Conditions for consideration of the Ho Chi Minh Prize and State Prize in Science and Technology in Vietnam as of April 10, 2024

Conditions for consideration of the Ho Chi Minh Prize and State Prize in Science and Technology in Vietnam as of April 10, 2024 (Internet image)

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On February 21, 2024, the Government issued Decree 18/2024/ND-CP on the Ho Chi Minh Prize, State Prize, and other awards in science and technology.

1. What are the science and technology awards?

Awards in science and technology include the following awards:

- Ho Chi Minh Prize in Science and Technology is to be awarded to authors whose works meet the conditions specified in Article 7 and the standards specified in Article 8, Article 9, and Article 10 of Decree 18/2024/ND-CP.

- State prize in science and technology is to be awarded to authors whose works meet the conditions specified in Article 7 and the standards specified in Article 11, Article 12, and Article 13 of Decree 18/2024/ND-CP.

- Other awards in science and technology:

+ Awards from ministries, branches, and localities in science and technology to be awarded to authors whose works meet the conditions specified in Article 23 and the standards specified in Article 24 of Decree 18/2024/ND-CP;

+ Awards from organizations and individuals in science and technology are set to be awarded to science and technology organizations and individuals engaged in science and technology activities in Vietnam.

(Article 4 of Decree 18/2024/ND-CP)

2. Conditions for consideration of the Ho Chi Minh Prize and State Prize in Science and Technology in Vietnam as of April 10, 2024

According to Article 7 of Decree 18/2024/ND-CP, the conditions for awarding the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize in science and technology are as follows:

- For authors: directly create and contribute to the scientific and technological value of the work; does not violate the provisions of Article 8 of the Law on Science and Technology; and meets the following conditions:

+ For Vietnamese people: comply well with the Party's guidelines, policies, and laws of the State;

+ For foreigners: respect independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, laws, and good customs and practices of Vietnam.

- For projects:

+ Valid documents, published according to regulations (except for works with content related to state secrets), or applied in Vietnam;

+ The time the project has been published or applied in practice is at least 03 years or the project has been applied to innovation effectively for at least 01 year up to the time of submitting the application for consideration for the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize in Science and Technology.

3. Criteria for awarding the Ho Chi Minh Prize for scientific research works from April 10, 2024

Scientific research projects proposed for the Ho Chi Minh Prize must meet the following standards:

- Particularly excellent project

The research results of the project include new inventions or outstanding and typical scientific achievements, leading to particularly important changes in perception, production, national defense, security, and social life.

- The project has very high scientific value:

+ Find the nature and development rules of things or phenomena, or meet one of the following criteria: Form a new research direction; new ideas and concepts; new awareness; new approaches; new theory; new methods; new knowledge; new discoveries in science and technology;

+ Be published and cited in prestigious domestic or international scientific journals.

- The project has a great effect in serving the revolutionary cause, has a broad and lasting influence on people's lives, makes an important contribution to the country's socio-economic, scientific, and technological development, or is applied in practice to:

+ Bring great economic efficiency or make reasonable changes in industry structure; save production costs; improve labor productivity; minimize negative impacts on the environment;

+ make particularly important contributions to forecasting future trends, planning and implementing the party's policies and guidelines, and the State's policies and laws;

+ Change social awareness or have a particularly important impact on social life; improve people's behavior; positively change the behavior of groups and classes in society;

+ Have a great effect on education and is used for university and postgraduate research and training.

(Article 8 of Decree 18/2024/ND-CP)

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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