The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) held a regular press conference on July 5 in Hanoi to clarify key issues in the first six months and highlight important events in the second half of this year.
Particularly, as to the mass fish deaths in 4 provinces in the central region, MoST Deputy Minister Pham Cong Tac emphasised that the ministry invited more than 100 scientists to assist the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in finding the reasons for the incident, which were unveiled at the Government’s press conference on June 30.
Talking about technology Formosa used in its steel plant in Ha Tinh province, Head of the ministry’s Department of Technology Appraisal, Examination and Assessment Do Hoai Nam said the ministry only considered a feasibility study submitted by the provincial People’s Committee in 2008.
He affirmed that the Ministry of Industry and Trade was responsible for verifying all technologies registered by Formosa as well as its technology change in the plant.
Deputy Minister Pham Cong Tac said that, in the second quarter of this year, the ministry submitted to the Government for approval a project on assisting the national startups and innovation ecosystem until 2025, and the establishment of a State-level Council for the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize on Science and Technology, as well as adjustments to the master plan to the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park by 2030.
During the reviewed time, beside building mechanisms, policies and laws on science and technology, the ministry organised an array of events, conferences and seminars, including a month in response to the World Intellectual Property Day, a ceremony to review the State-level key science and technology programmes, among others.
According to the deputy minister, in the second half of 2016, the ministry is scheduled to continue perfecting mechanism, policies and laws in the field while holding the 12th Meet Vietnam programme, and a ceremony to grant the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize on Science and Technology.
Particularly, as to the mass fish deaths in 4 provinces in the central region, MoST Deputy Minister Pham Cong Tac emphasised that the ministry invited more than 100 scientists to assist the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in finding the reasons for the incident, which were unveiled at the Government’s press conference on June 30.
At the press conference.
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He affirmed that the Ministry of Industry and Trade was responsible for verifying all technologies registered by Formosa as well as its technology change in the plant.
Deputy Minister Pham Cong Tac said that, in the second quarter of this year, the ministry submitted to the Government for approval a project on assisting the national startups and innovation ecosystem until 2025, and the establishment of a State-level Council for the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize on Science and Technology, as well as adjustments to the master plan to the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park by 2030.
During the reviewed time, beside building mechanisms, policies and laws on science and technology, the ministry organised an array of events, conferences and seminars, including a month in response to the World Intellectual Property Day, a ceremony to review the State-level key science and technology programmes, among others.
According to the deputy minister, in the second half of 2016, the ministry is scheduled to continue perfecting mechanism, policies and laws in the field while holding the 12th Meet Vietnam programme, and a ceremony to grant the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize on Science and Technology.
