Attending were Mr. Nguyen Loc Ha - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Le Minh Khanh - Deputy Director of the National Agency for Southern Affairs under the Ministry of ST and leaders of departments, committees, branches, schools and enterprises.
In 2021, the socio-economic situation faces many difficulties due to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, but with many drastic policies to promote science, technology and innovation (STI), Binh Duong province's ST branch has overcome difficulties, not only actively supporting pandemic prevention and control in the area, but also performing well the role of the branch, supporting enterprises and people to produce and do business in the new situation.
Overview of the conference
The branch has improved the process of appraising topics and projects, popularizing the orientation of ST research in 2021, associated with practice, connecting government-institutions-enterprises, departments, committees, branches, People's Committees of districts, towns, cities, enterprises to increase orders for the Department of ST to implement topics and projects in the fields of Agriculture and Rural Development; Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Construction; Military and Public Security; Planning and Investment; Culture, Sports and Tourism, etc.
Binh Duong always focuses on scientific research, technological innovation in learning and production
Simultaneously, holding a meeting of the specialized advisory council to identify tasks and submit to the Provincial People's Committee for approval a list of scientific research and technological development tasks in 2021, including 15 provincial tasks, an increase of 300% over the same period in 2020. In particular, there were 02 topics in the medical field to help improve treatment efficiency and reduce the death rate for people infected with Covid-19; an application project was approved by the Ministry of ST in Binh Duong under the National program on supporting the application and transfer of ST advances to promote socio-economic development in rural, mountainous and ethnic minority areas in the 2016-2025 period.
Department of ST signs a cooperation agreement with Union of ST Associations
Department of ST signs a cooperation agreement with Dau Tieng Rubber One-Member Co., Ltd
Simultaneously, in collaboration with Thu Dau Mot University and Vietnamese-German University to organize 02 Contests of creative startup ideas among students, together with the Provincial Youth Union to organize the Youth Festival of Creativity and Entrepreneurship in 2021 and the Online contest to learn about legal policies and knowledge about creative startups in Binh Duong province for youth union members. In particular, the branch has supported workspaces for 06 start-up groups, 02 start-up enterprises and space to organize 50 times of events connecting the startup community, activities to promote innovation; won the title of pioneering locality in the journey of building a national innovation ecosystem voted by VCCI and selected by the Ministry of ST to film national propaganda about innovative startups.
Department of ST signs a cooperation agreement with the Provincial Farmers' Union
Speaking at the conference, Mr. Le Minh Khanh - Deputy Director of the National Agency for Southern Affairs, Ministry of ST affirmed that the investment in scientific research and technological innovation in enterprises in Binh Duong is increasing; topics and projects that do not use state funding are being promoted strongly, clearly showing that the interest in investment in STI is increasingly focused. He hoped the province's ST branch will promote and achieve more achievements in the coming time; continue to be the core to build ST linkage programs and projects in the Southeast region.
The Sub-department of Standards, Metrology and Quality signs a cooperation agreement with WTC Binh Duong One Member Co., Ltd
At the conference, the Department of ST signed cooperation agreements with representatives of "Three Houses" including: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry; Dau Tieng Rubber Company; Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations; Provincial Cooperative Union; Provincial Farmers' Union; World Trade Center Binh Duong New City (WTC) in order to promote ST activities in the province in 2022 to develop more and more strongly.
Department of ST signs a cooperation agreement with the Provincial Cooperative Union
Delegates take a souvenir photo
Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Loc Ha recognized and praised the achievements of the entire ST branch in the past year. At the same time, he suggested that the branch should focus on developing innovation capacity, supporting innovative start-ups, developing human resources; actively implementing the digital transformation of the branch; strengthening coordination, promoting the roles, functions and tasks of each "house" in the "Three houses" model.
Reported by Doan Trang - Translated by Nguyen Trang