Vietnam has over the past 15 years had500 sci-tech innovation projects that have been applied in production,boosting business activities, improving productivity, quality and savingproduction costs, said the Vietnam Fund for Scientific andTechnological Creations (VIFOTEC).
The information was delivered at a meeting on April 19 to review the15-year contest holding for sci-tech creativity and present theinnovation awards of the World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO).
Speaking at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan expressedthe wish that the competition organiser would encourage a wider varietyof contestants.
He asked ministries, agencies and local authorities to set up mechanismsfor supporting the VIFOTEC as well as facilitating application ofinnovative ideas in life and production.
With contest for advanced, innovative ideas held every year, the VIFOTEChas so far involved many organisations and individual scientists in theresearch and application of science and technology for the cause ofnational industrialisation and modernisation.
This year, awards went to 39 winners for technical creativity in themain categories such as information technology and telecommunications,mechanics and automation, materials technology, environmental protectiontechnology, energy saving technology, and applied biology.
Of the award winners, four won first prize, 10 second prize, 12 thirdprize, and 13 consolation prize.
Nearly 2,000 scientific and technological projects have joined thecompetition since the first VIFOTEC contest was held in 1995./.
The information was delivered at a meeting on April 19 to review the15-year contest holding for sci-tech creativity and present theinnovation awards of the World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO).
Speaking at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan expressedthe wish that the competition organiser would encourage a wider varietyof contestants.
He asked ministries, agencies and local authorities to set up mechanismsfor supporting the VIFOTEC as well as facilitating application ofinnovative ideas in life and production.
With contest for advanced, innovative ideas held every year, the VIFOTEChas so far involved many organisations and individual scientists in theresearch and application of science and technology for the cause ofnational industrialisation and modernisation.
This year, awards went to 39 winners for technical creativity in themain categories such as information technology and telecommunications,mechanics and automation, materials technology, environmental protectiontechnology, energy saving technology, and applied biology.
Of the award winners, four won first prize, 10 second prize, 12 thirdprize, and 13 consolation prize.
Nearly 2,000 scientific and technological projects have joined thecompetition since the first VIFOTEC contest was held in 1995./.
