Accordingly, the innovation made towards elimination application-approval mechanism; process innovation selection and approval, issuance of financial mechanisms in research and application. Since then, has mobilized resources at all levels and sectors and attract widespread human resources in all areas to join the research and application; well established mechanism for the link between the three: scientists, businesses, entrepreneurs, contributing to mounting research with practical production and life.
Deputy Director of Department of Science and Technology Huynh Minh Hau said: "The survey of 676 corporate period from 2004 to 2014 showed that the level of technology has changed over years. Results of 2014 survey show that technological capacity coefficient (TCC) of human, organization, technical and general information of Dong Nai Province is 0.6726, ie lying fairly and increase of 0.01% over the same period of 2013. In particular, the food processing industry has TCC in the top of 5 key sectors; followed by the rise of electronic whose TCC rank 2; textile industry increased stability in 3rd ... ".
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh stressed that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up the majority and play an important role in national economy. Every year, this sector generated more than half a million new jobs, 51% use social workers and contributes over 40% of GDP. If organizations implement technology innovation strategy, it will be the success stories of many businesses in the country, especially in the key economic regions in the south. According to Deputy Minister Tran Viet Thanh, facing new opportunities and challenges as the ASEAN Economic Community (EAC) established at the end of this year, strategic partnership agreements across the Pacific (TPP) prepares to sign, the requirements imposed on small and medium enterprises is how to take advantage of new opportunities to get out of "less competitive" status.
Deputy General Director NAVETCO Company Tran Xuan Hanh said, for many years, thanks to scientific and technological activities are robust deployment has led to the development platform and success of this enterprise. According to Mr. Hanh, the link between research and production in a joint management system has helped the company's activities continue to grow, while creating a foundation for business production, the basis for the research, training conditions for workers, especially significantly improved competitiveness in the marketplace ....
Deputy Director of Department of Science and Technology Huynh Minh Hau said, every year, the Department of Science and Technology advises the PPC to implement effectively Science-Technology support model under the 50% - 70% structure. Specifically, with the science-technology theme, project are feasible in the field of education, health, security - defense performing by the DPC and sector, the Department of Science and Technology will support districts and sectors 70 % of funding, while 30% is the budget of district and agencies. As for the topics, areas under other sectors, DOST is also supported by 50% and the rest is the district budget. This mechanism will impact, encourage districts and sectors actively review the feasibility of the project or projects, help develop locality. Since 2008 - 2015, there has been 13 topics and projects supported by this funding with totaling over 6.5 billion VND and over 11 billion from the contribution of business and community
Focusing on effective models
Deputy Minister Tran Viet Thanh said that the State management activities in the field of science and technology to support technological innovation still revealed many shortcomings and difficulties. Policies supporting innovative enterprises, technological innovation is not really attractive and doesn’t have enough legal basis to promote, compelling enterprises to participate ... so enterprise access to funds is difficult. In addition, investment funds for Science-Technology are scattered and lack of concentration; policies promoting research activities is limited.
According to Dr. Nguyen Huu Cuong, National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization development, the backwardness in technology and techniques have been creating unstable and low products, limiting the ability to compete on price (the domestic product price are often higher than imported products from 20 to 40%). One of the important factors for technological innovation is Science-Technology human resources. According to recent survey data, indicating significant resources accounted for only 7.24% of labor force, which has 71.9% university degree, 26.9% college, 0.9% master, doctoral degree is 0.14%.
According to Dr. Nguyen Huu Cuong, today the technology transfer is performed in two main forms: through joint ventures with foreign enterprises and enterprises with 100% foreign capital (FDI) accounted for 90% and through the technology sales on market accounted for only about 10%. However, many technological contracts comply with the first form is only focused on the exploitation of cheap labor, low land prices, energy consumption and avoid environmental standards in the countries of investment, by technological content that is transferred is low, mainly the final stages in the value chain.
For investment organization, financial mechanisms and policies to support technological innovation to be effective, should conduct the review, accurately classify the current state of the technology of enterprise, consider the needs of technology innovation of sectors, field of producing goods with national competitive advantage, such as agriculture, manufacturing support industries. Should apply the model of parent company, subsidiary of technology innovation processes in enterprises especially SMEs, auxiliary enterprises, forming the research organizations and enterprises in the science and technology system in parent company, subsidiary.
Affirming the role of authority, Deputy Minister Tran Viet Thanh said that, in recent years, many mechanisms and institutions, fiscal and investment policies to support technological innovation has been issued as: Construction hi-tech zones in agriculture and industry; the program supports businesses improve their competitiveness with tax incentives for businesses operating in the field of Science-Technology. To resolve these difficulties, the Ministry will continue to support in the coming period, the implementation of funding for the Science-Technology mission through development of science and technology fund; policies to support enterprises to technological innovation; the difficulties and problems of local authorities in the implementation of development programs should continue Science-Technology be reviewed and removed to put science and technology roadmaps in general, technological innovation in particular really effectively towards eliminating the ask – given mechanisms, focus on the business, the real effective models, avoid spreading and wasting.
