Vietnam: Contents of the meeting of the Advisory Council for the High-tech Development Project

Vietnam: Contents of the meeting of the Advisory Council for the High-tech Development Project (Illustrative image)

According to Article 7 of Circular 31/2012/TT-BKHCN, the office of the National Program for High-tech Development in Vietnam must send documents to Advisory Council members at least 05 working days before the council's meeting, and to independent consulting experts at least 10 working days before the time the independent consulting expert submits their research report. The documents include:

- Contents of the Program;

- List of proposed projects and large-scale and complex projects;

- Other related documents.

Especially, the Advisory Council's meeting and the research report from the independent consulting expert focus on analyzing the projects on the list regarding the following matters:

- Project compatibility with the objectives and content of the Program and the National High-tech Development Program until 2020;

- Compliance with the requirements specified in Article 3 of Circular 31/2012/TT-BKHCN;- Alignment with the Program's target orientation;

- Suitability of the method of selecting organizations, individuals, or enterprises to implement the project;

- Several matters related to the project, including the objectives, scale, implementation location; content, principal tasks; results generated from the project; market, feasibility, and socio-economic efficiency; estimated total implementation cost; financial capacity, sources, and forms of funding; implementation solutions; start and end times; projected beneficiaries and users of the project's results.

Additionally, the organization of the Advisory Council's meeting is specifically regulated as follows:

- The Advisory Council's meeting has the attendance of at least 2/3 of the council members, including the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson. The Chairperson presides over the council's meeting. In the absence of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson presides over the meeting;

- Each project on the list must have at least 02 members acting as reviewers. The Advisory Council agrees on a working method and appoints 01 member as the secretary;

- Advisory Council members discuss the requirements as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 7, and review the project (Form A2-1). The Advisory Council elects a vote-counting committee with 03 members, including 01 head. The voting results are recorded in minutes (Form A2-2);

- Projects proposed by the Advisory Council for implementation must receive at least 2/3 of the present Advisory Council members' votes (also greater than 1/2 of the total number of council members as per the establishment decision);

- The Council discusses and approves recommendations for the selection or direct assignment for the project execution;

- The Chairperson and the Secretary of the Advisory Council are responsible for signing the meeting minutes (Form A2-3), accompanied by the list of projects approved by the Advisory Council.

More details may be found in Circular 31/2012/TT-BKHCN effective from February 11, 2013.

Le Vy

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