publish strategic book areas such as: Focusing on topics such as books serving state management of science and technology, valuable research works, scientific and technical achievements, new scientific books serving leaders, textbooks/curriculums, books to disseminate basic scientific and technical knowledge to the people, "Digital popular education" documents, scientific and technical books in ethnic languages, books in collaboration with Departments of Science and Technology, books honoring scientists, and scientific and technological books on health care and life skills.
Along with that, the Party Cell clearly identified the role of the Publishing House in updating and disseminating advanced knowledge. In the coming term, the unit will focus on supplementing the system of foreign scientific, technological and innovative documents, especially scarce sources of documents and new international publications, to overcome the situation of outdated knowledge in training and research. New international publications in this field are very important, contributing to raising awareness of scientific, technological and innovative knowledge.
The Party cell sets specific goals for the 2025 - 2030 term: Strive to publish an average of 200-300 books/year, of which increasing the proportion of monographs and translated books on advanced science and technology to at least 20%; increasing the proportion of electronic publications and audiobooks to 50% of the total number of publications during the term; maintaining 100% of publications meeting standards in terms of scientific content, accuracy, and presentation quality; focusing on developing electronic and multimedia publishing, comprehensively modernizing the publishing process...
Speaking at the Congress, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hoang Phuong praised the spirit of overcoming difficulties and the persistent efforts of the staff and Party members of the Publishing House throughout the past term. In particular, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the activities of the Publishing House encountered many difficulties, but with the spirit of solidarity, innovation and close leadership of the Party Cell, the unit overcame difficulties and achieved many remarkable results.
Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong speaks at the Congress.
Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong suggested that in the coming time, the Party Cell and the leaders of the Publishing House need to focus on key tasks, such as: Quickly handling difficulties and problems in the current and previous stages; promptly perfecting the organizational structure, reviewing working facilities; strengthening coordination with functional units to implement the unit's tasks; promoting digital transformation, applying information technology synchronously in all publishing activities; promoting the spirit of solidarity and unity, enhancing the leadership role of the Party Cell in strategic development orientation.
Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong expressed his belief that, after being reorganized and reorganized, with political determination and a spirit of innovation, the Publishing House will continue to promote its role as a core unit in the science and technology publishing ecosystem, making practical contributions to the development of knowledge, innovation and international integration of the country.
The Executive Committee of the Publishing House Party Cell for the 2025 - 2030 term was launched.
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