Vietnam: What are the training and retraining contents on new technology development of enterprises?

Vietnam: What are the training and retraining contents on new technology development of enterprises? (Illustrative image)

Circular 06/2014/TT-BKHCN stipulates the task criteria for training and retraining knowledge, hiring domestic and foreign consultants for the development of new technology, advanced technology, and technology innovation in enterprises in Vietnam. The contents of consulting, training, and retraining knowledge include:

- Assessing technology capacity, technology level, and the need for technology innovation in enterprises;

- Assessing, valuing, appraising, conducting expertise, transferring, applying technology, and exploiting inventions;

- Searching for, decoding technology, commercializing research results;

- Incubating technology, and scientific and technological business incubation;

- Developing and managing new technology development projects, advanced technology, and technological innovation;

- Conducting technology management, and technology governance; conducting technology process innovation, product innovation, business organization innovation, and service innovation; conducting marketing innovation.

Additionally, organizations, enterprises, and individuals employing consultants or sending trainees for training and retraining knowledge must:

- Contribute a portion of the cost of hiring domestic consultants and foreign consultants;

- Have approved documents on the investment policy for the program, plan, project, or task related to the need to use consultants and the personnel sent for training and retraining knowledge;

- For organizations and individuals that have approved the program, plan, or project for the development of new technology, advanced technology, technological innovation, or some technological innovation activities, the domestic consultants, foreign consultants, and trainees sent for training must participate in the activities within the approved program, plan, project for the development of new technology, advanced technology, technological innovation, or some technological innovation activities according to the requirements.

Note: Organizations and enterprises that organize short-term training and retraining courses must meet the conditions specified in Clause 1, Article 9 of this Circular. Domestic and foreign consultants must meet the requirements for training and retraining, possessing at least 3 years of teaching or working experience in the respective training and retraining field.

Details can be viewed in Circular 06/2014/TT-BKHCN effective from June 09, 2014.

Ty Na

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