On the afternoon of December 6, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son worked with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18/NQ-TW; and the plan to rearrange the organization and apparatus of the two academies.
At the working session, the two Deputy Prime Ministers requested the leaders of the two academies to urgently complete the summary report and comprehensively evaluate the implementation process of Resolution No. 18/NQ-TW and Resolution No. 19/NQ-TW.
At the same time, clearly point out the basic shortcomings, weaknesses, limitations, causes and solutions; develop a plan to arrange and streamline the scientific organizational apparatus, suitable to reality, as well as goals and requirements in the new situation.
The plan to arrange and perfect the apparatus and organization of the two academies must truly innovate in thinking, management methods, and administration of scientific research activities.
Accordingly, State resources focus on investing systematically and fully in infrastructure, research staff, equipment, and international cooperation for basic scientific research programs and topics with breakthroughs in core technology, new technology, cutting-edge technology, etc., as well as in the social sciences serving development.
The two academies need to aim to form centers, research facilities, and national laboratories capable of connecting, gathering, and coordinating multidisciplinary and multi-field scientists at home and abroad to carry out key national scientific and technological topics and tasks, new and cutting-edge technologies.
The organizational structure and operation of scientific and technological research institutes and centers need to be innovated in the direction of promoting autonomy, developing scientific and technological enterprises, and private and business research institutes.
State budget management for science and technology innovation follows the development investment fund model with criteria for selecting, evaluating, and managing research topics and tasks flexibly, based on goals instead of processes, taking into account risk factors.
The two academies need to propose a number of strong and outstanding mechanisms and policies in terms of finance, investment, facilities, and human resources; focus on propaganda, politics, and ideology, create consensus and unity when implementing the arrangement and streamlining of the organizational apparatus, and avoid disrupting or affecting the lives of cadres, civil servants, and workers.
Make sure the new system is better than the old one, goes into operation immediately, is inherited, is stable, and leaves no gaps.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the two academies to consider and accept the opinions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and the Government Office, complete the reports, and send the Summary Report, the arrangement project, along with the draft decree on functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure...
Develop a project to establish a Party Committee directly under the Government Party Committee; immediately report any difficulties and problems during the implementation process.
