Hanoi Vice Chair Truong Viet Dung reported that since the beginning of 2025, the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Steering Committee 57 have issued seven directives to implement Resolution 57-NQ/TW. The Steering Committee has met and assigned 197 specific tasks to agencies, units, and localities related to developing science and technology, innovation, and national digital transformation.

The city People’s Committee has ensured implementation across the administrative system with 111 key documents and 14 decisions announcing a list of 103 “green lane” administrative procedures, shortening processing time by 30–60 percent, and demonstrating a strong reform mindset in supporting enterprises.

Regarding tasks assigned by the central government in 2025, Hanoi has completed 98 out of 187 tasks. Among these, 83 were completed on time and 15 overdue; 89 out of 187 tasks are in progress, and 12 are being implemented behind schedule.

He praised the efforts of departments and sectors in modernizing digital infrastructure, building cloud-based data centers, implementing the two-tier government model, and strengthening data connectivity across the system.

However, one of the biggest bottlenecks is outdated technology infrastructure, with each commune/ward currently needing to use an average of 20 operational software applications.

The city has proposed several urgent solutions such as transferring all commune/ward public administrative service points to the city-level center in November 2025, allocating resources to upgrade facilities before November 30, 2025, developing iHanoi into a “Super App” for residents and businesses by Q4 2026, and launching the Hanoi Data Center and cloud infrastructure from December 2025.

Hanoi will lead and implement its agenda based on vision – data – example setting, and execute through OKR – KPI – digital dashboards. The city commits to completing all key tasks before December 31, 2025.

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Speaking at the meeting, Hanoi Party Secretary Nguyen Duy Ngoc said the city is implementing a “race to the finish” plan to deliver Resolution 57-NQ/TW in 2025 along four axes: Party agencies, the People’s Committee, the People’s Council, and the Fatherland Front and its member organizations.

He said this is a very urgent task to utilize digitized data, serving the work of leadership, direction, management, and administration at each level, and citizens, businesses, and  socio-economic development tasks. The Steering Committee has set out seven key tasks for this.

"The GDP for the science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation sector in the first three quarters of the country reached 16.3 percent. For Hanoi alone, this index was 16.9 percent, higher than the national average. The implementation of the seven key task groups of Resolution 57 is moving in the right direction, consistent with the Central Government's directives," Ngoc said.

However, according to the Hanoi Party Secretary, there are still many limitations that need to be addressed soon to ensure the overall progress of the country. 

Specifically, there are six main groups of limitations affecting the progress of 569 tasks and 13 general difficulties that the Central Steering Committee has pointed out.

First, many inter-sectoral tasks lack clearly defined outputs, leading to poor quality and delays. Of the 221 tasks underway, 30 are overdue. These tasks have been identified as “causing systemic obstacles to the city’s development” and must be resolved in 2025.

Second, mechanisms for coordination and data sharing between agencies remain inconsistent. Many units still suffer from “data fragmentation,” with databases not interconnected and standards lacking uniformity. 

The Party Secretary said: “We must end data siloing and treating shared resources as private assets. Each unit must have a clear address and take responsibility for sharing information for the common good.”

Third, digital infrastructure and shared databases remain inadequate. Interconnection between sectors is limited, processes are not standardized, and lack of system integration affects task handling and public service delivery.

Fourth, implementation capacity at the grassroots level is uneven. Some units lack specialized personnel; system operators remain weak; and training does not meet practical demand.

Fifth, financial mechanisms and investment procedures for science-technology and digital transformation face obstacles, especially in developing technical-economic norms and pricing for science–technology products. 

Sixth, limited initiative and avoidance of responsibility: The spirit of proactivity of a portion of units is limited, with some showing avoidance and fear of responsibility.

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