According to the Communist Party of Vietnam resolution (1966), education aims to build a large community of strong scientists, technicians, and economic managers. This community has continued to develop technical expertise and absolute loyalty to the Communist Party. The goal is to help Vietnam keep up with the advanced scientific and technological level in the world. This resolution demonstrates a clear shift in the educational thinking of Vietnam’s government. They realized the importance of science in the country’s development and made Vietnam’s education more focused on the science subject than before. Indeed, besides Vietnamese, Math is an essential subject in K-12 education. However, because of wars, Vietnam’s education fell behind, and they skipped all the chances to develop the country in the previous industrial revolution periods. When the world begins its next phase of the industrial revolution with the explosion of technology, it will be Vietnam’s chance. Education must have a quick transformation, not only to focus on mathematics but also to focus on computer science education to help Vietnam minimize the gap with other countries in Asia and in the world.

Focusing on computer science education is the right direction for national development. First, technology helps economic growth by reducing production costs and increasing efficiency across all industries. For example, in factories, robots can replace humans in many repetitive jobs. They can work 24/7 at a faster speed and more accurately than humans. Even in agriculture, technology helps to control and adjust all factors affecting products, such as temperature, humidity, and soil quality remotely to ensure the best quality. Farmers can manage their farms with less effort and higher productivity and quality. In addition, technology also contributes to economic development by increasing average income. Indeed, jobs that are related to computer science usually have higher salaries than others. In the US, the technology industry is the second highest wage, just after enterprise (Statista, 2021). In Vietnam, based on the average salary categorized by field, jobs in the technology field such as software developers also are in the top 5 highest salaries, just after Hotel CEO, Bank CEO, pilot, and HR Manager (VOV report, 2018). Thus, if Vietnam has more people working in the technology industry, it can increase the average income, which will lead to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) increasing and economic development.

Second, technology plays an essential role in national security. Even though we live in a peaceful world, every country still maintains its security and applies the highest technology in the military. Vietnam also cannot stand outside. I do not mean Vietnam needs to develop technology for an arms race with other countries. However, when criminals are using high technology, Vietnam needs to use technology to ensure national safety. This is an extremely important mission of technology in national development.

Third, technology increases human living standards. For example, people can use the Internet to search for all information that they need. People also can easily communicate without distance barriers. Human lives are extended by applying technology in healthcare services. Life becomes more accessible with technology.