Vietnam to restructure national science and technology programmes towards 2030
The Prime Minister has issued a document to the Ministry of Science and Technology on restructuring national-level science and technology programmes for the 2021-2025 period and towards 2030.
Engineers of Vietnam Space Center (VNSC) designing MicroDragon satellite. (Photo: VNSC)
In the document, the ministry is assigned to coordinate with other ministries, agencies and localities in proactively formulating plans and organising the work.
The ministry must base itself on the 10-year socio-economic development strategy for the 2021-2030 period and the guidance on taking enterprises, institutes and universities as research entities; ensuring the principles of publicity, transparency and fairness.
The objectives and results of the programmes are to improve product quality and competitiveness of Vietnamese enterprises in the domestic market; to expand foreign markets for advantageous industries; to improve the global innovation index (GII); and to prioritise the promotion of the development of economic models.
The document also specifies a number of priority research fields such as social sciences and humanities, natural sciences, industry, agriculture, health, natural resources, environment./.
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