Nghe An eel products have been exported to the US and Australia.

In the regular meeting program of December 2021, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee summarized 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 06-NQ/TU, dated December 14, 2016 of the Provincial Party Executive Committee on science and technology development for the period 2016 - 2020, with a vision to 2025 on the afternoon of December 29.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Also attending were Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of a number of Central Party Committees, members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and leaders of a number of relevant sectors and localities.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

After 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 06, 100% of the set targets were achieved and exceeded. Typically, the TFP Index (Total Factor Productivity) exceeded 67.7%; the number of subjects registered for industrial property protection exceeded 33.6%; the socialized funding source for research and application of scientific and technological advances outside the state budget exceeded 15% compared to before the resolution.

Through the implementation of Resolution No. 06, there has been a gradual fundamental change in the awareness and actions of Party committees at all levels, authorities, organizations, businesses as well as people about the role of science and technology in the sustainable development of the province.

In general, research and application of science and technology have made positive contributions to the socio-economic development of the province; contributions of science and technology are reflected in all fields and have a focus, key points, meeting the requirements of practice.

Comrade Tran Quoc Thanh - Director of Nghe An Department of Science and Technology spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, innovative startup activities and the startup support ecosystem in Nghe An province have seen many improvements, and are considered one of the five best startup ecosystems in the country.

Speaking at the meeting, Director of the Department of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thanh emphasized that the most difficult thing for Nghe An is to activate the spirit of overcoming oneself to start a business and innovate.

However, through many solutions, start-up activities have achieved many results, forming new businesses and products. The Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An said: From start-up businesses, eel products from Nghe An have been present in the Australian and American markets; shampoo products produced in Nghe An have also been exported to Singapore and South Korea.

From the achieved results, the Ministry of Science and Technology has chosen Nghe An as one of the five provinces to build a regional innovation and startup center.

However, in reality, implementation still faces difficulties, especially since the province's specialized staff in charge of science and technology management is still thin, mainly because they hold concurrent positions and frequently change...

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu assessed that the scientific research topics and projects chaired by the Department of Science and Technology in recent years have coordinated very well with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for implementation. In Nghe An, about 86% of scientific topics have been materialized into practice, higher than the national average.

From the practical implementation of Resolution No. 06, especially the role of socialization in research and application of science and technology, the Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee suggested that the career capital should basically focus on agriculture to support farmers, cooperatives, and some specific enterprises; the rest needs to come up with new directions to mobilize funding sources in the direction of socialization associated with enterprises because 40 excellent start-up projects and 30 potential projects are all implemented from socialized capital.

Concluding this content, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy assessed that over the past 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 06, there have been many innovations in the way of doing things and approaching problems, bringing about clear results. In particular, the way of thinking and approaching resources for science and technology development has shifted from relying on state resources to mainly focusing on socialized resources; this is a very good approach.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee delivered a concluding speech on the content of the 5-year review of the implementation of Resolution No. 06-NQ/TU, dated December 14, 2016 of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee on science and technology development in the period 2016 - 2020, with a vision to 2025. Photo: Thanh Duy

From the launch of funds and startup ecosystems chaired by the Department of Science and Technology, in coordination with agencies, especially the business community, it has been affirmed that the mindset of approaching applied science and technology must come from the business community is completely appropriate; at the same time, through this, it has contributed to changing the mindset, encouraging young people to dare to research and participate in startups.

In the coming time, the Provincial Party Secretary suggested that in addition to further strengthening scientific and technological cooperation activities between units in the province, it is necessary to promote cooperation between the provincial science and technology sector and other research institutions at home and abroad; international organizations to build relationships, move towards signing and agreeing on research investment programs and projects, and forming scientific and technological products in Nghe An.

Along with that, the province needs to continue promoting the startup and innovation ecosystem; conduct more research to promote social sciences and humanities in addition to scientific and technological research applied to production.

Also in the working program, related to the field of science and technology, the Provincial Party Standing Committee gave opinions on the Project "Research on social sciences and humanities to serve rapid and sustainable development in Nghe An in the period of 2021 - 2025 and vision to 2030".

In the working program this afternoon, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee also reviewed 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 05-NQ/TU, dated December 14, 2016 of the Provincial Party Committee on building cultural people and cultural families in Nghe An to meet the requirements of integration and development; discussed a number of contents on inspection and supervision work such as: The Project of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee on improving the quality and effectiveness of regular supervision work of Party committees, Party building committees, the Provincial Party Committee Office, and the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission for the period 2021 - 2025; The 2022 inspection and supervision program of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee;...