CONFERENCE ON VIETNAMESE S& T SCENARIO TO 2020

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unidoe.jpgOn 22nd and 23rd September 2010, National Institute of Science and Technology Strategy and Policy (NISTPASS) and Ministry of Science and Technology have organized the conference on “Scenario of S&T Strategy of Vietnam to 2020” which sponsored by UNIDO in Hanoi. Professor Mai Ha – Director of NISTPASS has presented at the opening of the conference as the Vietnamese representative and Mrs. Pilar Rodríguez Ruiz - UNIDO representative in Hanoi

Vietnamese Development Program of S&T and Innovation Strategy (STI) from 2010-2020 is being started. This strategy will be integrated into socio-economic development strategy from 2010-2020 and offering greater national social development goals in which STI system advances are waiting to bring the great contributions. Strengthening Vietnam's position in key technologies (such as shown in High-Tech Law) will be appointed significant additional efforts to ensure the application and exploitation of scientific knowledge and technology with the placed emphasis on innovation activities as core elements in the STI strategy.

Conference participants were experts in related fields to STIs, such as public policy agencies, science committees, public and private R&D centers, universities, innovative businesses, technology parks, management boards of technology parks etc.

Professor José Miguel Fernández-Guell, Maddrid Polytechnic University – UNIDO’s expert has presented on the design of scenario plan, talking about the scenarios driving factors; choosing the scenario axes; building 4 threshold scenario for 2020. Then the experts divided into four groups and worked continuously for 2 days for analyzing and developing achieved scenarios that Vietnamese Science and Technology can reach  to 2020.

The conference is the part of Cooperation Project of Policy Consultancy on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Strategy from 2011-2020 and High Technology Act Implementation which sponsored by UNIDO.