Hanoi, Oct. 20 -- Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung chaired a meeting at the Government headquarters on the morning of October 20 to review progress in implementing tasks for strategic technology development. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, following the Prime Minister's Decision No. 808/QD-TTg assigning tasks for strategic technology development, the ministry received 29 proposals from ministries and agencies. After appraisal, 23 were deemed eligible for approval, while six failed to meet the requirements. As of October 19, 17 of the 23 eligible tasks had been approved, with proposed funding totalling about 2.32 trillion VND (89.63 million USD). Since early September 2026, the Ministry of Science and Technology has ...