Creating a mechanism to attract scientific and technological talents

Many ministries, branches and localities have not proactively registered their funding needs for development investment and regular expenditures for science, technology, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06 activities; human resources are still limited.

This situation was pointed out by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the third meeting of the Government's Steering Committee on science , technology development, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06 recently.

Not only is it a lack of initiative on the part of ministries, branches and localities, but the institutions, mechanisms and policies to promote science, technology, innovation and digital transformation are also inadequate and have not kept up with practical requirements. Digital infrastructure development has not been commensurate with the potential and economic growth rate... This is also the reason why our country's science and technology have not had a breakthrough development and have not created momentum for socio-economic development in recent times.

When science, technology, digital transformation, and innovation are the pillars for sustainable growth, the need to create strong enough mechanisms and policies to attract talent in this field is more urgent than ever. Because this is the core force that creates new knowledge, technical solutions and advanced technology to improve labor productivity, shift economic structure, and promote the digital economy. High-quality human resources will help Vietnam adapt and promote its internal strength in the current strong Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Although important, in reality, the implementation of attracting human resources for science and technology still has many limitations. Although it has been paid attention, the incentive policy is not strong enough, not attractive enough to attract and retain talents in general, and talents in the field of science and technology in particular. We also do not have enough resources and a good working environment to attract high-quality human resources trained abroad to return home to contribute.

To attract high-quality human resources for science and technology, it is important to have breakthrough policies in discovering, training, employing and rewarding talents. Building a creative and competitive working environment. Along with that, promoting cooperation between institutes, schools, businesses and the public sector in innovation. In addition, it is necessary to create institutional breakthroughs in this field. Accordingly, it is necessary to build, amend, supplement and perfect the Law on Digital Transformation, the Law on Intellectual Property (amended), the Law on High Technology (amended) and the Law on Technology Transfer (amended)...

To motivate research, the output of research products is of particular importance. Scientists and researchers all want their research to be realized by practical application products, serving socio-economic development. Therefore, there needs to be a mechanism to encourage the establishment of start-up businesses to deploy research products in research institutes and universities. This is the most effective solution so that scientists' research works have practical applications and are not "put in a drawer".

At the recent 9th Session, the National Assembly passed the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation with many breakthrough policies to encourage those who research science and technology. The Law clearly stipulates the acceptance of risks in scientific research, technology development and innovation; "rewarding authors of scientific, technological and innovation results with at least 30% of the profits earned from leasing, selling, transferring, transferring the right to use, self-exploiting and using the results"... These are policies that have a positive motivation for those participating in scientific and technological research.

The law has created an important legal basis to encourage scientific, technological and innovative activities. The timeline for completing policies to attract human resources has also been clearly stated by the Prime Minister. It is important that relevant agencies must soon take action to implement them. When the policy is strong and attractive enough, it will attract many talents for science and technology.

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