Professor Le Quan said two national universities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have revenue from scientific research every year many times higher than tuition fees and other revenues.
Speaking at the group on February 15 on the draft Resolution of the policy of solving problems in scientific and technological activities, innovation, Professor Le Quan, Director of Hanoi National University, looking Receiving scientific research has an important contribution of universities. This is also the main owner of the inventions and research of the whole country ever.
In recent years, the revenue of Vietnamese universities has increased sharply in the field of science and technology. Many businesses come to cooperation and recruitment. “Hanoi National University and Ho Chi Minh City have a highly appreciated forces and potentials. The revenue from science and technology increases annually, many times higher than tuition and other sources,” Mr. Quan speak.
But there is a paradox that is a university under the Ministry of Education and Training, but in terms of research, it belongs to the Ministry of Science and Technology. This leads to the management of new universities simply in terms of training, and scientific research and innovation have not been focused. “This is a limitation in the approach,” Mr. Quan commented.
Therefore, in this Resolution, Mr. Quan suggested that the policy for university must be more clear and the university must be the research center. University research facilities should be given priority than external research facilities.
Hanoi National University has 6 research institutes. Recently, the school has restructured with a combination of advanced research institutes and excellent research groups. Despite being in university, Mr. Quan emphasized that this research institute has the ability to work concentrated and very comprehensive.
Professor Le Quan, Director of Hanoi National University. Image: Media Congress
In addition to investing in higher education, the military delegate also acknowledged in the current trend, the more the teacher and the scientist “the richer, the more society the more society is”. Because this is a legitimate income, scientists earn from research and contribution. “Making a lot of money means he contributes to good research and good products,” Mr. Quan said.
Therefore, this delegate agrees that the State has a mechanism of contracting for products, according to the output, with the highest goal of research efficiency. Doing science is a long-term process, a program that takes 3-5 years, not a few months to produce products, especially in a basic research, creating a breakthrough.
Professor Vu Hai Quan, Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University, proposed two National University Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to form scientific and technological development funds equivalent to ministries, ministerial -level agencies and provinces Street directly under the Central Government. Currently, universities are scientific research subjects. Ho Chi Minh City National University is the largest research facility in the South with hundreds of thousands of students and 6,000 lecturers, of which nearly 2,000 people have a doctorate or higher.
“The subject that performs that research without being established will be very difficult to implement. This helps the two national universities as well as other universities complete the research task,” he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh said that when building this resolution, the Government had questioned “the State spends 2% and 3% of GDP for scientific research is enough?”. Looking out the world that scientific research but only stopped at that level is not enough, forced to mobilize social resources.
Enterprises participating in scientific research must be encouraged. Through this Resolution, the State allows scientific research expenses to be included in the cost of production and exemption and reduction of related taxes. “This is a way to encourage businesses to invest in scientific research and also create a breakthrough,” he said.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the most breakthrough policy of the Resolution is to contract the research results to scientists. Researchers do not have to bid for each material and equipment, listing each cost to perform the task. They will be paid all according to the output product. “Sometimes the research results are only hundreds of pages long, but the payment records are up to the hands.
In the draft resolution, the Government proposed 7 major policies for scientific and technological activities and innovation. Including mechanisms to assign autonomy and self -responsibility for the organization, officials, finance and expertise to the research agency. Civil servants and officials working at public research organizations are participated in establishment, management and administration of businesses to commercialize research results. They are exempted from liability when risks occur in scientific research and technology development.
The resolution also added the principle of the application of contracts to scientific tasks using the state budget, including the contents of the contract to the final product. State funding principles for scientific tasks through funds; Funds in the field of science and technology are established from many sources.
In addition, the draft also adds many tax incentive mechanisms for scientific activities; Strategic technology development; Property formed from scientific and technological tasks.