Vietnam: 03 incentives and support given to professors in higher education institutions conducting scientific research

According to Decree No. 99/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, professors who are permanent lecturers in higher education institutions are entitled to the following incentives and support:

- To form excellent research groups in their professional fields and receive funds for the operation of these groups, which shall be taken from funds for non-business science and technology activities;

- To be funded for participation in domestic and international science conferences and seminars in their professional fields at most twice a year, which shall be taken from funds for non-business science and technology activities allocated to higher education institutions;

- To be prioritized to take charge of ministerial-level science and technology tasks associated with doctoral training with end product-based package funds.

Besides, lecturers who are talented young scientists in higher education institutions are entitled to the incentive and support policies prescribed in Decree No. 40/2014/ ND-CP of May 12, 2014 of Vietnam’s Government on employment and promotion of persons engaged in science and technology activities, and other incentives and support as follows:

- To be prioritized for study at home and abroad to raise their professional qualifications;

- To be given conditions to participate in scientific research for promotion, development and orientation of their research expertise. To be prioritized to perform potential science and technology tasks with end product-based package funds;

- To receive funding support for participation in domestic and international science conferences and seminars in their professional fields, which shall be taken from funds for nonbusiness science and technology activities allocated to higher education institutions;

- To receive funding support for use of national key laboratories, specialized laboratories and interdisciplinary laboratories to perform science and technology tasks, unless such funding has been estimated in the funds for performance of these tasks.

View more details at Decree No. 99/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 15, 2014.

Le Hai

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