Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has officially declared May 18 as the
Vietnam Science and Technology Day in a bid to honour the great
contributions of scientists to the national revolution, protection and
development.
In his remarks at the launching ceremony in Hanoi on
May 18, PM Dung emphasized that science and technology must serve as a
driving force for the current process of economic restructuring and
growth model transformation towards higher productivity, quality and
competitiveness of the economy and convert Vietnam into an
industrialized country, the Government news portal reported.
Accordingly,
PM Dung urged the sector to focus realizing the Resolution on science
and technology development which was adopted at the 6th Plenum of the
11th Party Central Committee.
Social sciences and humanities
should be developed vigorously. Basic sciences such as mathematics,
physics, life science, marine science of which Vietnam has advantages
should be enhanced.
The Government leader also emphasized the
importance of mobilizing social resources especially from the business
circle for strengthening scientific and technological capacity in
production and business.
He called for renovating the mechanisms
of managing science and technology operations and quick promulgation of
specific preferential policies for talented scientists, including
Vietnamese and foreign scientists and experts residing abroad.
The
science and technology market needs to be developed in the direction of
formulating organizations which provide technical services, science and
technology transfer, consultancy, and evaluation.
A national database on science and technology also needs be built to connect demand and supply on new products.
PM Dung also asked for expanding international cooperation in this field with strategic partners and advanced countries.-VNA