Chương VIII Luật Khoa học và công nghệ 2013: Hội nhập quốc tế về khoa học và công nghệ

Chapter VIII

INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Article 70. Principles of international integration on science and technology

1. Ensure independence, sovereignty, national security, equality and mutual interests;

2. Diversify, multilateralization of cooperation and investment with foreign partners in the areas of science and technology;

3. Develop science and technology in accordance with international standards and in association with demands for socio-economic development, national defense and security;

4. Be selectively open to experiences of developed countries, take advantage of opportunities to enhance capability of scientific research and technological development, especially high technology;

Article 71. Activities of international integration on science and technology

1. Join and participate in science and technology activities with foreign partners; participate in activities of international integration on science and technology, including:

a) Join foreign scientific and technological organizations, associations;

b) Participate in activities of research, training, consulting, conferences, seminars on science and technology of foreign organizations and individuals, international organizations at home and abroad;

c) Establish foreign-invested scientific and technological organizations in Vietnam and establish representative offices, branches of Vietnam scientific and technological organizations abroad;

2. Construct and implement programs and projects on scientific research and technological development within bilateral, multilateral, regional, inter-regional and international negotiations;

3. Attract Vietnamese experts, scientists living abroad, foreign experts, scientists to join programs and projects on scientific research and technological development, training for human resources in science and technology, other science and technology activities in Vietnam;

4. Organize scientific and technological exhibitions, forums, technology markets, technological centers, trading floors; introduce and transfer findings from scientific research and technological development, especially advanced and high technologies at home and abroad;

5. Seek and transfer foreign advanced technologies into Vietnam;

6. Develop a network of Vietnam’ scientific and technological representative offices abroad;

Article 72. Measures of promotion of international integration on science and technology

1. Complete legal foundations for activities of international integration on science and technology;

2. Step up participation, signing and implementation of International Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation;

3. Step up training and enhancing professional competence, foreign language level for human resources in science and technology;

4. Construct a number of organizations and groups for scientific research and technological development at regional and international standards;

5. Strengthen infrastructure for scientific and technological development, especially national database system on science and technology, key laboratory system at regional and international standards; Connect to regional and international state-of-the-art communications networks on research and training;

6. Complete incentive and subsidy mechanism, policies in order for Vietnamese organizations, individuals to participate in activities of international integration on science and technology;

7. Construct mechanism and policies to attract overseas Vietnamese and foreign experts to scientific and technological development in Vietnam;

8. Make effective use of loans and foreign grants for scientific and technological development;