Circular 08: Regulations on preparing lists of technologies ordered for searching in Vietnam

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Article 11 Circular 08/2015/TT-BKHCN stipulates the steps for preparing lists of technologies ordered for searching in Vietnam as follows:

Step 1:  Proposals for technologies ordered for searching

- Requirements for technologies ordered for searching:

Technologies that need searching are technologies new, highly competitive, of breakthroughs in production scale and product quality, pushing socio-economic development serving national defense and security.

- Foundations for proposals for orders:

+ Requests from leaders of the Communist Party and State;

+ National scientific and technological development strategy, socio-economic development strategy and plan of the ministries, central and local authorities in conformity with objectives, intent and tasks of the Program;

+ Practical demands for handling of urgent matters relating to national defense, security, natural disaster, epidemic diseases and scientific and technological development in Vietnam;

+ Database of technological information provided and proposed by technology search experts;

- Based on the requirements for technologies ordered for searching and at least one of the foundations for proposals for orders, the ministries, central and local authorities shall propose orders for technologies that need searching according to Form PDX-TKCN in the Appendix enclosed herewith and make submission to the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

Step 2: The Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam shall propose orders for technologies that need searching; organizing assessment and selection of pressing and feasible proposals for formulation and approval for the lists of technologies on order as foundations for selection of the tasks of searching and supporting offshore technology transfers. Determination of the lists of technologies on order is instructed in the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam’s Circular 07/2014/TT-BKHCN.

Note: Lists of technologies on order shall be checked, assessed and supplemented on a six-month basis, or on request by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

Details can be found at Circular 08/2015/TT-BKHCN effective from June 20, 2015.

Ty Na

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