THE PRIME MINISTER -------
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence– Freedom – Happiness
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No. 418/QD-TTg
Hanoi, April 11, 2012
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE STRATEGY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE 2011-2020 PHASE
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government, of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Law on Science and Technology, of June 9, 2000;
At the proposal of the Minister of Science and Technology,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Strategy for science and technology development in the 2011-2020 phase (hereinafter referred to as the Strategy) with the following major contents:
I. VIEWPOINTS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
1. Development of science and technology together with education and training is the top national policy and a key motive for fast and sustainable national development. Science and technology must play a decisive role to make development breakthrough in productive force, innovate the growth model, to enhance the competitive capacity of the economy and to accelerate the progress of national industrialization and modernization.
2. To concentrate on the synchronous performance of three essential tasks: To continue innovating fundamentally, comprehensively and synchronously organizations, management mechanism and operation mechanism of science and technology; to enhance national science and technology potential; and to push up study and application, link science and technology development with socio-­economic development at all levels and in all branches.
3. The State increases investment level of and prioritizes investment for national science and technology tasks and national products. Pushing up the socialization and mobilizing all resources, especially those of enterprises, to invest in science and technology development.
4. To develop the science and technology market linked with enforcing the law on intellectual property aiming to boost the commercialization of results of technological study, application and development, encourage scientific and technological creation.
5. International integration on science and technology is an objective and concurrently an important solution contributing for Vietnam’s science and technology to early gain international level. International integration on science and technology must be implemented in an active, proactive and creative manner, ensuring national independence, sovereignty and national security, equality and mutual benefit.
II. OBIECTIVES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
1. General objectives
Developing synchronously social and humanism science, natural science, technical and technological science; bringing science and technology actually become a key motive force, satisfying the basic requirements of a modernity-oriented industrial country. By 2020, a number of science and technology sectors of Vietnam will reach the advanced and modern level of the ASEAN region and the world.