Are technologies, that are employed to propagate, raise or cultivate new varieties which are not yet tested, in Vietnam be encouraged to be transferred?
I have following questions. Are technologies, that are employed to propagate, raise or cultivate new varieties which are not yet tested, in Vietnam be encouraged to be transferred? Which technologies are banned from transferring from foreign countries to Vietnam or domestically in Vietnam?
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Are technologies, that are employed to propagate, raise or cultivate new varieties which are not yet tested, in Vietnam be encouraged to be transferred?
Pursuant to Clause 1 and 2, Article 10 of the Law on Technology Transfer in 2017 stipulating as follows:
1. The transfer of the following technologies from foreign countries to Vietnam or domestically shall be restricted:
a) Technologies that are no longer popular in industrialized countries; accompany machinery/equipment of such technologies;
b) Technologies that use toxic chemicals or generate hazardous waste in conformity with the national technical standards and regulations;
c) Technologies that make products by adopting genetic engineering;
d) Technologies that use or create radioactive substances in conformity with the national technical standards and regulations;
dd) Technologies that use resources or minerals the extraction of which is limited domestically;
e) Technologies that are employed to propagate, raise or cultivate new varieties which are not yet tested;
g) Technologies that are employed to create products adversely influencing on customs and habits, traditions and social ethnics.
2. The transfer of the following technologies from Vietnam to foreign countries shall be restricted:
a) Technologies that are employed to create traditional products or perform production activities according to traditional know-how or use or create categories/ species of agricultural varieties, minerals or typical precious materials of Vietnam;
As regulations above, technologies, that are employed to propagate, raise or cultivate new varieties which are not yet tested, are restricted to transfer.
Which technologies are banned from transferring from foreign countries to Vietnam or domestically in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 11 of the Law on Technology Transfer in 2017, the transfer of the following technologies from foreign countries to Vietnam or domestically shall be banned:
a) Technologies that fail to satisfy regulations of laws on occupational safety and sanitation, protection of human health, resources and environment protection, and biodiversity;
b) Technologies that are employed to create products adversely influencing on social – economic development or adversely influencing on the national defense and security or social order and security;
c) Technologies that are no longer popularly used and transferred in developing countries and fail to satisfy national technical standards and regulations;
d) Technologies that use toxic chemicals or generate hazardous waste that fails to satisfy the national technical standards and regulations on environment;
dd) Technologies that use or create radioactive substances that fail to satisfy the national technical standards and regulations.
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