Chương 1 Nghị định 80/2007/NĐ-CP: Quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Governing scope and subjects of application

1. Governing scope

This Decree provides for the establishment of science and technology enterprises and the State's support and preferential policies towards science and technology enterprises.

2. Subjects of application

This Decree applies to Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals that have the lawful right to own or use scientific research and technological development results and wish to establish science and technology enterprises.

Of the above subjects, public scientific research and technological development organizations and scientific and technological service organizations which are reorganized into science and technology enterprises are collectively referred to as public science and technology organizations.

Article 2.- Science and technology enterprises

Science and technology enterprises specified in this Decree are enterprises established by subjects defined in Clause 2, Article 1 of this Decree and managed and operating under the Enterprise Law and the Science and Technology Law.

Major activities of science and technology enterprises are to produce and deal in products and goods turned out from scientific research and technological development results and from the performance of scientific and technological tasks. Apart from these activities, science and technology enterprises may produce and deal in other products and goods and provide other services in accordance with law.

Article 3.- Scientific research and technological development results

1. Scientific research and technological development results (referred to as scientific and technological results for short) serve as a basis for consideration and grant of science and technology enterprise certificates.

2. Elements for determination of scientific and technological results

Scientific and technological results mean the outcomes of performance of scientific and technological tasks (scientific research and technological development programs, subjects, schemes and projects), technology incubation results, which are performed by subjects defined in Clause 2, Article 1, or are transferred from other individuals or organizations; use of state budget capital or capital of other sources; or competent state management agencies' certification of the right to use or own those results, etc.

The Ministry of Science and Technology shall guide in detail elements for determination of scientific and technological results.

Article 4.- Purposes of establishment of science and technology enterprises

To create favorable conditions for organizations and individuals to apply scientific and technological results to production and business; to step up commercialization of products and goods being results of scientific and technological activities; and to develop the technology market, contributing to national socio-economic development.