Scientific research is the key to international integration in education, according to university education experts, education managers and scientists at home and abroad. They also said that Vietnam needed to develop scientific research at universities and at the same time quickly overcome long-lasting shortcomings, regarding foreign language skills and education management.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked the National Council for Science–Technology Policy to perfect policies related to science and technology in 2013 as a move to encourage firms to apply advanced technologies to improve their competitiveness.
Closing on September 23 in Hanoi, the International Techmart Vietnam 2012 (Techmart Vietnam 2012) with more than 500 pavilions showcased almost 3,000 new technologies and equipment, mostly in the fields of biotechnology, clean and renewable energy, new materials, electricity and automation and food processing.
Quang Ninh Province has begun strongly investing in science and technology since 2012 to increase the sector’s contribution to the province's industrial production value to 45 percent in 2015 and become a leading province in the Red River Delta in terms of scientific and technological development and application.
Farmer households in Bac Giang Province's districts of Yen The and Luc Ngan can earn annual incomes from VND10 to several hundred million from the sale of chicken and litchi due to the accelerated application of scientific and technological achievements into the local agricultural production.
The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) has received several notable awards such as Vietnam Talent Award, Kovalepskaia Award, Ho Chi Minh and State Awards for Science and Technology. More importantly, many highly effective research projects carried out by VAST have been applied in practice, contributing to the country's socioeconomic development. VAST has become a leading science and technology organization nationwide in terms of scientific research, patents and useful solutions.
Experts at a seminar about open source software held by the Ministry of Information and Communications on June 15, said that the application of open source software (OSS) had made a positive difference.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam Economic News' Hoa Le spoke with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Information Technology Department director Nguyen Huu Chinh about the use of IT in the ministry in recent years.
To rapidly develop information technology (IT) sector in the near future, it is necessary to focus on key investment objectives, potential markets and related opportunities and to avoid unwilling mergers and acquisitions. This expert's suggestion was presented at a seminar on the National Program for IT Development until 2020 recently held in Hanoi.
Although Vietnam currently lacks microchip fabrication plants, microchip design and testing probe card manufacturing companies do exist. According to experts, Vietnamese companies are quite capable of producing microchips, especially in terms of training human resources, low labor costs, an attractive local market and sufficient technology.
The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam under the Ministry of Science and Technology recently granted Certificate of Protection No. 176420 for resin extracted from wax-trees planted in Phu Tho Province's Tam Nong District.
