What are the rights of students participating in scientific research activities in Vietnam?

What are the rights of students participating in scientific research activities in Vietnam? (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Contents of scientific research activities of students in Vietnam

According to Clause 2, Article 5 of Circular 26/2021/TT-BGDDT, scientific research activities of students include:

- Organize implementation of scientific research topics for students;

- Organize knowledge, scientific research capacity, and technology transfer improvement activities for students;

- Organize science conferences, seminars, and forums; competitions for ideas and start-up projects for students. Guide and encourage students to participate in domestic and foreign science and technology awards, exhibitions, academic competitions, and forums for students;

- Organize communication activities regarding science and technology to boost research moral and knowledge regarding intellectual property for students; introduce ideas, start-up projects, and scientific research results of students to domestic and foreign investors and enterprises;

- Commend and propose commendation, praising of students and instructors having meritorious achievements in scientific research activities; honor organizations and individuals making various contributions to scientific research activities of students;

- Other forms of science and technology activities of students as per applicable laws.

2. What are the rights of students participating in scientific research activities in Vietnam?

Students have the rights to:

- Propose and register scientific research topics;

- Be allowed to employ facility and equipment available in higher education institutions for scientific research;

- Receive funding for scientific research with the amount regulated by higher education institutions;

- Publicize and receive assistance in publicizing research results on science journals, records, and other domestic and foreign science, technology publications as per the law;

- Receive assistance in registering for intellectual property rights for research results as per applicable laws;

- Receive additional scores in academic and training scores; be prioritized for scholarship and competitive titles, forms of commendations as per regulations of higher education institutions;

- Receive other benefits as per the law.

(Clause 2, Article 12 of Circular 26/2021/TT-BGDDT)

3. Requirements for scientific research activities of students in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 3 of Circular 26/2021/TT-BGDDT, requirements for scientific research activities of students include:

- Suit capacity and goals of students.

- Suit objectives, contents, and training programs which students are pursuing; suit orientations of science and technology activities of higher education institutions.

- Research results hold scientific values, novelty, creativity, and display application of acquired knowledge in reality.

- Conform with applicable laws on science and technology activities.

4. Expenditure on scientific research activities of students in Vietnam

Expenditure on scientific research activities of students shall be mobilized from the following sources:

- Legal revenues of higher education institutions;

- Donations and aids of domestic, foreign organizations and individuals;

- Other funding sources as per the law.

(Article 4 of Circular 26/2021/TT-BGDDT)

Nguyen Thi Hoai Thuong

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