Soon complete and issue a plan to develop the science and technology market.

(Baonghean.vn) - That is the direction of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien at the working session on the Science and Technology (S&T) market development plan on the afternoon of October 16.

Giving opinions on the Science and Technology Market Development Plan to 2020, delegates highly agreed with the content of the draft of the Provincial People's Committee.

Associate Professor, Dr. Cao Truong Sinh - Vice Principal of Vinh Medical University commented that the content of the Science and Technology Market Development Plan needs to add management solutions and determine a specific implementation roadmap. Photo by Thanh Le

Commenting on the draft content, Mr. Thai Huy Vinh - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training said that the content of the Plan should include solutions on information, propaganda and solutions on management work.

“For the implementation organization, in addition to the provincial departments, branches and sectors, the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns; and local press agencies should be added. At the same time, the draft should outline a specific implementation roadmap; increase the proportion of enterprises interested in science and technology innovation,” Mr. Vinh suggested.

To encourage businesses operating in the field of science and technology to promote the strong development of the science and technology market, the government should have preferential policies for businesses to borrow capital for development - Mr. Le Duy Hoan - Director of Nhan Phat Mechanical and Automation Company Limited suggested.

Mr. Hoan believes that the process of examining and granting copyrights for inventions and utility solutions is too long, directly affecting the rights of the author. Specifically, the examination time for an invention is 36-40 months, even 60 months, in my opinion it should be reduced to 24 months.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nam - Deputy Director of the Provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center proposed to add information and communication solutions, promote and support investment in inventions in the field of science and technology. Photo: Thanh Le

“The problem of copyright infringement is on the rise, and the authorities must have strong sanctions to push back the problem and make intellectual property rights a reality. Doing so will encourage foreign investors to invest in the province,” said Mr. Hoan.

According to Mr. Truong Van Hien - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Company, to promote enterprises operating in the field of science and technology, the state needs to have breakthrough policies such as post-investment support policies for enterprises to innovate technology, bringing both production and business efficiency to enterprises and socio-economic development efficiency to the locality.

Working scene. Photo by Thanh Le

Concluding the working session, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien acknowledged and highly appreciated the preparation work of the Department of Science and Technology and the comments of the delegates.

Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien suggested that the Department of Science and Technology should incorporate comments at the meeting to add more specific targets to the plan, and that management and communication solutions should be added. Regarding funding, it is necessary to balance the provincial budget and take advantage of resources from the Central Government. The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Science and Technology to continue perfecting the content so that the Science and Technology Market Development Plan can be issued soon.

Thanh Le