The Ministry of Planning and Investment said: After 5 years of establishment, the National Innovation Center (NIC) has gradually affirmed its role as a national focal point for innovation, a leading unit connecting a complete innovation ecosystem for Vietnam.
On October 1-2, 2014, the 5th Anniversary of the National Innovation Center and the Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 will be held at Hoa Lac High-Tech Park.
This is an event connecting and gathering the subjects of Vietnam's innovation ecosystem to recognize the achievements over the past 5 years and honor the contributions of the subjects to the development of the ecosystem, in which NIC plays a leading role.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc emphasized that the 5-year development process of the National Innovation Center is truly a challenging and proud journey.
"NIC has supported hundreds of innovative startups, small and medium enterprises to improve the quality of human resources, develop policies in the field of innovation, and build an innovation ecosystem that brings together many participating elements, including institutes, scientists , and innovative enterprises," said Ms. Ngoc.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc affirmed: The Ministry of Planning and Investment hopes that the 5th anniversary of NIC will be an opportunity to continue to strongly spread the aspiration and determination for innovation to the business community and people, thereby arousing the creative potential, will and aspiration for innovation to help Vietnam make a breakthrough, achieving the goal of rapid and sustainable development in the coming period.
NIC was established on October 2, 2019 under Decision No. 1269/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister with the function of supporting and developing the Vietnamese innovation ecosystem, contributing to the innovation of the growth model based on science and technology development.
According to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, the establishment of NIC demonstrates the Government's strong determination to make innovation one of Vietnam's growth drivers in the new era.
After 5 years of establishment, the Center has gradually affirmed its role as a national focal point for innovation, a leading unit connecting a complete innovation ecosystem for Vietnam. NIC has built policies in innovation to support small and medium enterprises, completed the infrastructure of operating facilities; built mechanisms and preferential policies for innovation; developed a Vietnamese innovation ecosystem with full participation of all stakeholders; supported enterprises in accessing resources; participated in developing high-quality human resources in Vietnam...
According to Mr. Vu Quoc Huy, Director of NIC, after 5 years of operation, the Center has many programs to support start-ups. In addition to the working space, the Center also has training programs in coordination with major partners such as: Google, Meta...
The center has connecting activities such as: seminars, talks, events connecting start-up businesses with domestic and foreign businesses to be able to approach suitable partners.
The center also organizes a number of programs in conjunction with national innovation centers around the world to send a group of startups abroad and participate in incubation and training programs abroad such as in Korea, Belgium, etc.
Sharing about the criteria for selecting startups, according to Mr. Huy, the most important criterion is that startups must belong to key technology fields such as smart manufacturing, smart cities, environmental technology, etc. The center evaluates based on the capacity of the startup, the capacity of the experts, the management and business capacity of the founding team, etc.
The NIC Director added that in the past 3 years, the Center has organized programs to send start-ups abroad, with an average of 2 programs per year, each program having about 20 start-ups.
Referring to the role of NIC in proposing policy mechanisms to support technology and innovation enterprises, Mr. Vu Quoc Huy said that in the 5 years of establishment and development, NIC has proposed to competent authorities to amend and supplement policy mechanisms related to innovation.
Along with that, NIC proposed to the Ministry of Planning and Investment to submit to the National Assembly the Investment Law; in which many mechanisms and preferential policies for innovative start-up projects in Vietnam are added. In addition, we propose to add innovation centers nationwide, not just the National Innovation Center, which are eligible for investment incentives under the law.
In addition, in the near future, NIC will also coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology to perfect mechanisms and policies for startups and innovation in the Law on Information Technology...
According to VNA
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