The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) will speed up a scheme on promoting the transfer, mastery, and development of technology from abroad. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi, (VNA) - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST)will speed up a scheme on promoting the transfer, mastery, and development oftechnology from abroad in priority fields to 2025 with orientations to 2030.
The project has been moving slowly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung said that, as ofAugust, there were over 32,500 investment projects from 137 countries and territoriesunderway in Vietnam, contributing to expanding export markets and technologytransfer.
Next year, MoST will issue orientations on the import of technology, stepup research on and seize opportunities in the transfer of investment and technologyfrom abroad, and submit regulations on the importation of second-hand machineryto attract more foreign capital to the country, he said.
Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Vietnam Association of Smalland Medium-Sized Enterprises, To Hoai Nam, said Vietnam has paid attention todeveloping the science-technology market over recent years, contributing toeconomic growth and competitiveness.
Investment in hi-tech industrial production by foreign-invested enterprisesand the private sector has been moving upwards. The number and quality ofworkers in the field has also improved. The growth of production and servicesbased on science and technology, however, remains unsustainable, while the paceof technology modernisation in enterprises is slow, as not many of them pay dueattention to research and development (R&D) activities.
In the near future, MoST will continue partnering with businesses todevelop technology, innovation, and technology transfer to fulfil theGovernment’s dual goals of fighting COVID-19 and promoting socio-economicdevelopment.
At the innovation connectivity forum 2020, delegates suggested that the MoSTwork with the Government, ministries, and agencies to open a database on science-technologyto make it easier for domestic firms to access research outcomes, and to cutand simplify business procedures for the 2020-2025 period in line with ResolutionNo 68 NQ-CP dated May 12, 2020, and carry out the PM’s Decision No 749/QD-TTg approvingthe national digital transformation programme to 2025 with orientations to2030.
Tung stressed that Vietnam needs to restructure resources to invest morein science-technology and tap technical reform initiatives from scientists,graduates, and students./.
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