Regulations on the issuance of Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks under the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam from February 3, 2025

Regulations on the issuance of Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks under the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam from February 3, 2025​ (Image from the internet)

On December 19, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam issued Circular 115/2024/TT-BQP which regulates the collection, registration, storage, and publication of information on scientific and technological tasks within the Ministry of National Defense.

Regulations on the issuance of Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks under the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam from February 3, 2025

According to Article 14 of Circular 115/2024/TT-BQP on the issuance of Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks in Vietnam:

- Organizations and individuals who complete the registration of scientific and technological task outcomes shall be granted a Certificate of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks.

- Each scientific and technological task outcome shall receive 01 Certificate of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks and will not be reissued; in case of request, the competent registration authority will consider and issue a certified copy of the Certificate.

- The Certificate of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks serves as one of the foundations for confirming the completion of scientific and technological tasks by organizations and individuals involved and holds value as one of the conditions for the following activities:

+ Liquidation of contracts for implementing the scientific and technological tasks assigned as the leading entity;

+ Confirmation of the organization or individual leading and participating in the implementation of scientific and technological tasks;

+ Confirmation of research work in the dossier for recognition of scientific titles, awarding of titles, and awards in science and technology;

+ As one of the bases for profit sharing when utilizing, transferring usage rights, transferring, or contributing capital by scientific research and technological development outcomes.

Cases of revocation of Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks by the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam from February 3, 2025

The Certificate of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks of an organization or individual shall be revoked in the following cases:

- The content declared in the registration dossier for scientific and technological task outcomes is not truthful;

- Forgery of signatures and seals in the registration dossier.

The Head of the agency issuing the Certificate of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks as specified in Clause 2, Article 9 of Circular 115/2024/TT-BQP has the authority to revoke the Certificate of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks.

(Article 15 of Circular 115/2024/TT-BQP)

Responsibilities for registration of outcomes and authority to issue Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks by the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam from February 3, 2025

According to Article 9 of Circular 115/2024/TT-BQP, responsibilities for the registration of outcomes and the authority to issue Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks are as follows:

- Agencies, units, organizations, and individuals leading the implementation of national and Ministry of National Defense-level scientific and technological tasks, which contain state secrets in the field of defense, and basic-level scientific and technological tasks are responsible for registering the outcomes of scientific and technological tasks.

- The Director of the Military Science Department has the authority to issue Certificates of registration for the results of scientific and technological tasks for national-level and Ministry of National Defense-level scientific and technological tasks containing state secrets in the field of defense, as well as basic-level scientific and technological tasks.

Refer to the Circular 115/2024/TT-BQP which comes into effect from February 3, 2025.

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