HCM City, Nov. 28 -- Ho Chi Minh City is positioning itself for transition, aiming to build a new knowledge-driven growth model anchored in innovation and digital transformation as global competition shifts toward knowledge, technology and innovation, and advantages tied to natural resources or low-cost labour are fading, according to Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the municipal Department of Science and Technology.

Speaking at the HCM City NextGen Conference on November 27 - a flagship event of the HCM City Week of Innovation, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship 2025 - Thang said the strategy aligns with the Politburo's Resolution 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science, technology and national digital transformation.

The 2021-2025 peri...