Urgently Formulating Support Policies to Promote the Development of Science, Technology, and Innovation

On November 11, Comrade Phan Trong Tan — Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee — chaired a conference to hear the Department of Science and Technology report on draft resolutions of the Provincial People’s Council in the field of science and technology.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Phan Trong Tan delivering concluding remarks at the conference.

At the conference, the Department of Science and Technology presented a draft resolution on policies supporting the development of science and technology enterprises, high-tech enterprises, and strategic technology enterprises.

The draft proposes supporting 100 million VND for scientific, technological, and innovation research results not funded by the state budget that are recognized and applied in production and business; and 200 million VND for enterprises granted for the first time a science and technology enterprise certificate or confirmation documents on high technology or strategic technology. Total projected support funding is approximately 2 billion VND/year.

Regarding the draft resolution stipulating certain expenditure contents and levels for managing and executing science, technology, and innovation programs and tasks, contents focus on stipulating expenditure levels for management, task execution organization, hiring experts, organizing seminars, and evaluating research results.

The draft resolution also stipulates support levels for developing the innovative startup ecosystem, attracting research human resources, and technical infrastructure and premises costs for innovative enterprises.

Implementation funding comes from the annual non-business expenditure source for science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.

Director of the Department of Science and Technology speaking at the conference.

Basically agreeing with the contents of the draft resolutions, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Phan Trong Tan emphasized that support policies must aim to encourage enterprises to research and apply science and technology to develop production and business across the province. Support activities must guarantee equality among enterprises, without discrimination based on registered headquarters location, whether inside or outside the province, domestic or foreign.

He requested the Department of Science and Technology to coordinate with the Department of Justice and the Office of the Provincial People’s Committee to absorb comments from the conference, reviewing and perfecting the drafts toward conciseness, rigor, and compliance with regulations and authority. Among these, it is necessary to clarify principles, beneficiaries, contents, and support conditions, ensuring feasibility prior to submission to competent authorities for consideration.

Overview of the conference.

Also at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Phan Trong Tan heard reports on the draft decision promulgating the “Regulation on Conferring the Hung Vuong Award on Science, Technology, and Innovation of Phu Tho Province.”

He requested the Department of Science and Technology to absorb delegates' comments and urgently finalize the document. Concurrently, he emphasized that the decision needs to clearly define the role of the Department of Science and Technology as the standing agency advising the Provincial People’s Committee throughout the entire award-conferring process; with the Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations alongside relevant departments and sectors coordinating execution.

Thu Kien – Tran Tuan