Vietnam: What are the scientific and technological activities in higher educational institutions?

What are the scientific and technological activities in higher educational institutions in Vietnam?

According to Clause 2, Article 2 of Decree 109/2022/ND-CP, scientific and technological activities in higher education institutions mean activities of scientific research, experimental research and development, technology application, science and technology services, promotion of initiatives and other creative activities aimed at developing science and technology in association with training of highly qualified human resources, contributing to the country's socio-economic development.

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What are the scientific and technological contents in higher education institutions in Vietnam?

According to Article 3 of Decree 109/2022/ND-CP on scientific and technological contents and plans in higher education institutions:

- The scientific and technological content in higher education institutions in Vietnam include:

- Scientific and technological tasks at all levels, including programs, topics and pilot production projects, and other scientific and technological tasks;

- Intellectual property; application and transfer, and commercialization of scientific research and technological development results; science and technology services; manufacturing and business;

- Training and retraining to improve the qualifications of administrators and lecturers in scientific research;

- Development investment projects, research capacity strengthening projects, key laboratories, interdisciplinary and specialized laboratories, projects to improve scientific journals, projects to repair, procure, and maintain equipment, working facilities, digitize libraries and information infrastructure;

- Scientific researches of students, master’s students, postgraduate students (hereinafter referred to as students), researchers and public employees in public higher education institutions; full time staff and lecturers in private higher education institutions (hereinafter referred to as lecturers);

- National and international scientific and technological cooperation;

- Information and statistics on science and technology; standards, measurement, quality;

- Building an innovation startup ecosystem for lecturers, students, related organizations and individuals; establishing and promoting the operation of innovation and technology transfer centers;

- Finance for scientific and technological activities;

- Other relevant scientific and technological activities.

* Higher education institutions develop long-term and annual science and technology plans according to the science and technology content in Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree 109/2022/ND-CP and on the basis of the development strategy of the unit; objectives, plans and strategies for science and technology development of the State, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, provinces and centrally affiliated cities; the need for business cooperation and international cooperation to promote scientific, technological and innovative activities.

What are the regulations on the management of scientific and technological activities in higher education institutions in Vietnam?

According to Article 4 of Decree 109/2022/ND-CP, the management of scientific and technological activities in higher education institutions in Vietnam is regulated as follows:

- Higher education institutions shall promulgate and organize the implementation of regulations on management of scientific and technological activities according to the following principles:

+ Scientific and technological activities and training activities are the main tasks of higher education institutions in order to improve the quality of training of highly qualified human resources, contributing to the promotion of science and technology development, and socio-economic of the country;

+ Clearly define roles, rights and responsibilities of units, lecturers and students in higher education institutions for scientific and technological activities;

+ The results and efficiency of scientific and technological activities of affiliated units, lecturers and students in higher education institutions are the basis for considering and evaluating the results of task performance, emulation classification and settlement of relevant regimes and policies.

- A higher education institution has a division to manage scientific and technological activities in its organizational structure as prescribed. The higher education institution shall prescribe the functions and tasks of the department managing scientific and technological activities.

- The department managing scientific and technological activities in the higher education institution has part-time lecturers, full-time staff and part-time experts from the affiliated units to provide consultation to carry out scientific and technological tasks of the unit.