Hanoi Times - A project to attract overseas Vietnamese experts and scientists to participate in research and technology transfer in educational establishments in
According to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), the hundreds of millions of dollars project will draw participants from many sectors.
A survey recently conducted at 49 Vietnamese universities indicated that 596 foreign experts have been employed on short-term contracts or as guest lecturers. Of the figure, only 52 were overseas Vietnamese.
Working framework
Professor Dr Hoang Ngoc Ha, director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment, under the MoET, vowed to create favourable working and living conditions for overseas Vietnamese scientists should they return to their native country to work.
Professor Ha said the MoET would advertise "job vacancies" in the mass media and Vietnamese representative offices abroad to attract overseas Vietnamese scientists.
The MoET has been appointed as a focal point in the recruitment process and will aid applicants in completing all formalities that will enable their return to and work in the country.
Regarding the working conditions, Ha said the MoET would encourage educational institutions to renovate their teaching programmes along the line of international standards and improve the efficiency of scientific research as well as technology transfer.
Apropos of the financial area. Ha said the Government would cover most of the cost for the implementation of the project.
The Government is supporting 70 per cent of the project's costs until 2010 and 60 percent of the costs for the next period, 2011-2015. It hopes universities will be able to balance the budget themselves for the period 2016-2020.
