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Bridge – Research institutes and
universities play a key role in fostering technology transfer for rapid but
sustainable human and economic development.
The
point was stressed at a workshop in the capital yesterday, March 13, jointly
held by the Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, the Wallonia Foreign
Trade and Investment Agency and Wallonie-Bruxelles International in the
presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium.
At the
event, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung emphasised the
significant contribution of technology transfer offices to economic success,
saying that "it was a real necessity for prosperous development".
The
sector has forecast that the value of high-tech products would make up 45 per
cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020.
For the
goal to be fulfilled, research institutes and universities as well as their
technology transfer offices will be key players in providing training,
consultation, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Vice
President of Wallonia and the Federation Wallonia-Brussels Jean-Claude Marcourt
agreed that the offices would help reinforce regional competitiveness and on
the world market.
Another
matter addressed was the protection and enforcement of intellectual property
rights in order to encourage research, development and technology transfer, he
said.
According
to Professors Puttemans and Kapetanaki from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles,
the situation of intellectual property violations recently became worse in Viet
Nam along with economic development.
Strong
measures were recommended, such as closing retails outlets, for instance, to
prevent intellectual property-related violations and encourage researchers.
Professor
Bart De Moor from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven said that clear incentives
were important together with modern research instruments to encourage
researchers and research groups.
About
3,000 enterprises operating in science and technology would be established by
2015. Of those, 70 per cent would be developed from research institutes and
universities.
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