Professor Dr Dang Vu Minh was re-elected as President of the VietnamUnion of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) for the 2015-20tenure during the union’s seventh national congress in Hanoi on June3.
Delegates at the congress also elected fourVice Presidents, a 173-member central council, a nine-member inspectioncommittee, a 25-member presidium and a five-member presidium standingcommittee for the new tenure.
Over the next fiveyears, the union is set to focus on promoting its strength inconsultations, social critiques and appraisals while enhancingscientific research and the application of scientific and technologicaladvances for environmental protection, community development and povertyreduction.
Meanwhile, the 140-member union willimprove its role in gathering and promoting the creativity of Vietnameseintellectuals in science and technology, supporting the operation ofmember associations and increasing international cooperation.
By 2020, the union is expected to be a strong organisationcontributing to making science and technology a motivating factor of thecountry’s economy and international integration as well as sustainablegrowth.
A club gathering overseas intellectuals willalso be formed to call for their engagement in settling specific issuesof the country.
Addressing the congress, PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stated that the intellectual circleplays a significant role in national construction and development,especially in the current period of industrialisation, modernisation andinternational integration as well as building a knowledge-basedeconomy.
Investing in the intellectual circle is investing in sustainable development, he said.
Over the past 30 years, the VUSTA, a member of the Vietnam FatherlandFront, has become a venue for the unification of intellectuals inscience and technology within and outside the country, providing aplayground for them to make contributions to national construction anddefence, said the Party chief.
He urged the union tostay active in implementing the Party Central Committee’s resolution ondeveloping science and technology while working closely with theMinistry of Education and Training in renovating the education sector.
He asked the union to strengthen political educationfor intellectuals to help raise their sense of responsibility to thenation, deepening relations between the Party, State, people andintellectual circle.
The union should complete policies and mechanisms promptly to maximise the potential of the circle, he asked.
The union should also serve as a trustworthy advisory body for theParty and State, especially in gathering the brainpower ofintellectuals, while contributing critical ideas to the Party andState’s policies and major socio-economic projects and programmes, asrequested the leader.-VNA
Delegates at the congress also elected fourVice Presidents, a 173-member central council, a nine-member inspectioncommittee, a 25-member presidium and a five-member presidium standingcommittee for the new tenure.
Over the next fiveyears, the union is set to focus on promoting its strength inconsultations, social critiques and appraisals while enhancingscientific research and the application of scientific and technologicaladvances for environmental protection, community development and povertyreduction.
Meanwhile, the 140-member union willimprove its role in gathering and promoting the creativity of Vietnameseintellectuals in science and technology, supporting the operation ofmember associations and increasing international cooperation.
By 2020, the union is expected to be a strong organisationcontributing to making science and technology a motivating factor of thecountry’s economy and international integration as well as sustainablegrowth.
A club gathering overseas intellectuals willalso be formed to call for their engagement in settling specific issuesof the country.
Addressing the congress, PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stated that the intellectual circleplays a significant role in national construction and development,especially in the current period of industrialisation, modernisation andinternational integration as well as building a knowledge-basedeconomy.
Investing in the intellectual circle is investing in sustainable development, he said.
Over the past 30 years, the VUSTA, a member of the Vietnam FatherlandFront, has become a venue for the unification of intellectuals inscience and technology within and outside the country, providing aplayground for them to make contributions to national construction anddefence, said the Party chief.
He urged the union tostay active in implementing the Party Central Committee’s resolution ondeveloping science and technology while working closely with theMinistry of Education and Training in renovating the education sector.
He asked the union to strengthen political educationfor intellectuals to help raise their sense of responsibility to thenation, deepening relations between the Party, State, people andintellectual circle.
The union should complete policies and mechanisms promptly to maximise the potential of the circle, he asked.
The union should also serve as a trustworthy advisory body for theParty and State, especially in gathering the brainpower ofintellectuals, while contributing critical ideas to the Party andState’s policies and major socio-economic projects and programmes, asrequested the leader.-VNA
