NIC breaking ground to set off new wave of innovation 11:00 | 09/01/2021 MPI Minister Nguyen Chi Dung proposed setting January 10 as national Innovation Day At the ceremony, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung highlighted that exactly a year ago, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assigned the ministry as the general authority to resolve the country's growth troubles, as well as pioneer innovation and propose breakthough policies for economic growth. The ministry (MPI) provided advice for the building of Resolution No.52-NQ/TW on a number of guidelines and policies to actively participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the National Strategy on Fourth Industrial Revolution by 2030 (which was issued in the first days of the year), establishing the Vietnam Innovation Network that gathers 1,000 overseas Vietnamese experts, scientists, and talents with offices in five countries, and the launching of the programme to support enterprisesâ digital transformation in 2021-2025 in last December.