Hanoi, (VNA) – The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) actively assisted localities in carrying out science and technology tasks which had great impacts on socio-economic development last year, contributing to alleviating the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The results showed that the results of scientific and technological research and innovations contribute to the common development of the economy, of each sector and of each locality.
The MoST is committed to strengthening coordination with localities in the direction and management of science and technology activities, thereby contributing to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of state management, propelling socio-economic development of the country and localities in particular.
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Last year the More launched, approved and granted funding for tasks under the program for rural and mountainous areas. It has also helped more than 25 cities and provinces to study and carry out technological capacity assessment tasks of their various key sectors while organizing more than 320 supply and demand matching events between localities. and companies from the Republic of Korea, Israel and Germany in the support industry fields. , agriculture, energy and environment.
At the same time, he continued to intensify the intellectual property (IP) strategy and the intellectual property development program until 2030; contributed to the registration and protection of Vietnam’s trademarks and geographical indications abroad, especially in key markets. MoST has successfully protected the geographical indication of Lychee Luc Ngan and Dragon Fruit Binh Thuan in Japan, paving the way for the protection of the geographical indication for other agricultural products, thus gradually turning to European markets .
In collaboration with localities, the ministry has provided assistance in establishing, exploiting and protecting intellectual property rights to meet the demands of global integration, making intellectual property an effective tool for improving national competitiveness.
Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat urged science and technology institutions to renew their business mechanisms and policies, promote start-ups and innovation, access science and technology solutions and at innovations at the service of key local products, improving the quality and productivity of goods and accelerating the digital transformation of the sectors./.
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