The Law on Science and Technology 2013 plays an important role in creating a legal corridor for science and technology activities, promoting the country's socio-economic development. However, with increasing demands from practice, it is necessary to institutionalize to meet practical needs.
The Law on Science and Technology (LST) 2013 has updated new challenges and trends, in line with the guiding viewpoints of the Party and Government to promote S&T in the 2015-2020 period.
However, after 10 years of implementation, the domestic and international context has changed a lot, strongly affecting all socio-economic fields, especially the rapid development of science and technology and the explosion of digital technology. These changes have accelerated the pace of research and application of technology. Countries that invest heavily in science and technology have quickly overcome the middle-income trap to become high-income countries. Along with that, the concept of "research and development" has gradually been replaced by "research and development and innovation". Along with the strong development of large technology corporations in the world, this activity not only takes place at research institutes and universities but is also popular in enterprises. Many enterprises, especially private enterprises, even invest in basic research to create a foundation for inventions and technology applications in business.
In addition, with increasing demands from practice, over the past 10 years the Party and Government have issued many documents expressing new viewpoints and policies related to science, technology and innovation (S&I), which need to be institutionalized to meet practical needs. Therefore, these contents need to be promptly institutionalized into the Law.
On May 28, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision No. 457/QD-TTg to establish the Steering Committee for the drafting of the Law on Science and Technology (amended), headed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang. This is the first time the Prime Minister has established a Steering Committee to draft a law with Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang as the Head of the Committee, not only demonstrating the Government and Prime Minister's interest in the development of science and technology, but also a new approach to improving the quality of law making.
The Law on Science and Technology 2013 will be renamed the Law on Science and Technology and Innovation. Although regulations on innovation have been mentioned in a number of current laws such as the Law on Science and Technology 2013 and the Law on Technology Transfer, the full content of innovation and its related elements have not been clearly defined.
Globally, a movement towards innovation has emerged, leading to the development of concepts such as national innovation systems, industry and other connected models.
Vietnam is also following this global trend, moving towards a model of developing a national innovation system, in which enterprises play a central role and research institutes and universities are the main research subjects. In addition to applying science and technology, innovation activities also focus on improving production processes.
This Law on Science and Technology is expected to establish a comprehensive legal framework to promote the development of the national innovation system, while encouraging this activity in enterprises, communities and state management agencies. These provisions will facilitate other laws, such as the Tax Law and the Land Law, by providing incentives to promote science, technology and innovation activities.
According to the Deputy Minister, the Law on Science and Technology is expected to be submitted to the Government and then to the National Assembly with the goal of increasing the number of research staff from 7 to 12 people per 10,000 people.
The solution is to follow the model that countries have implemented, aiming to promote investment from society, businesses and the private sector in science and technology. This investment will include finance and the construction of research and development centers, research institutes, as well as the formation of research and development teams in businesses.
Therefore, this law needs to have policies to increase investment attraction from society. First, the State will implement support programs to facilitate the transfer of research results and connect universities with businesses.
Second, it is necessary to establish incentive mechanisms, such as tax incentives and land rent reductions for enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises in the initial difficult period.
The Deputy Minister said that to achieve the goal of increasing the number of research staff and social investment resources, the law needs to be comprehensively revised, including integrating research and development activities of the whole society into the law, not just relying on current regulations.
According to Intellectual Property and Innovation
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